WLBT Newsfilm Collection
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MP_198001_M39_4292_ref.mov
Description: Footage from television program dealing with tornadoes and the weather radar service.
Event: Tornadoes
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MP_198001_M40_4293_ref.mov
Description: Reporter Dick Sanders interviews U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn upon his arrival at airport in Jackson. Gov. James P. Coleman is next to Rayburn.
Event: Sam Rayburn
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MP_198001_M41_4294_ref.mov
Description: *Reporter Mark Ledbetter interviews District Attorney William Waller concerning confiscated dynamite. Talks about recent bombings and J.L. Harper.
Event: William Waller
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MP_198001_M42_4295_ref.mov
Description: Firefighters at scene of house on fire at night. Location is unidentified. Additional: Fires, Jackson Fire Dept.
Event: House Fire at Night
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MP_198001_M43_4296_ref.mov
Description: Tour of Psychiatric Ward at Univ. Medical Ctr. Additional: Hospitals, Mental Health
Event: Psychiatric Ward
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MP_198001_M44_4297_ref.mov
Description: Aerial footage of Jackson. Knox Glass Co. flood. Additional: Floods
Event: Knox Glass Co. Flood
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MP_198001_M45_4298_ref.mov
Description: Gov. Ross Barnett addresses special session of Miss. legislature. Talks about reapportionment of the legislature.
Event: Gov. Barnett, Special Session
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MP_198001_M46_4299_ref.mov
Description: *Jackson police shown at what may be the train station. Group shown may be Freedom Riders.
Event: Train Station
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MP_198001_M48_4301_ref.mov
Description: Scenes from Dixie National Rodeo. TV Star Fess Parker is shown greeting people in the audience. Additional: Entertainers
Event: Dixie National Rodeo
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MP_198001_M49_4302_ref.mov
Description: *News conference with Cleveland McDowell concerning his enrollment in the Univ. of Miss. Law School.
Event: Cleveland McDowell
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MP_198001_M50_4303_ref.mov
Description: Sen. John C. Stennis addresses Patriotic American Youth. Talks about electoral votes, U.S. Justice Dept. and appointment of federal judges.
Event: Stennis, Patriotic American Youth
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MP_198001_M51_4304_ref.mov
Description: Scenes from Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy. Demonstration on explosives and firearms practice. Unidentified man (possibly the Director of the Academy) is interviewed concerning the Academy. Additional: Miss. Highway Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Officials
Event: Law Enforcement Officers Training
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MP_198001_M52_4305_ref.mov
Description: *Jackson State College campus. Night scenes of area which may be near the campus. Daylight scene of National Guard tanks. (possibly present due to shooting incident at the college in May of 1970)
Event: Jackson State College
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MP_198001_M53_4306_ref.mov
Description: Football game at Forest Hill Stadium. Scene changes to parade on Capitol Street. Additional: Sports Events
Event: Forest Hill Football
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MP_198001_M54_4307_ref.mov
Description: Central High School Honor Platoon. Parade on Capitol Street. (possibly Veterans Day parade)
Event: Capitol Street Parade
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MP_198001_M55_4308_ref.mov
Description: Film on the life of Mississippian Felton McClellan Johnston, Secretary of the U.S. Senate. Sen. John C. Stennis and other U.S. Senators pay tribute to Johnston.
Event: Tribute to Felton McClellan
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MP_198001_M56_4309_ref.mov
Description: Possibly scenes from Choctaw Indian Fair. Dancing, crafts and games shown. Additional: Choctaw Indians
Event: Choctaw Indian Fair
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MP_198001_M57_4310_ref.mov
Description: Television program concerning James P. Coleman's campaign for Governor. Bob McRaney, Sr. is the Master of Ceremonies. Panel members discuss their reasons for supporting Coleman in his campaign. Panel members are Arch Dalrymple, Mrs. H.E. Chatham, Frank Hunger and W.D. Coleman. Additional: Election Campaigns
Event: James P. Coleman Panel
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MP_198001_M58_4311_ref.mov
Description: *Film sponsored by Central Alabama Citizens' Council covering the Council's rally at coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. Speeches by Georgia Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook and U.S. Senator James O. Eastland of Miss. The NAACP, school desegregation and civil rights are discussed. Also present at the rally are members of the Montgomery City Commission, Robert Patterson, founder of the White Citizens' Council, and Alabama State Sen. Sam Engelhardt. Approximately 15,000 are attending the rally.
Event: Central Alabama Citizens' Council
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MP_198001_M59_4312_ref.mov
Description: Possibly an auction of the Miss. Livestock Producers Assoc.
Event: Miss. Livestock Producers Assoc.
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MP_198001_M60_4313_ref.mov
Description: Educational television station. Inside and outside of building.
Event: Educational Television
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MP_198001_M61_4314_ref.mov
Description: Scenes from Miss. Arts Festival. Silent footage of exhibits of fictional characters. Reporter interviews U.S. Marine concerning paintings of Vietnam War. Interviews of people participating in the Miss. Arts Festival - Beverly Sills, Petula Clark and others. (sound)
Event: Miss. Arts Festival
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MP_198001_M62_4315_ref.mov
Description: Jim Hawkins Air Service facility. Aerial footage of airplane flying - possibly from Hawkins Air Service. Additional: Airplanes
Event: Jim Hawkins Air Service
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MP_198001_M64_4317_ref.mov
Description: *Funeral Service for Wharlest Jackson at Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church. Roy Wilkins, Charles Evers and Natchez Mayor John Nosser are present.
Event: Wharlest Jackson Funeral
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MP_198001_M65_4318_ref.mov
Description: Vice-President Richard M. Nixon arrives in Jackson. He is greeted by Gov. Ross Barnett. Scene changes to Capitol Street where Nixon addresses crowd from podium in front of Governor's Mansion. Additional: Presidential Election, Republican Party
Event: Nixon Visits Jackson
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MP_198001_M66_4319_ref.mov
Description: Citizens of Jackson are interviewed about their opinion of the Jackson Police Dept. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
Event: Jackson Police Dept.
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MP_198001_M67_4320_ref.mov
Description: News conference with Gov. Ross Barnett. Scene changes to City Hall where unidentified group boards a bus. (possibly Mayor Allen C. Thompson and newsmen touring city)
Event: Barnett Conference/Thompson Tour
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MP_198001_M68_4321_ref.mov
Description: *Fayette, Miss. Report on the city of Fayette and Mayor Charles Evers one year after Evers was elected Mayor.
Event: Mayor Charles Evers