WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_M113_4373_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Report Cliff Bingham narrates footage of Hurricane Camille the day after the storm. Same footage as reel D197 Item 333. Bingham identifies and describes aerial footage of the damaged Gulf Coast.
MP_198001_M11_4264_ref.mov City Hall Footage of the inside and outside of City Hall before major remodeling. City departments and city employees shown. Mayor Allen C. Thompson at his desk.
MP_198001_M114_4374_ref.mov Eagle Lake Dam Construction work being done to control flooding and pollution in and around Eagle Lake. Narrator Forrest Cox explains the process that led to construction. Fishing boats shown on Eagle Lake.
MP_198001_M115_4375_ref.mov Coon Hunt Reporter Forrest Cox narrates a racoon hunt he went on. Hunters shown with coon dogs getting ready for hunt. Coon dogs shown after treeing a racoon. Hunter shown holding a racoon. Hunters and coon dogs sitting around a fire.
MP_198001_M116_4376_ref.mov Automobile Safety PSA WLBT produced PSA on automobile safety. Automobile junk yard shown to symbolize that cars are replaceable while people are not. Unidentified cemetery shown.
MP_198001_M117_4379_ref.mov Coffee With Judy Arts and crafts enthusiast Anna Bee appearing on the Coffee With Judy show. Anna Bee designs unique Christmas gift wrap for her Christmas presents. Her designs include toy tractors, cows and dolls. Advertisement for the Candlestick Shopping Merchants Association. Association representative, Clyde Chapman, leans on a Pinto car to be given away.
MP_198001_M118_4378_ref.mov Archie Manning University of Miss. football coach Vaught discusses quarterback Archie Manning.
MP_198001_M119_4377_ref.mov Homes Like These Documentary written and produced by Jack Hill for WLBT about poor housing conditions in Mississippi. Cities of Jackson, Greenville, Gulf Coast after Camille, Vicksburg, Escatawpa, Hazlehurst after tornado. Tornado victim Mamie Kelly interviewed. Vicksburg Mayor Murray Sills, Flora Mayor Willis Wilder and Natchez Mayor Tony Byrne interviewed. Footage of poor housing and new housing construction. Families shown living in new housing. Interviews with various state housing representatives.
MP_198001_M120_4380_ref.mov Coffee With Judy Anniversary Coffee With Judy one year anniversary. Judy Denson introduces WLBT staff members assigned to the Coffee With Judy show. Production manager and first director of the show Milton Holcomb. Art and set director Billy Patete. Name writer Chet Rob. Associate producer Diana Thatcher. Public service Diana Daniels and Ginger Sims. Current director Don Elliott. Camera operators Ronny McDowell and Don Gillantine. Operators demonstrate television camera. Footage does not begin until 3.5000.
MP_198001_M120_4381_ref.mov Coffee With Judy Anniversary Coffee With Judy one year anniversary. Judy Denson narrates episodes for the past year. Unidentified home and garden in Natchez. Eudora Welty interviewed by Howard Lett. Dr. J.D. Boyd, past pres. of Alcorn A & M College. Doug McClure interviewed by Forrest Cox. Miss USA Debbie Shelton and modeling class from Miss. College for Women (MSCW) model swim wear. Cart race and accident with Spurgeon May. Miss USA Debbie Shelton interviewed by Judy Denson. Christmas Special. McComb, Miss during Spring performance.
MP_198001_M121_4382_ref.mov Weather Special Head Meterologist, Don Munro, at the Jackson Weather Bureau introduces a film produced by the Department of Commerce about tornadoes. Film 'Tornado' shown. WLBT General Manager, Bob McRaney, discusses a new weather radar used by WLBT. Bill Burkette and Bob McRaney discuss the radar on roof of unidentified building. Radar shown behind them. Woodie Assaf and Kathy Boyette shown.
MP_198001_M122_4383_ref.mov Coffee With Judy Eudora Welty on the Coffee With Judy show. Miss Welty is interviewed by Judy Denson and Howard Lett. They discuss the play adaptation of her book 'The Ponder Heart'. Miss Welty also discusses how she creates characters for her books and discusses some of her books.
MP_198001_M123_4384_ref.mov Charles Evers Documentary, 'Fayette One Year Later', about Charles Evers' first year as mayor of Fayette. WLBT reporter, Corrice Collins, interviews staff member Charles Ramburg about the administration's progress. Charles Evers interviewed in his office about the progress and problems he has seen since becoming mayor. Evers gives tour of Fayette. Interview with Marie Farr Walker, editor of the 'Fayette Chronicle'. Walker discusses the Evers administration.
MP_198001_M12_4265_ref.mov National Transportation Week National Transportation Week banner on a stage. Unidentified man speaks from podium. Man sitting on the stage may be Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan.
MP_198001_M124_4385_ref.mov Archie Manning & John Vaught Reporter Dick Thames, at WLBT news desk, discusses Archie Manning's injury at an Ole Miss football game against the University of Houston. Manning shown on football field holding his arm and being led off the field. Manning interviewed at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Manning discusses his broken arm and his thoughts on completing the season. Manning's doctor, Dr. Marcus Stewart, describes what was done to mend Manning's arm. Interview with Coach John Vaught at the Methodist Hosptial in Memphis after having a heart attack.
MP_198001_M125_4386_ref.mov Fred Haise Documentary Fred Haise documentary 'Fred Haise, Jr. Return to Miss.'. Apollo 13 taking off. Reporter Mark Ledbetter, at news desk, tells history of the mission. Mrs. Fred Haise, Sr. interviewed. Jack Hill interviews Daily Herald newspaper editor Cosman Eisendrath about Haise's work at the paper. Interview with Perkinston College President J.J. Haypen. Haise shown training for mission. Fred Haise Day in Biloxi. Newsconference. Parade with Haise and family speaking. Gov. John Bell Williams at banquet honoring Haise. Fred Haise given Jefferson Davis award.
MP_198001_M126_4387_ref.mov Midday Devotional WLBT midday devotional with Rev. R. N. Richmond, Pastor of Greater Blair Street AME Zion Church.
MP_198001_M126_4388_ref.mov Brinkley High School Choir Brinkley High School Choir singing Christmas carols at the WLBT station. Choir directed by Celia W. Carr and narrated by student Robert Gray.
MP_198001_M127_4389_ref.mov Teen Tempos Singer Bill Clark singing and playing piano on the WLBT Teen Tempos show.
MP_198001_M128_4390_ref.mov WLBT Sports WLBT Sports reporter Bill Slaten interviews high school football players that have signed college football scholarships. Those interviewed are Theotis Davis, Otis Strickland, Danny West, Bob Harrison, Bubba Miller, Jimmy Webb, Bobby Walden, Roger Cook, Mike West and Roger Parks.
MP_198001_M129_4391_ref.mov Welfare Jack Hill reports on delayed welfare checks. Female working with computer at welfare office. Arthur Winstead, State Welfare Commissioner, interviewed about the problem. Poor family shown at home. Jackson social worker Mrs. Letitia Fleming interviewed. Mrs. Nancy Gilbert of Operation Shoestring interviewed. Poor family shown.
MP_198001_M130_4392_ref.mov Teen Tempos Unidentified woman singing and playing a piano on the Teen Tempos show.
MP_198001_M131_4393_ref.mov Magnolia Horse Feed Commercial advertisement for Magnolia Horse Feed. Female riding horse to a barn, dismounts and feeds horse.
MP_198001_M131_4394_ref.mov Memorial and Flag Day Special Memorial and Flag Day Special. American flag shown. 'The Battle For Vicksburg' film shown. National cemetery in Vicksburg. Two inch original.
MP_198001_M131_4395_ref.mov The Balcony Commercial advertisement for The Balcony clothing store. Group of women modeling clothes inside the store.
MP_198001_M131_4396_ref.mov Dixie National Rodeo Live broadcast from the Dixie National Rodeo parade. Narrated by Judy Denson and Forrest Cox. Parade participants shown riding horses.
MP_198001_M131_4397_ref.mov Fall television programs Television advertisement for the fall programs. TV trailers for Adventures of Huck Finn, Walt Disney's World of Color, The Mothers-In-Law, Bonanza, Premiere and The Outsider.
MP_198001_M131_4398_ref.mov Driving Safety PSA Driving safety PSA. Group of boys playing football next to a city street. Person shown driving a car. Two inch original.