WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_F2986_3924_ref.mov

    Description: *Joseph Harris and Al Rhodes discuss reorganization of Miss. Freedom Democratic Party.

    Event: Joseph Harris, Al Rhodes

  • MP_198001_F2986_3925_ref.mov

    Description: *Lawrence Guyot, Chairman of Miss. Freedom Democratic Party, announces that he will leave Miss. politics due to health reasons.

    Event: Lawrence Guyot

  • MP_198001_F3001_3926_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham on city council meeting dealing with proposed sewage treatment plant and burning of garbage. Sound and silent footage of meeting with Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioners Clark Horton and Derwood Boyles. Additional: Waste Disposal

    Event: City Council, Garbage Disposal

  • MP_198001_F3001_3927_ref.mov

    Description: Heidelberg Hotel. News conference with Sen. John C. Stennis. Topics discussed are Vietnam War and Miss. Democratic Party.

    Event: Stennis, News Conference

  • MP_198001_F3001_3928_ref.mov

    Description: Congressman Charles Griffin is guest speaker at Capital City Kiwanis Club.

    Event: Griffin, Kiwanis Club

  • MP_198001_F3001_3929_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams. Discusses the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and a possible special session of Miss. legislature.

    Event: Williams, News Conference

  • MP_198001_F3001_3930_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter interviews members of Southern Students Organizing Committee at an apartment on Fortification Street. Members discuss going to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate during the inauguration of Richard M. Nixon as President.

    Event: Southern Students Organizing Comm.

  • MP_198001_F3001_3931_ref.mov

    Description: Gen. Maxwell Taylor talks about Vietnam War.

    Event: Gen. Maxwell Taylor

  • MP_198001_F3001_3932_ref.mov

    Description: Martin Fraley, former Chairman of Miss. Probation and Parole Board, arrives at Hinds County Courthouse. Fraley charged with accepting a bribe.

    Event: Martin Fraley

  • MP_198001_F3001_3933_ref.mov

    Description: *Reporter interviews Congressman Charles Griffin concerning Loyalist Democratic Party and the Democratic Party.

    Event: Congressman Charles Griffin

  • MP_198001_F3001_3934_ref.mov

    Description: *Reporter interviews Charles Evers, Field Secretary of Miss. NAACP, concerning convention of Loyalist Democratic Party and the Democratic Party.

    Event: Charles Evers

  • MP_198001_F3001_3935_ref.mov

    Description: *Aaron Henry, President of Miss. NAACP, talks about convention of Loyalist Democratic Party and the state Democratic Party.

    Event: Aaron Henry

  • MP_198001_F3001_3936_ref.mov

    Description: *Aaron Henry, President of Miss. NAACP, is sitting at his desk talking on the telephone. A portrait of Medgar Evers is shown next to the desk.

    Event: Aaron Henry

  • MP_198001_F3001_3937_ref.mov

    Description: City Commissioner Clark Horton reports on voting record of city council.

    Event: Clark Horton, Voting Record

  • MP_198001_F3001_3938_ref.mov

    Description: Miss. Test Facility of NASA. Firing of Saturn One-C rocket.

    Event: Saturn One-C

  • MP_198001_F300_1724_ref.mov

    Description: Gov. James P. Coleman addresses Miss. legislature. Talks about industrial growth for the state and salaries of teachers. Additional: Industry, Economy

    Event: Gov. James P. Coleman

  • MP_198001_F300_1725_ref.mov

    Description: Jimmy Ward, Managing Editor of 'Jackson Daily News.' Additional: Newspapers

    Event: Jimmy Ward

  • MP_198001_F300_1726_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. Alexander is shown giving polio vaccine shots to children. Additional: Medicine

    Event: Polio Vaccine

  • MP_198001_F300_1727_ref.mov

    Description: Edwards Hotel is shown before renovations. Additional: Hotels

    Event: Edwards Hotel

  • MP_198001_F300_1728_ref.mov

    Description: Capitol Street in downtown Jackson.

    Event: Capitol Street

  • MP_198001_F300_1729_ref.mov

    Description: Northwood Mart Shopping Center. Additional: Shopping Centers

    Event: Northwood Mart Shopping Center

  • MP_198001_F300_1730_ref.mov

    Description: Hinds County Courthouse Building.

    Event: Hinds County Courthouse Building

  • MP_198001_F300_1731_ref.mov

    Description: New Orleans. Canal Street.

    Event: Canal Street in New Orleans

  • MP_198001_F300_1732_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. R.C. Cook.

    Event: Dr. R.C. Cook

  • MP_198001_F300_1733_ref.mov

    Description: Miss. State Fair. Fat Girl and Siamese Twins are shown.

    Event: Fat Girl, Siamese Twins at Fair

  • MP_198001_F300_1734_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Mrs. Lester Alvis concerning miniature Christmas Town in her front yard. Additional: Holidays

    Event: Christmas Town at Alvis' Home

  • MP_198001_F300_1735_ref.mov

    Description: Homecoming for Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon, Miss. - Miss America of 1959. Additional: Miss Mississippi

    Event: Mary Ann Mobley Homecoming

  • MP_198001_F300_1736_ref.mov

    Description: Homecoming for Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon, Miss. - Miss America of 1959. Additional: Miss Mississippi

    Event: Mary Ann Mobley Homecoming

  • MP_198001_F300_1737_ref.mov

    Description: Unidentified construction work. (possibly for power plant) Additional: Miss. Power and Light Co.

    Event: Power Plant

  • MP_198001_F300_1738_ref.mov

    Description: Highway underpass. Additional: Highway Construction

    Event: Highway Underpass