WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D256_0517_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D256_0518_ref.mov Sen. John C. Stennis *Sen. John C. Stennis discusses the legality of school segregation. Additional: Public Schools, School Integration, School Desegregation
MP_198001_D256_0519_ref.mov Miss. Legislature Silent footage of Miss. legislature. Scene changes to reporter describing highlights of legislative session.
MP_198001_D256_0520_ref.mov City Council Meeting Highlights from City Council meeting. Some footage of the meeting.
MP_198001_D256_0521_ref.mov Baptist Hosp./Waterways/Legislature Silent footage of banquet for Baptist Hospital fund drive. Scene changes to Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg. (silent) Scene changes to reporter providing highlights of legislative session. More scenes of Baptist Hospital fund drive banquet. Additional: Hospitals
MP_198001_D257_0522_ref.mov Police Report Silent footage of scenes of spring. Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D257_0523_ref.mov Sen. John C. Stennis *Sen. John C. Stennis talks about school desegregation and public schools. Additional: School Integration
MP_198001_D258_0524_ref.mov National Education Assoc. James Williams, of National Education Assoc., discusses school desegregation issue, teachers and public schools.
MP_198001_D258_0525_ref.mov Shopping Centers Cecil L. Wright, Pres. of J.C. Penney Co., discusses shopping centers. Additional: Urban Renewal
MP_198001_D258_0526_ref.mov Highway Bill Gov. John Bell Williams signs highway bill. Sam Waggoner, Highway Commissioner, discusses new bill. Additional: Highway Construction
MP_198001_D258_0527_ref.mov Charles Blackburn of Shell Oil Co. Charles Blackburn of Shell Oil Co., discusses oil well. Additional: Fires
MP_198001_D258_0528_ref.mov Teamsters Union Strike Teamsters picket Roadway Express Co. Additional: Strikes
MP_198001_D258_0529_ref.mov Bartlett/Lepley/Williams Donald Bartlett, Pres. of Miss. Heart Assoc., discusses Heart Fund Drive and medical research program. Scene changes to Dr. Lepley discussing heart transplants. Scene changes to Gov. John Bell Williams discussing selling of highway bonds and the highway construction program. More footage of Bartlett. Additional: Medicine
MP_198001_D258_0530_ref.mov Jack Mann/Police Union Jack Mann discusses reappraisal of commercial and industrial property in Jackson. Scene changes to reporter discussing controversy over a police union at the Jackson Police Dept. More footage of Mann. Additional: Unions, Property Reappraisals
MP_198001_D258_0531_ref.mov Operation Shoestring Operation Shoestring. Scenes of Office Medical Clinic. Additional: Medicine
MP_198001_D258_0532_ref.mov Joint Council on Economic Education Dr. S.S. Towell Symmes, of Joint Council on Economic Education, discusses center for economic education at Alcorn A and M College.
MP_198001_D258_0533_ref.mov Natchez Housing Natchez. Report on housing in Natchez. Homes are shown. Reporter talks of contrast in housing conditions in this town. Scenes of people participating in Natchez Pilgrimage.
MP_198001_D258_0534_ref.mov Williams/Hillenbrand/Laird Gov. John Bell Williams, Mr. Hillenbrand, Dir. of National Assoc. Co., and Melvin Laird address Miss. Economic Council.
MP_198001_D258_0535_ref.mov Prisoners of War Letter Campaign Report on letter campaign for prisoners of war. Additional: Vietnam War
MP_198001_D258_0536_ref.mov City Council Meeting Reporter provides highlights from recent City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting shown.
MP_198001_D259_0537_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Scenes of Gulf Coast area after Hurricane Camille. Some footage from August, 1969. Clean-up operations, evacuation procedures, interviews with victims, scenes of damaged buildings and arrival of Vice Pres. Spiro T. Agnew. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D259_0538_ref.mov Mrs. Tom Collins - POW Campaign Mrs. Tom Collins, wife of Vietnam prisoner of war, talks about letter campaign for prisoners of war. Additional: Vietnam War
MP_198001_D259_0539_ref.mov Joseph Lusteck Joseph Lusteck, Assistant City Planning Director, talks about traffic and parking in downtown Jackson. Additional: Parking Facilities
MP_198001_D259_0540_ref.mov Gov. John Bell Williams *Gov. John Bell Williams comments on Freedom of Choice Bill. Additional: Public Schools
MP_198001_D259_0541_ref.mov Volpe/Bush/Ellison Transportation Secretary John Volpe addresses Highway Regional Safety Conference. He talks about pollution. Scene changes to Dr. Steven Moore, Miss. Health Planning Advisory Council, discussing infant mortality rate in the state. Scene changes to interview with Sharon Bush, guest speaker at Miss. Nurses Assoc. workshop. Scene changes to Author Ralph Ellison at the Miss. Intercollegiate Council Conference. More footage of Volpe.
MP_198001_D259_0542_ref.mov Miss. Private School Assoc. Publisher Tom Anderson addresses Miss. Private School Assoc. Additional: Education, Private Schools
MP_198001_D259_0543_ref.mov Service Station Dog Scenes of dog at service station. Additional: Animals
MP_198001_D259_0544_ref.mov Ken Dean *Ken Dean, Dir. of Miss. Council on Human Relations, is interviewed at Miss. Intercollegiate Council.
MP_198001_D259_0545_ref.mov Claude Ramsay Claude Ramsay, President of AFL-CIO, is interviewed at Miss. Intercollegiate Council.
MP_198001_D259_0546_ref.mov Miss. Valley State College Report on draft situation at Miss. Valley State College.