WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_M69_4322_ref.mov

    Description: Eagle is removed from top of the Capitol Building. Scene changes to Dixie National Rodeo Parade.

    Event: Capitol Bldg./Dixie National Parade

  • MP_198001_M70_4323_ref.mov

    Description: *James Meredith. (possibly at Univ. of Miss.) U.S. Marshalls arrive in Oxford, Miss.

    Event: Meredith, U.S. Marshalls

  • MP_198001_M71_4324_ref.mov

    Description: *Gov. Ross Barnett arrives by airplane in Oxford, Miss. Crowds are gathered. Miss. Highway Patrol are present. Group of men shown may be Univ. of Miss. officials. Barnett may be at the Univ. in anticipation of James Meredith's arrival to register at the Univ.

    Event: Barnett at Oxford, Miss.

  • MP_198001_M72_4325_ref.mov

    Description: Hinds County Courthouse. Unidentified people enter building.

    Event: Hinds County Courthouse

  • MP_198001_M73_4326_ref.mov

    Description: *Jackson police arrest black woman and carry her to paddy wagon. This is in front of Krystal's Restaurant on Capitol Street. Scene changes to police escorting black men from Primos Restaurant. (possibly arrested for sit-in demonstration) Additional: Demonstrations

    Event: Capitol Street Demonstrations

  • MP_198001_M74_4327_ref.mov

    Description: Football Athlete Shelby Johnson, of Central High School, is interviewed as 'Athlete of the Week' Additional: Athletes

    Event: Athlete of the Week

  • MP_198001_M75_4328_ref.mov

    Description: Windsor Castle ruins at Grand Gulf Military Monument Park.

    Event: Windsor Castle Ruins

  • MP_198001_M76_4329_ref.mov

    Description: Hawkins Field Airport.

    Event: Hawkins Field Airport

  • MP_198001_M77_4330_ref.mov

    Description: Boating on Barnett Reservoir. Fire works for Fourth of July celebration. Additional: Holidays

    Event: Fourth of July at Reservoir

  • MP_198001_M78_4331_ref.mov

    Description: *Fayette, Miss. Report on the town one year after Charles Evers became Mayor. A memorial to Medgar Evers is shown. Charles Evers is interviewed concerning his year as Mayor.

    Event: Fayette, Miss., Charles Evers

  • MP_198001_M79_4332_ref.mov

    Description: Alabama Gov. George Wallace addresses joint session of Miss. legislature. Wallace is introduced by Gov. John Bell Williams. Scene changes to speech at fund raiser. Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan are in audience. Scene changes to rally at coliseum. 'Wallace for President' banner shown. Footage of Wallace's arrival at Jackson Municipal Airport. Ross Barnett is with Wallace. Crowds welcome Wallace with banners 'Wallace for President' Additional: Election Campaigns, Presidential Election

    Event: Gov. George Wallace

  • MP_198001_M80_4333_ref.mov

    Description: *Speech by A.L. (Alonzo) Lowery, candidate for State Superintendent of Education. Discusses issues in the campiagn, including his view on school desegregation. Lowery states that he is a segregationist. Additional: Public Schools, Election Campaigns

    Event: A.L. (Alonzo) Lowery

  • MP_198001_M81_4334_ref.mov

    Description: All American Game of the Week' Miss. State Univ. and Auburn Univ. football game. Additional: Sports Events

    Event: Miss. State Football

  • MP_198001_M82_4335_ref.mov

    Description: Footge from football games between Univ. of Miss. and Univ. of Kentucky, Louisiana State Univ. and Univ. of Tennessee. Additional: Sports Events

    Event: Univ. of Miss. Football Highlights

  • MP_198001_M83_4336_ref.mov

    Description: Unidentified group (possibly newsmen) tour Jackson by bus. Coliseum shown.

    Event: Newsmen Tour Jackson

  • MP_198001_M84_4337_ref.mov

    Description: *Crowd outside Hinds County Courthouse. (possibly for trial of Freedom Riders)

    Event: Trial of Freedom Riders

  • MP_198001_M85_4338_ref.mov

    Description: Unidentified man and woman with Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Scene changes to Hinds County Courthouse.

    Event: Mayor Allen C. Thompson

  • MP_198001_M86_4339_ref.mov

    Description: Eagle on Capitol Building dome.

    Event: Eagle on Capitol Building

  • MP_198001_M87_4340_ref.mov

    Description: DC-9 Airplane. Additional: Airplanes

    Event: DC-9 Airplane

  • MP_198001_M88_4341_ref.mov

    Description: Maid of Cotton tours Europe. Additional: Cotton Industry

    Event: Maid of Cotton

  • MP_198001_M89_4342_ref.mov

    Description: Jobie Martin introduces singer Little Milton. Milton sings to audience at unidentified theatre or auditorium.

    Event: Jobie Martin, Little Milton

  • MP_198001_M90_4343_ref.mov

    Description: *Gov. Ross Barnett arrives at Miss. Memorial Stadium (possibly for Univ. of Miss., Univ. of Kentucky football game) Crowd cheering Barnett's arrival.

    Event: Barnett, Football Stadium

  • MP_198001_M91_4344_ref.mov

    Description: Offices of WJDX radio station. Employees of WJDX radio talk about their jobs. (Dick Sanders, Woodie Assaf, Cliff Bingham, Hagan Thompson and others)

    Event: WJDX

  • MP_198001_M92_4345_ref.mov

    Description: Tour of Vitro, Inc. (possibly the manufacturer of weather radar for television station)

    Event: Vitro, Inc. Tour

  • MP_198001_M93_4346_ref.mov

    Description: Vitro, Inc.

    Event: Vitro, Inc.

  • MP_198001_M94_4347_ref.mov

    Description: Unidentified ballet performance.

    Event: Ballet

  • MP_198001_M95_4348_ref.mov

    Description: Performance of Jackson Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lewis Dalvit.

    Event: Jackson Symphony Orchestra

  • MP_198001_M96_4349_ref.mov

    Description: Scenes from Horse Show. Entertainer Roy Clark shown playing guitar and singing. Additional: Animals, Entertainers

    Event: Horse Show

  • MP_198001_M97_4350_ref.mov

    Description: Report on Hospitality Regatta of the Jackson Yacht Club. Additional: Boating

    Event: Yacht Club Regatta

  • MP_198001_M98_4351_ref.mov

    Description: Report on WLBT's weather radar unit.

    Event: WLBT's Weather Radar Unit