WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_M137_4406_ref.mov WLBT Sports High School football games. Callaway, Murrah, Clarksdale, Provine, Central, Natchez and Wingfield High Schools were those identified.
MP_198001_M138_4407_ref.mov Charles Evers Nomination WLBT Sunday night report with Corrice Collins at the news desk. Collins reports the Loyalist Democratic Party nominating Charles Evers for governor. Same footage as item 1433. Fannie Lou Hamer and Theodore Sorenson shown speaking.
MP_198001_M139_4408_ref.mov We Care Fund WLBT reporter Mark Ledbetter discusses the 'We Care Fund' created by the Miss. Broadcasters Association and the Miss. Municipal Association to help Hurricane Camille victims. Bob McRaney, Pres. of the Miss. Broadcasters Association, Pat Dunn, Pres. of the Miss. Municipal Association, discuss the total amount of money dispersed and how groups obtained money.
MP_198001_M140_4409_ref.mov WLBT Radar/Coffee With Judy WLBT weather radar. Coffee With Judy show with Judy Denson and guest Dr. J.D. Boyd, Pres. of Alcorn A. & M. College. Boyd discusses students on campus and athletic program.
MP_198001_M141_4410_ref.mov Civic Calendar WLBT Saturday morning program 'Civic Calendar' with Rev. L. H. Newsom. Newsom reports on local social and civic events, job openings and training, deaths and burials and local basketball scores.
MP_198001_M141_4411_ref.mov Faith For Life WLBT Sunday morning sermon with Rev. L. H. Newsom pastor of the Friendship and Progressive Church. Rev. G. L. Loyd gives opening prayer.
MP_198001_M142_4412_ref.mov Bill Walker Revisited Produced by the Sterling Inst. at WLBT. Dr. Sterling Livingston interviews W.E. Walker, owner of Bill's Dollar Store chain. Livingston interviews Walker four years after their first interview in 1965. Black & white footage of a Bill's Dollar Store in 1965 and the interview conducted that same year. Walker discusses the success and failures since their last meeting. Color footage of a Bill's Dollar Store.
MP_198001_M143_4413_ref.mov Jackson Symphony Orchestra Jackson Symphony Orchestra performs 'A Carnival of Animals' at WLBT. Conducted by Lewis Dalvit, narrator Virginia Broockman and animal drawings done by Pat Dalvit.
MP_198001_M14_4267_ref.mov Auburn, Miss. State Football Sportsvision's 'The All American Game of the Week' with narrator Tom Harmon. Auburn Univ., Miss. State College football game. Halftime show included. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_M144_4414_ref.mov Archie Manning Archie Manning talking on phone with a New Orleans Saint representative. This is after Manning was drafted by the Saints to play football. Interview with Manning about playing with the Saints.
MP_198001_M145_4415_ref.mov Legislature deadline Jack Hill reporting from the Capitol the day after the legislature missed a midnight deadline. Hill interviews Rep. Edgar Stephens about an appropriation for construction bill. Senate and Capitol press core shown after 11:00 PM. Senate clock shown covered with a coat.
MP_198001_M146_4416_ref.mov Where The Kids Are WLBT program 'Where The Kids Are' produced by local teenagers. Dennis interviews Bob Shubian at the Petrified Forest in Flora. Shubian explains the museum's exhibits and petrified wood. Children shown looking at petrified wood.
MP_198001_M146_4417_ref.mov Where The Kids Are WLBT program 'Where The Kids Are' produced by local teenagers. Gala interviews a Mr. Davidson at the Vicksburg National Military Park. Davidson, dressed in a Union uniform, tells the history of the park and gives a tour of the exhibits at the Visitor Center. Mr. Davidson and Clark show a Confederate uniform and weapons. They also give a firing demonstration of a 12 pound napoleon cannon while spectators watch. This is the final episode of the summer program 'Where The Kids Are' and Dennis, Gala and Leon reflect on the summer.
MP_198001_M147_4418_ref.mov Tornado! Film 'Tornado!' produced by the United States Department of Commerce on tornadoes and how they are formed. Instruments used to detect these storms shown.
MP_198001_M148_4419_ref.mov The War at Oxford Oklahoma City news KWTV presents 'The War at Oxford'. Reporter Ed Turner describes what he saw and filmed at the University of Miss. Federal Marshalls and James McShane at Oxford airport. Road blocks to campus shown. Men wearing gas masks arresting students during the riot. Burning cars during riot. Wounded inside Lyceum Building. Paul B. Johnson talking to Nicholas deB Katzenbach. Campus shown after riot. Citizens Council office and interview with William Simmons. University of Miss. students interviewed.
MP_198001_M148_4420_ref.mov NBC News on Miss. bootleggers NBC News Huntley and Brinkley report on bootlegging in Miss. Jack Perkins reports from Jackson, Miss. still under prohibition but bootleggers paying taxes. Reporter arriving at Jackson Municipal Airport and woman gives directions to bootleggers on Old Brandon Road. Perkins looks up beverages in the yellow pages. Perkins drives by various homes owned by bootleggers. Man buys liquor from unidentified man. Wimpy's Bargain House on Vicksburg's Mulberry Street shown. David Brinkley closes story.
MP_198001_M148_4421_ref.mov Our Colleges Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT. PSA on the Farish Street YMCA. L.B. Fraiser, George Owen, H.T. Sampson and J.B. Powell discuss activities and fundraisers at the local YMCA. Footage of children doing athletic exercises.
MP_198001_M148_4422_ref.mov Our Colleges Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT. PSA for Jackson State College Band. Footage of band performing in a parade, on a football field and in a concert by a swimming pool. Band directed by William Davis.
MP_198001_M148_4423_ref.mov Our Colleges Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT. PSA for the Farish Street YMCA. Marshall Fraiser. Teenagers dancing in YMCA gym. WOKJ dj Big Daddy by record players. Performer Amanda Humphrey. Boys playing badminton in gym. Booker Bearden coaching boys to play table tennis. John Rosen coaching boys to play basketball. Ronald Davis coaching boys to play horse shoes. Unidentified woman giving prizes to boys.
MP_198001_M148_4424_ref.mov Our Colleges Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT. PSA for Alcorn A & M College Band and theater performers. Band, led by William Hampton, perform while wearing their band uniforms. Alcorn's Harrison Players perform Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'. Alcorn Concert Choir, led by Joyce Bolden, perform.
MP_198001_M148_4425_ref.mov Our Colleges Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT.PSA for Jackson State College. Narrator Daniel Genaus gives a history of Jackson State. Still shots of past presidents shown. Concert choir shown. Dr. Baldwin Dansby gives history of college during the depression. Dean Sampson discusses the curriculum. Classrooms and model of college shown.
MP_198001_M148_4426_ref.mov Our College Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT.PSA for Alcorn A & M College. Curriculum of Alcorn discussed. Dean of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Columbus Ricks, discusses courses. Dean of Vocational Education, Dr. Jessie Morris, discusses courses. Dean of Education, Robert Prater, discusses courses. Footage of students working in various labs and classrooms. Nursery shown.
MP_198001_M148_4427_ref.mov Our Colleges Our Colleges' a public service production of WLBT. PSA for Jackson State College's athletic program. T. B. Ellis and his coaching staff shown. Baseball, golf, tennis and track & field shown. 1964-1965 basketball team introduced by their coach. Footage of a basketball game from the 1963-1964 season. Football team introduced by their coach. Footage of football game. Poor audio and video.
MP_198001_M148_4428_ref.mov Cooking show Unidentified cooking show with Mary Ellen cooking Green Giant frozen vegetables and Kahn's Wieners.
MP_198001_M149_4429_ref.mov Face the Issues/A. F. Summer WLBT production 'Face the Issues'. Wilson Frasier is the commentator with guest Attorney General A. F. Summer. Panel, from the Chamber of Commerce, includes Tryon Rosser, James Carr and Hayward Hargrave. Guest and panel discuss the Supreme Court legislative reapportionment decision for Hinds County. They also discuss a hearing to cancel an upcoming rock festival scheduled for Lamar County.
MP_198001_M150_4430_ref.mov Face the Issues WLBT production 'Face the Issues'. Commentator Mark Ledbetter with guest Col. George H. Fong and Capt. Ed May both with the World Affairs Forum. Guest panel is Mrs. George Porter, Roger Blair and Roger Clapp. Panel and guests discuss the war in Vietnam and an upcoming World Affairs Forum to be held in Jackson. POW camps and their conditions are also discussed.
MP_198001_M151_4431_ref.mov Probe 1971 WLBT reporter Jack Hill on 'Probe 1971' about the 1971 legislative session. Panel includes Sen. Theodore Smith, Sen. Ed Pittman, Sen. Robert Crook, Sen. Bill Burgin, Rep. Stone Barefield, Rep. Robert Clark, Rep. George Rogers and Rep. H.L. Meridith. Panel discusses Penitentiary Reform Act, State Highway Patrol, football stadium at USM, applied consent law for drunken drivers and voting age of 18. Commercial advertisements for South Central Bell, WJDX and Coca-Cola.
MP_198001_M152_4432_ref.mov Black Voices Black Voices' a WLBT public affairs presentation. Host Willie Pixton and panel Margaret Walker Alexander, Lou Holloway and Rep. Robert Clark discuss the political history of black people in Mississippi. Also discuss the political influence blacks have in the State and the view of 'One Man One Vote'.
MP_198001_M153_4433_ref.mov Jackson Public School student panel WLBT News Special 'Desegregation - Students Tell It Like It Is'. Jack Hill with a panel of students from various Jackson High Schools. Roslind McCoy, John Milner, Janice Catchings, Linn McCoy, S.T. Ray, Debbie Davis, Thurmand Wallace, Robert Hollinshed, Pat Booker and Wardell Lee are all graduating seniors and they discuss the school spirit and school activities after desegregation. Also discussed are private and Citizens Council schools.
MP_198001_M15_4268_ref.mov LSU,Tulane Football Game Football game between Louisiana State Univ. and Tulane Univ. Additional: Sports Events