WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D293_0903_ref.mov George School Demonstration *George Elementary School. Parents and children participate in demonstration protesting school desegregation plan. Additional: Public Schools, Demonstrations
MP_198001_D293_0904_ref.mov Davis/Green School/Lake School *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.
MP_198001_D293_0905_ref.mov Antique Cars/Robbery 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
MP_198001_D293_0906_ref.mov Dr. Clyde Muse *Dr. Clyde Muse, County Superintendent of Education, comments on Hinds County schools under school desegregation order. Additional: Public Schools
MP_198001_D293_0907_ref.mov Tony Byrne 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
MP_198001_D293_0908_ref.mov Policewoman/G.V. Montgomery 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
MP_198001_D294_0909_ref.mov Southern Governors Conference Southern Governors Conference at Broadwater Beach Hotel on Miss. Gulf Coast.
MP_198001_D294_0910_ref.mov Mothers March *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
MP_198001_D294_0911_ref.mov W.P. Gullander W.P. Gullander, President of the National Assoc. of Manufacturers, addresses Jackson Rotary Club.
MP_198001_D294_0912_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D294_0913_ref.mov Southern Governors Conference *Footage from Southern Governors Conference at Miss. Gulf Coast. Topics discussed include public schools, school desegregation, school integration, food stamp program and welfare.
MP_198001_D294_0914_ref.mov City Council Meeting Report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting included. Dog ordinance is discussed.
MP_198001_D294_0915_ref.mov FOCUS Don Nicholas and Jim Walton of the organization FOCUS (Freedom of Choice in the United States) talk about upcoming rally. Additional: Public Schools
MP_198001_D294_0916_ref.mov Black American Music Unidentified woman discusses Black American music.
MP_198001_D294_0917_ref.mov Norman Johnson Norman Johnson, Miss. Public Service Commission, is interviewed concerning remote possibility of an electric power blackout in the state.
MP_198001_D294_0918_ref.mov Mrs. Tom Collins Mrs. Tom Collins is interviewed concerning her husband - a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Additional: Vietnam War, Prisoners of War
MP_198001_D295_0919_ref.mov Law Conference Silent footage of law conference at Holiday Inn West. Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan addresses group. Additional: American Law Assoc.
MP_198001_D295_0920_ref.mov National Industries for the Blind Report on National Industries for the Blind. Some silent footage of employees working. Additional: Handicapped Persons
MP_198001_D295_0921_ref.mov Ed Cates/Dr. William Long 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
MP_198001_D295_0922_ref.mov Man on the Street/College Football 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
MP_198001_D295_0923_ref.mov Lucroy/Stennis/UGF/Mothers March 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
MP_198001_D295_0924_ref.mov Mississippi Products Paul Fugate, of the Miss. Agricultural and Industrial Board, talks about how to identify Miss. products. Additional: Buy Miss. Products Campaign
MP_198001_D295_0925_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D296_0926_ref.mov Wagner/Greer/Pruitt/Camp Garaywa 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
MP_198001_D296_0927_ref.mov City Council Report on City Council meeting.
MP_198001_D296_0928_ref.mov Colonel George Fong Colonel George Fong is interviewed concerning upcoming National Security Seminar in Jackson.
MP_198001_D296_0929_ref.mov School Grade Placement 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.
MP_198001_D296_0930_ref.mov Edge City/Jackson State Riots Comm. 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.
MP_198001_D296_0931_ref.mov Interstate 20 Report from dedication ceremony of the opening of Interstate 20 between Jackson and Meridian. Silent footage of ribbon-cutting ceremony. Additional: Highways
MP_198001_D296_0932_ref.mov Miracle House Report on Miracle House - Christian Counseling Service for Youth. Additional: Youth Services