WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_F4046_4072_ref.mov

    Description: Tennis players are introduced. (Possibly in Jackson to participate in Tennis Tournament) Additional: Athletes

    Event: Tennis Tournament

  • MP_198001_F4046_4073_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Allen C. Thompson on Second Democratic Primary election night.

    Event: Thompson, Election Night

  • MP_198001_F4046_4074_ref.mov

    Description: Robert E. Lee Hotel. Rooms contain office equipment for state agencies. Additional: Hotels

    Event: Robert E. Lee Hotel

  • MP_198001_F4046_4075_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham on city council meeting. Mayor-elect Russell Davis is interviewed after meeting.

    Event: City Council, Davis

  • MP_198001_F4046_4076_ref.mov

    Description: Meteorologist Lawrence Smith is interviewed concerning the tracking of weather by radar. Silent footage of weather radar.

    Event: Lawrence Smith

  • MP_198001_F4046_4077_ref.mov

    Description: Meridith Tatum, Director of Governor's Highway Safety Program, talks about traffic ordinance.

    Event: Meridith Tatum

  • MP_198001_F4046_4078_ref.mov

    Description: John Hampton Stennis announces his candidacy for Miss. House of Representatives. Additional: Election Campaigns

    Event: John Hampton Stennis

  • MP_198001_F4046_4079_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. Noel McKey, President of Hinds County Board of Supervisors, is interviewed about ambulance service in the city. Additional: Emergency Medical Services

    Event: Dr. Noel McKey

  • MP_198001_F4046_4080_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Robert Barnett. Announces that he will be candidate in race for legislative seat vacated by Jackson Mayor-elect Russell Davis. Additional: Election Campaigns, Republican Party

    Event: Robert Barnett

  • MP_198001_F4046_4081_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Russell Davis after winning election for Mayor. Silent footage of Allen C. Thompson and Ross Barnett at poll to vote in general election. More interviews with Tom Kelly and Ed Cates after winning election for City Commissioner. Bingham interviews R.G. Barnes.

    Event: General Election

  • MP_198001_F4061_4082_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams. Announces election in Hinds County to replace State Rep. Russell Davis who was elected Mayor of Jackson. Discusses tentative special session for medicaid program.

    Event: Williams, News Conference

  • MP_198001_F4061_4083_ref.mov

    Description: C.H. 'Dick' King, President of the Board of Trustees of Jackson City School District, announces the election of Dr. John Martin as Superintendent. Additional: Education, Public Schools

    Event: Superintendent Announcement

  • MP_198001_F4061_4084_ref.mov

    Description: Michael Klonsky, Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society, is interviewed upon his arrival at Jackson Municipal Airport.

    Event: Michael Klonsky

  • MP_198001_F4061_4085_ref.mov

    Description: *Report on Yazoo City boycott which had been initiated by members of the black community. Additional: Boycotts

    Event: Yazoo City Boycott

  • MP_198001_F4061_4086_ref.mov

    Description: Michael Klonsky, Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society, is interviewed upon his arrival at Jackson Municipal Airport.

    Event: Michael Klonsky

  • MP_198001_F4061_4087_ref.mov

    Description: *Report on Yazoo City boycott which had been initiated by members of the black community. Additional: Boycotts

    Event: Yazoo City Boycott

  • MP_198001_F4061_4088_ref.mov

    Description: Primos Northgate Restaurant. Luncheon meeting of National Alliance of Businessmen.

    Event: National Alliance of Businessmen

  • MP_198001_F4061_4089_ref.mov

    Description: Ben Lampton, of First National Bank, talks about increase in interest rates. Additional: Banking Industry

    Event: Ben Lampton

  • MP_198001_F4061_4090_ref.mov

    Description: Jackson Zoo. Baby giraffe. Additional: Animals

    Event: Baby Giraffe

  • MP_198001_F4061_4091_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham talks about Jackson Cleanup Program. Bingham interviews residents. Additional: Urban Renewal

    Event: Jackson Clean-up Program

  • MP_198001_F4061_4092_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews District Attorney Jack Travis concerning problem of marijuana. Additional: Crime, Drugs

    Event: Jack Travis

  • MP_198001_F4061_4093_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams. Announces that Abington Steamship Corp. of New Orleans in cooperation with shipowner George Livanos would operate a fleet of vessels between ports in the Carribean and Greenville, Miss. Additional: Industry

    Event: Williams, Greenville Port

  • MP_198001_F4061_4094_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams concerning public schools.

    Event: Williams, News Conference

  • MP_198001_F4061_4095_ref.mov

    Description: *Charles Evers, Field Secretary of Miss. NAACP and Mayor-elect Russell Davis address meeting of National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers. Additional: Education

    Event: Charles Evers, Russell Davis

  • MP_198001_F4061_4096_ref.mov

    Description: Operation of kidney machine is explained. Additional: Medicine

    Event: Kidney Machine

  • MP_198001_F4076_4097_ref.mov

    Description: *Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer comments on charges that in recent municipal elections state officials denied blacks the right to vote. Additional: Voting Procedures, Voting Rights Act

    Event: Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer

  • MP_198001_F4076_4098_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting where Mayor-elect Russell Davis addresses Citizens Advisory Committee for Workable Program Activities.

    Event: City Council Meeting

  • MP_198001_F4076_4099_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Jack Hill on urban renewal of downtown Jackson. Hill interviews Jim Coulter, Renewal Director.

    Event: Jim Coulter, Urban Renewal

  • MP_198001_F4076_4100_ref.mov

    Description: *State Capitol Building. Rally held after 'Hunger March' that began in Grenada, Miss. March is in protest to malnutrition among the state's poor. March led by members of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Additional: Demonstrations, Poverty

    Event: Hunger March

  • MP_198001_F4076_4101_ref.mov

    Description: *State Capitol Building. Rally held after 'Hunger March' that began in Grenada, Miss. March is in protest to malnutrition among the state's poor. March led by members of Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Roland Betz reads list of demands. Additional: Demonstrations, Poverty

    Event: Hunger March