WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_D297_0933_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams concerning report by President's Commission on Campus Unrest. Scene changes to Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer addressing a meeting of Miss. Women for Constitutional Govt. He comments on the commission's report. Scene changes to meeting of Miss. Council on Aging.(silent) More footage of Williams and Summer.

    Event: Williams/Summer/Council for Aging

  • MP_198001_D297_0934_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage of audience at FOCUS (Freedom of Choice in the United States) rally. Dr. Ray Lee is shown. Allen C. Thompson speech. Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan, Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer, Gov. John Bell Williams and Congressman G.V. Montgomery. More silent footage of rally.

    Event: FOCUS Rally

  • MP_198001_D297_0935_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage showing women wearing different skirt lengths. Scene changes to interview with George Falldine - one of the airline hostages held captive in Jordon. Scene changes to report on Jackson area economy by Marilyn Mills, Research Analyst for Miss. Research and Development Ctr. Scene changes to reporter discussing skirt lengths. Additional: Clothing Styles

    Event: Fashions/Falldine/Business Report

  • MP_198001_D297_0936_ref.mov

    Description: Report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting. Mayor Russell Davis announces new manufacturing plant for module homes. Additional: Industry

    Event: City Council

  • MP_198001_D297_0937_ref.mov

    Description: Jerry Delaughter, Dir. of Institute of Politics, addresses Kiwanis Club.

    Event: Jerry Delaughter

  • MP_198001_D297_0938_ref.mov

    Description: Lt. Col. Lois Johns, a nurse from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, discusses treatment of burns. Additional: Medicine

    Event: Treatment of Burns

  • MP_198001_D298_0939_ref.mov

    Description: *Report on segregated facilities at Jackson city garage. Signs 'White' and 'Colored' are shown at restrooms and water fountains.

    Event: Jackson City Garage

  • MP_198001_D298_0940_ref.mov

    Description: Mrs. Pat Martin discusses campaign - 'Patriotic Card Carrying Americans' Scene changes to Dr. Emil Palmquist addressing Miss. Nurses Assoc. Palmquist, Regional Health Dir. of Atlanta, Georgia, discusses national health problems. More footage of Martin. Additional: Health Care Services

    Event: Martin/Palmquist

  • MP_198001_D298_0941_ref.mov

    Description: *Mrs. Tom Collins, whose husband is a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, is interviewed concerning President Nixon's address on the war. Scene changes to news conference with Fayette Mayor Charles Evers, William Thompson and Eugene Carter. Thompson will run against Rep. Jamie Whitten. Evers comments on school desegregation and report by President's Commission on Campus Unrest. More footage of Collins. Additional: Election Campaigns, Prisoners of War

    Event: Collins/Evers/Thompson/Carter

  • MP_198001_D298_0942_ref.mov

    Description: Heidelberg Hotel. Footage of United Givers Fund luncheon. Ed Hobgood, WJDX radio personality, is shown addressing group. Additional: United Way

    Event: United Givers Fund Luncheon

  • MP_198001_D298_0943_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. George Mann, Nutrition Specialist at Vanderbilt School of Medicine, is featured speaker at program sponsored by Miss. Nutrition Council. He talks about poverty and hunger in the U.S. Scene changes to Illinois Central train. (silent) Scene changes to news conference with Commissioners Tom Kelly and Ed Cates. Statement is made concerning pay raise for city employees. More footage of Mann. Scene changes to interview with H.G. Mullins of Illinois Central Railroad. Discusses discontinued service of Panama Limited between Chicago and New Orleans. Additional: Railroad Industry

    Event: Mann/Illinois Central/Kelly/Cates

  • MP_198001_D299_0944_ref.mov

    Description: *Silent footage of unidentified people sitting in a room. Scene changes to report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting. Scene changes to opening of Prisoners of War booth at Miss. State Fair. Scene changes to opening of Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Ctr. Opening remarks from Dr. Aaron Shirley, Clinical Dir., and Alex Waites, Miss. NAACP. More of City Council. Pay for city employees is discussed. Scene changes to State Fair at night. (silent) Additional: Health Care Services

    Event: City Council/POW Booth/Health Ctr.

  • MP_198001_D299_0945_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage of fence at Jackson State College. Scene changes to interview with Fred Thompson, ex-prisoner of war. More footage of fence. Scene changes to scenes of flooded streets from heavy rain. (silent) More footage of Thompson. More footage of fence. Scene changes to Miss. State Fair preparations. Additional: Weather

    Event: JSC Fence/Thompson/ Floods/Fair

  • MP_198001_D299_0946_ref.mov

    Description: C.J. Duckworth, Executive Secretary of Miss. Teachers Assoc., announces reading program for children - RIF (Reading is Fundamental).

    Event: RIF Program

  • MP_198001_D299_0947_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. William Markel, Vice-President of American Cancer Society, talks about rehabilitation of cancer patients. Additional: Medicine

    Event: Cancer

  • MP_198001_D299_0948_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of Miss. State Fair luncheon.

    Event: Miss. State Fair Luncheon

  • MP_198001_D299_0949_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with Richard Johnson, President of Miss. Council on Human Relations, and Mrs. Lyles. They attack the United Givers Fund for supporting agencies which they accuse of practicing race segregation. Additional: United Way

    Event: Johnson, Lyles

  • MP_198001_D299_0950_ref.mov

    Description: Congressman Charles Griffin announces his candidacy for re-election. Additional: Election Campaigns

    Event: Charles Griffin

  • MP_198001_D299_0951_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. Ernie Thurston, a reading expert from Louisiana State Univ., talks about upgrading reading programs in Jackson's public schools.

    Event: Reading Programs

  • MP_198001_D299_0952_ref.mov

    Description: Howard Frazier, President of the Consumer Federation of America, talks about the need for consumer education.

    Event: Consumer Education

  • MP_198001_D299_0953_ref.mov

    Description: Singer Charlie Pride talks about his career. Additional: Entertainers

    Event: Charlie Pride

  • MP_198001_D299_0954_ref.mov

    Description: Scenes from meeting of Miss. Assoc. of School Administrators.

    Event: Assoc. of School Administrators

  • MP_198001_D299_0955_ref.mov

    Description: Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime

    Event: Police Report

  • MP_198001_D299_0956_ref.mov

    Description: Scenes from rock festival near Greenville. Scene changes to train derailment south of Jackson. (silent) Scene changes to Phyllis George, Miss America of 1970, in Greenville. Gov. John Bell Williams and Mayor Pat Dunne welcome her. More footage of rock festival. Additional: Train Derailments, Music, Illinois Central Railroad

    Event: Rock Festival/Train/Phyllis George

  • MP_198001_D300_0957_ref.mov

    Description: City Council meeting. Commissioner Ed Cates discusses pay for city employees. Scene changes to meeting of Kiwanis Club where college student body presidents discuss their viewpoints on college campuses. Silent footage showing portrait of Miss Hospitality, Marianne Mullens, hanging in Capitol building. Scene changes to report on prisoners of war booth at Miss. State Fair. More footage of city council meeting with Commissioners Tom Kelly and Ed Cates. More footage of POW booth. More footage of Kiwanis Club meeting. Additional: Colleges and Universities

    Event: City Council/Kiwanis/Mullens/POW

  • MP_198001_D300_0958_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. Paul Peterson addresses meeting of Miss. Public Health Assoc. Scene changes to Rep. J. A. Thigpen at news conference. He criticizes architect's drawing of the new Carroll Gartin Justice Building. Silent footage of people picking flowers. Silent footage showing picture of proposed Gartin Justice Building. More footage of Peterson. Additional: Health Care Services

    Event: Peterson/Thigpen on Gartin Bldg.

  • MP_198001_D300_0959_ref.mov

    Description: Claude Ramsay talks about pay for city employees. Scene changes to Miss. Research and Development Ctr. (silent) Footage of dedication ceremony for the Ctr. Scene changes to local union representative, Robert Thomas, discussing city employee pay. More footage of dedication ceremony.

    Event: Ramsay/R & D Ctr./Thomas

  • MP_198001_D300_0960_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of dog show. Additional: Animals

    Event: Dog Show

  • MP_198001_D300_0961_ref.mov

    Description: Miss America of 1970, Phyllis George, is interviewed. Scene changes to a report on daylight savings time. More footage of Miss America.

    Event: Miss America/Daylight Savings Time

  • MP_198001_D300_0962_ref.mov

    Description: Report on policy regarding usage of Miss. Research and Development Ctr.

    Event: Miss. Research and Development Ctr.