WLBT Newsfilm Collection
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MP_198001_D293_0903_ref.mov
Description: *George Elementary School. Parents and children participate in demonstration protesting school desegregation plan. Additional: Public Schools, Demonstrations
Event: George School Demonstration
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MP_198001_D293_0904_ref.mov
Description: *Mayor Russell Davis addresses students at Millsaps College. Talks about race relations in the city. Scene changes to Green Elementary School. Parents and children participate in demonstration protesting school desegregation plan. Scene changes to school bus which has been converted into a school. (silent) More footage of Davis. Discusses race relations.
Event: Davis/Green School/Lake School
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MP_198001_D293_0905_ref.mov
Description: Jackson Mall. Silent footage of First Annual Antique Transportation Show. Scene changes to interview with Barney Kennedy,Jr. concerning robbery of his father's home. More silent footage of antique car exhibit. Additional: Automobiles, Crime
Event: Antique Cars/Robbery
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MP_198001_D293_0906_ref.mov
Description: *Dr. Clyde Muse, County Superintendent of Education, comments on Hinds County schools under school desegregation order. Additional: Public Schools
Event: Dr. Clyde Muse
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MP_198001_D293_0907_ref.mov
Description: Natchez Mayor Tony Byrne announces suit filed by city of Natchez in federal court against Secretary of Commerce and Bureau of Census. Concerns failing to include over 5 thousand persons residing in Natchez. Additional: Population Statistics
Event: Tony Byrne
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MP_198001_D293_0908_ref.mov
Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Jackson's first policewoman, Nancy Cone, concerning her employment at Jackson Police Dept. Scene changes to G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery addressing Second Annual Convention of the Miss. National Guard. More footage of policewoman. (silent) More footage of Montgomery.(silent) Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
Event: Policewoman/G.V. Montgomery
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MP_198001_D294_0909_ref.mov
Description: Southern Governors Conference at Broadwater Beach Hotel on Miss. Gulf Coast.
Event: Southern Governors Conference
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MP_198001_D294_0910_ref.mov
Description: *Mothers participate in demonstration march from the old capitol building to Jackson City School Board to protest transfer of children for school desegregation plan. Additional: Public Schools, Demonstrations
Event: Mothers March
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MP_198001_D294_0911_ref.mov
Description: W.P. Gullander, President of the National Assoc. of Manufacturers, addresses Jackson Rotary Club.
Event: W.P. Gullander
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MP_198001_D294_0912_ref.mov
Description: Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
Event: Police Report
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MP_198001_D294_0913_ref.mov
Description: *Footage from Southern Governors Conference at Miss. Gulf Coast. Topics discussed include public schools, school desegregation, school integration, food stamp program and welfare.
Event: Southern Governors Conference
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MP_198001_D294_0914_ref.mov
Description: Report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting included. Dog ordinance is discussed.
Event: City Council Meeting
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MP_198001_D294_0915_ref.mov
Description: Don Nicholas and Jim Walton of the organization FOCUS (Freedom of Choice in the United States) talk about upcoming rally. Additional: Public Schools
Event: FOCUS
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MP_198001_D294_0916_ref.mov
Description: Unidentified woman discusses Black American music.
Event: Black American Music
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MP_198001_D294_0917_ref.mov
Description: Norman Johnson, Miss. Public Service Commission, is interviewed concerning remote possibility of an electric power blackout in the state.
Event: Norman Johnson
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MP_198001_D294_0918_ref.mov
Description: Mrs. Tom Collins is interviewed concerning her husband - a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Additional: Vietnam War, Prisoners of War
Event: Mrs. Tom Collins
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MP_198001_D295_0919_ref.mov
Description: Silent footage of law conference at Holiday Inn West. Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan addresses group. Additional: American Law Assoc.
Event: Law Conference
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MP_198001_D295_0920_ref.mov
Description: Report on National Industries for the Blind. Some silent footage of employees working. Additional: Handicapped Persons
Event: National Industries for the Blind
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MP_198001_D295_0921_ref.mov
Description: Commissioner Ed Cates is interviewed concerning housing for the elderly at King Edward Hotel and a comprehensive health center. Scene changes to interview with Dr. William Long. Discusses Youth Crisis Center. More footage of Cates. More footage of Long. Additional: Senior Citizens, Health Care Services
Event: Ed Cates/Dr. William Long
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MP_198001_D295_0922_ref.mov
Description: Reporter interviews people on street concerning their opinion of the world in general. Scene changes to interview with college football coach. (possibly from Univ. of Kentucky) Additional: 'Man on the Street Interviews', Colleges and Universities
Event: Man on the Street/College Football
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MP_198001_D295_0923_ref.mov
Description: Mr. B.F. Lucroy, Assist. Dir. of Education Division of Miss. Authority for Educational Television, is interviewed concerning scheduling of programs for in-school use. Scene changes to Sen. John C. Stennis talking about U.S. Navy contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. (Videocassette duplicate does not have sound) Scene changes to United Givers Fund campaign. Silent footage of mothers participating in demonstration march to protest school desegregation plan. More footage of Lucroy. Additional: Shipbuilding Industry, Demonstrations, United Way, Public Schools
Event: Lucroy/Stennis/UGF/Mothers March
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MP_198001_D295_0924_ref.mov
Description: Paul Fugate, of the Miss. Agricultural and Industrial Board, talks about how to identify Miss. products. Additional: Buy Miss. Products Campaign
Event: Mississippi Products
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MP_198001_D295_0925_ref.mov
Description: Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
Event: Police Report
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MP_198001_D296_0926_ref.mov
Description: Dr. Kenneth Wagner addresses Fourth Annual Membership meeting of Jackson Urban League. Scene changes to A.Q. Greer talking about tax exempt status. Scene changes to Miss. Welfare Dept. spokesman, Tom Pruitt, announcing change from a calendar month to a fiscal month system. More footage of Wagner. Silent footage of fire at Camp Garaywa - Baptist Church Camp. More footage of Greer, Wagner and Pruitt. Additional: Fires
Event: Wagner/Greer/Pruitt/Camp Garaywa
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MP_198001_D296_0928_ref.mov
Description: Colonel George Fong is interviewed concerning upcoming National Security Seminar in Jackson.
Event: Colonel George Fong
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MP_198001_D296_0929_ref.mov
Description: A representative of the Jackson School Board discusses the determination of student grade levels which he believes have always meant less than educators have believed.
Event: School Grade Placement
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MP_198001_D296_0930_ref.mov
Description: Footage of Edge City 'The Peoples Community Center' or 'The Focal Seat of the Woodstock Nation in Jackson.' It is a youth center containing an underground book store, a leather goods store, a microbiotics coffee house, and an auditorium. Jack Hill discusses the President's Commission on Campus Unrest's report on the riots at Jackson State. The report places much of the blame on the police agencies.
Event: Edge City/Jackson State Riots Comm.
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MP_198001_D296_0931_ref.mov
Description: Report from dedication ceremony of the opening of Interstate 20 between Jackson and Meridian. Silent footage of ribbon-cutting ceremony. Additional: Highways
Event: Interstate 20
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MP_198001_D296_0932_ref.mov
Description: Report on Miracle House - Christian Counseling Service for Youth. Additional: Youth Services
Event: Miracle House