WLBT Newsfilm Collection

W.C. Smith talks to reporters about proposed refinery in Miss. Gov. Ross Ba...

Filename: MP_198001_D05_0031_ref.mov

Event: Oil Refinery

Pearl Flood. Flooded streets, homes, commercial buildings, the coliseum, ca...

Filename: MP_198001_D05_0032_ref.mov

Event: Pearl Flood

*Roy Wilkins, of the NAACP, discusses the Freedom Riders. Reporter Dick San...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0085_ref.mov

Event: Roy Wilkins Interview

*Black students of Tougaloo Southern Christian College are arrested for usi...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0086_ref.mov

Event: Library & Walgreen Sit-ins, Fair

*Freedom Riders arrive at bus station. James Farmer and John Lewis (bandage...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0087_ref.mov

Event: Freedom Riders

*Capitol Street. Demonstration for Capitol Street boycott. Sign 'Don't Buy...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0088_ref.mov

Event: Boycott Demonstration/Lunch Counter

*Scenes from session of Miss. legislature. House Speaker Walter Sillers at...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0089_ref.mov

Event: Mississippi Legislature

*James Meredith, accompanied by U.S. Marshall James McShane and U.S. Atty....

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0090_ref.mov

Event: Meredith, Registration Attempt

*Arrival of Univ. of Kentucky football team and cheerleaders at airport. Sc...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0091_ref.mov

Event: Univ. of Kentucky Football Team

*Oxford, Miss. News conference after James Meredith is registered at Univ....

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0092_ref.mov

Event: Meredith's Registration, News Conf.

*U.S. Marshalls arrive at Oxford Airport. (Marshalls are present due to reg...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0093_ref.mov

Event: U.S. Marshalls at Oxford

*Meridian Federal Courthouse. Harvey Clegg, Public Information Officer at U...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0094_ref.mov

Event: Univ. of Miss. Officials

*Univ. of Miss. vs. Univ. of Kentucky football game. Pregame and Halftime s...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0095_ref.mov

Event: Univ. of Miss., Univ. of Kentucky

*Federal courthouse in New Orleans. Court hearing regarding registration of...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0096_ref.mov

Event: Meredith, Univ. of Miss.

*U.S. Marshall James McShane at Oxford Airport. James Meredith, McShane and...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0097_ref.mov

Event: Meredith, Univ. of Miss.

*James Meredith and U.S. Justice Dept. officials at Oxford Airport. Univ. o...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0098_ref.mov

Event: Meredith, Univ. of Miss.

*Gov. Ross Barnett reads statement concerning the state's control of the pu...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0099_ref.mov

Event: Gov. Ross Barnett

*Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson and Gov. Ross Barnett. (possibly at Oxford Airpor...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0100_ref.mov

Event: Meredith, Univ. of Miss.

*U.S. Marshall James McShane & James Meredith are confronted by Lt. Gov. Pa...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0101_ref.mov

Event: Meredith, Univ. of Miss.

*People arrive at Hinds County Courthouse for trial of Freedom Riders. Cour...

Filename: MP_198001_D06_0112_ref.mov

Event: Freedom Riders, Segregation Suit

Kimble Berry hearings with Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson, Martin Fraley, Chairman o...

Filename: MP_198001_D07_0033_ref.mov

Event: Kimble Berry Hearings

*Gov. Ross Barnett speech concerning the doctrine of interposition.

Filename: MP_198001_D08_0034_ref.mov

Event: Gov. Ross Barnett

*Woolfolk State Office Building. James Meredith's second attempt to registe...

Filename: MP_198001_D08_0035_ref.mov

Event: James Meredith, Registration

*Univ. of Miss. campus. Army airplanes, trucks and tents are shown.

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0036_ref.mov

Event: Univ. of Miss. Campus

Sen. John C. Stennis talks about the Cuban missile crisis.

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0037_ref.mov

Event: Sen. John C. Stennis

*Freedom Riders departing bus and entering bus station. Policeman tells gro...

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0038_ref.mov

Event: Freedom Riders

*James Meredith, accompanied by two men, walks through crowd which has gath...

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0039_ref.mov

Event: James Meredith, Registration

Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and William D. McCain speak at Broadwater Beach Hotel...

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0040_ref.mov

Event: Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson

Unidentified man talking.

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0041_ref.mov

Event: Unidentified Man

*Bus station door with sign above, 'Colored Waiting Room' Inside scenes of...

Filename: MP_198001_D09_0042_ref.mov

Event: Trailways Bus Station