WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
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.
MP_198001_D259_0547_ref.mov Arts Festival Preview Preview of upcoming Arts Festival.
MP_198001_D260_0548_ref.mov Arts Festival Scenes of Arts Festival - Americana Exhibit, Comic Strip Artwork and Youth Pavilion.
MP_198001_D260_0549_ref.mov Piney Woods Oil Well Scenes of oil well at Piney Woods. Spokesman from Shell Oil Co. talks about the well.
MP_198001_D260_0550_ref.mov John Davidson/City Council Report Interview with Singer John Davidson. Scene changes to reporter providing highlights of City Council meeting. Back to interview with Davidson. Additional: Entertainers
MP_198001_D260_0551_ref.mov Awards Banquet/Cosmetics for Blind Footage of Annual Awards Banquet of Miss. Advertising Club. Scene changes to workshop on cosmetics for blind women. (April 17) Additional: Blind Persons, Handicapped Persons
MP_198001_D260_0552_ref.mov Piney Woods Oil Well Scenes from oil well at Piney Woods. Scene changes to Kadena Air Force Base where military woman is shown.(silent) Scene changes to oil well. Spokesman from Shell Oil Co. talks about the well.
MP_198001_D260_0553_ref.mov Dr. James Hardy Dr. James Hardy, Univ. Medical Ctr., addresses Miss. Thoracic Society concerning human lung transplants. Additional: Medicine
MP_198001_D260_0554_ref.mov Income Tax Returns Mailed Scenes of city street at night. Scene changes to inside of Post Office where people mail income tax returns. Additional: Taxes
MP_198001_D260_0555_ref.mov C.J. Duckworth *C.J. Duckworth, Executive Secretary of Miss. Teachers Assoc., addresses Jackson Urban League. Additional: Public Schools, School Integration
MP_198001_D260_0556_ref.mov City Council Highlights of City Council meeting.
MP_198001_D260_0557_ref.mov Dr. Joseph Norman Dr. Joseph Norman, from the Medical College of Alabama, addresses meeting of Miss. Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assoc.
MP_198001_D260_0558_ref.mov Raymond Gallagher - V.F.W. Raymond Gallagher of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is interviewed concerning Vietnam prisoners of war. Additional: Vietnam War
MP_198001_D260_0559_ref.mov Paulus/Benny/Biloxi Junior High Interview with H. Dean Paulus of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Discusses drug abuse. Scene changes to interview with comedian Jack Benny. Scene changes to Biloxi Junior High School. Teacher Odin Haas is interviewed concerning her former pupil, Astronaut Fred Haise. Back to interview with Paulus. Additional: Entertainers
MP_198001_D260_0560_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D260_0561_ref.mov Miss. Test Facility Sen. John C. Stennis comments on the future of the Miss. Test Facility. Additional: NASA
MP_198001_D260_0562_ref.mov Arts Festival/Benny/Fonda Silent footage of entertainment at Arts Festival. Scene changes to interview with Comedian Jack Benny. Scene changes to interview with Actor Henry Fonda. Additional: Entertainers
MP_198001_D260_0563_ref.mov James Arden Barnett *News Conference with James Arden Barnett concerning bill on freedom of choice school enrollment. Additional: Public Schools
MP_198001_D260_0564_ref.mov City Council Meeting Report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting with Mayor Russell Davis and Commissioner Ed Cates. Housing situation in Jackson is discussed.
MP_198001_D26_0140_ref.mov Election Service Headquarters Reporter Dick Sanders at the network election service headquarters at the National Guard Armory. Over 100 telephones are set up in the Armory in order to gather election returns nationwide. Sanders discusses the election return procedures. Additional: Voting Procedures.
MP_198001_D261_0565_ref.mov Legal Representation Grant Cooper and Parham Williams talk about legal services and legal representation. Both men are speakers at criminal law seminar sponsored by Miss. Bar Assoc.
MP_198001_D261_0566_ref.mov Skirt Lengths Report by Cathy Boyette on skirt lengths. Several people comment on the mini skirt, midi skirt and the fashion industry. Examples of clothing styles are shown.
MP_198001_D261_0567_ref.mov Daylight Savings Time Report on daylight savings time.