WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D300_0963_ref.mov Davis/Head Start Program/IRS Raid Sidney Davis, President of Miss. Bankers Assoc., talks about cost of living, business conditions and interest rates. Silent footage of unidentified people seated in a room. McDowell, Executive Director of Miss. Head Start Training Coordinating Council, charges that Gov. John Bell Williams ordered state agencies not to participate in a council workshop. Scene changes to men loading pinball machines onto truck. (silent) This is from raid by the Internal Revenue Service. Additional: Head Start Program, Economy
MP_198001_D30_0144_ref.mov Gov. Paul B. Johnson Gov. Paul B. Johnson News Conference. Discusses 'Lights on for Safety Campaign' and highway safety in Miss.
MP_198001_D301_0964_ref.mov Jackson Public Schools *Special report on Jackson Public Schools. Interviews with school board members, school officials, teachers, parents and students. Private school officials are interviewed. Additional: Education, School Desegregation, FOCUS, Parents and Teachers Assoc., Private Schools, School Integration, Jackson City School Board
MP_198001_D302_0965_ref.mov Jackson Public Schools *Special report on Jackson Public Schools. Interviews with school board officials, teachers, parents and students. Additional: School Desegregation, Private Schools, School Integration, Jackson City School Board
MP_198001_D302_0966_ref.mov Stennis News Conference/Police Rept News conference with Sen. John C. Stennis. Discusses Vietnam War, school desegregation and public schools. Scene changes to Cliff Bingham providing weekly police report. More footage of Stennis. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D303_0967_ref.mov City Council/Sam Waggoner Report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting. Silent footage of highway. More footage of City Council meeting with Mayor Russell Davis and Commissioners Tom Kelly and Ed Cates. Scene changes to Sam Waggoner, Central District Highway Commissioner, explaining changes on Interstate 55. Additional: Highways
MP_198001_D303_0968_ref.mov General Motors Strike/Dacey Report on General Motors strike. Scene changes to meeting of Jackson Kiwanis Club. Featured speaker, Major Gen. Timothy Dacey, talks about national security. Silent footage of cars parked in car lot. Reporter talks about GM strike. More footage of Dacey. Additional: Strikes
MP_198001_D303_0969_ref.mov Low-Income Housing/Dr. Ray Lee Room filled with people. Dr. Ray Lee talking. Silent footage of low-income housing. Report on Dr. Ray Lee, candidate for Third Congressional District. Additional: Election Campaigns, Housing
MP_198001_D303_0970_ref.mov Miss. Test Facility/Charles Griffin Silent footage of test-firing of Saturn Two rocket at Miss. Test Facility. Report on Charles Griffin, candidate for Third Congressional District. More footage of rocket. More footage of Griffin. Additional: Election Campaigns, NASA
MP_198001_D303_0971_ref.mov Stennis/Nurses/Police Rpt./Comstock Sen. John C. Stennis addresses meeting of Pearl River Valley Development Assoc. Scene changes to conference of Miss. Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses. Dr. Reginald White, Dir. of East Miss. Hospital at Meridian, talks about marijuana. Scene changes to Cliff Bingham providing weekly police report. Scene changes to Rock Comstock, of the National Park Service, discussing the proposed Natchez Trace Parkway. Additional: Drugs, Crime, Drug Abuse
MP_198001_D303_0972_ref.mov Irvin/Globetti/Lee/Griffin Jackson City Planning Dir., Donald Irvin, addresses Kiwanis Club. He talks about urban renewal. Scene changes to conference of Miss. Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses. Dr. Gerald Globetti, sociologist from Murray State Univ., talks about drug abuse. Silent footage of people voting. Dr. Ray Lee and Charles Griffin comment on election results in campaign for third congressional district seat. Report on National Weather Service. City Council meeting report. More footage of Irvin and Globetti.
MP_198001_D304_0973_ref.mov Walter Dell Davis/Dero Saunders Miss. Insurance Commissioner, Walter Dell Davis, addresses annual assessor's conference. Discusses life insurance companies. Scene changes to Dero Saunders, Executive Editor of 'Forbes Magazine', discussing the image of Miss.
MP_198001_D304_0974_ref.mov Linkletter/Workshop/Tullos/Thigpen Silent footage of Miss. Forestry Assoc. meeting. Jack Linkletter is interviewed. Scene changes to workshop for school administrators in the Jackson Public Schools. (silent and sound) Scene changes to pinball machines being destroyed. Machines had been confiscated in a raid by the Internal Revenue Service. More footage of Linkletter. Jackson Police Chief, Lavell Tullos, is interviewed. J.A. Thigpen talks about meeting concerning the design of the Carroll Gartin Justice Building. More footage of Linkletter, workshop and pinball machines. Additional: Jackson Police Dept.
MP_198001_D304_0975_ref.mov Fire/Trash March/Garbage Footage of house on fire. Firemen are shown in action. Footage of marchers picking up trash. Report on garbage collection in the city. More footage of house fire. Additional: Fires, Waste Disposal
MP_198001_D304_0976_ref.mov Jackson Urban League Jackson Urban League spokesman discusses legal action regarding action to withdraw from a school desegregation brief. Additional: Fred Nolan
MP_198001_D304_0977_ref.mov Home Economist Convention Scenes from convention of home economists at Heidelberg Hotel
MP_198001_D304_0978_ref.mov Sammy Bridges Report on Belzoni policeman, Sammy Bridges. Receives Outstanding Citizen Award. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
MP_198001_D305_0979_ref.mov Business Report J.R. Peterson, Assoc. Dir. of Miss. Research and Development Ctr., provides business report. Discusses employment, income and population statistics of the state. Additional: Economy
MP_198001_D305_0980_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D305_0981_ref.mov Kiwanis/Russell/Baptist Convention Silent footage of luncheon meeting of Kiwanis Club. Scene changes to interview with Mrs. Pat Weathersby concerning her brother, Major James Russell. Russell was released from custody by Soviet Union. Scene changes to Miss. Baptist Convention. (silent) More footage of Kiwanis Club. Hinds County Republican Chairman Jack Breed discusses results of last week's general election and crime in the state. Additional: Baptist Church
MP_198001_D305_0982_ref.mov City Council Report on City Council meeting.
MP_198001_D305_0983_ref.mov Veterans Day/Theatre Center Veterans Day observances in Jackson and Meridian. Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan speech. Scene changes to Miss. Theatre Center. (silent) Report on opening of the Theatre Center. More footage of Veterans Day. (silent) Gov. John Bell Williams introduces Gov.-elect George C. Wallace of Alabama. Silent footage of parade. Wallace speech. Additional: Holidays
MP_198001_D305_0984_ref.mov General Motors Strike Jim Davis, local General Motors car dealer, is interviewed concerning General Motors strike. Additional: Strikes
MP_198001_D305_0985_ref.mov Bowman/Gartin Bldg/Baptist Conv. *Joan Bowman, Acting Dir. of Miss. Council on Human Relations, discusses bank loans to the Citizens' Council schools. Scene changes to ground-breaking ceremony for Carroll Gartin Justice Dept. Building.(silent) Scene changes to Trailways Bus Station where snake was found - Cliff Bingham describes situation. Silent footage of Miss. Baptist Convention. More footage of Bowman. Additional: Baptist Church, Private Schools
MP_198001_D305_0986_ref.mov Mrs. Katherine Grafton Miller Natchez Mayor Tony Byrne and pilgrimage Garden Club members honor Mrs. Katherine Grafton Miller during ceremonies at Carriage House. Miller founded the Natchez Pilgrimage.
MP_198001_D305_0987_ref.mov Yazoo Clay Research Project Report on yazoo clay research project conducted by Miss. Highway Dept. and Miss. State Univ. Silent footage of men conducting tests on yazoo clay.
MP_198001_D306_0988_ref.mov John Martin John Martin, U.S. Commissioner on Aging, talks about the elderly in the United States. Additional: Senior Citizens
MP_198001_D306_0989_ref.mov Dr. Edward Collins Dr. Edward Collins, Pres. of Millsaps College, addresses Kiwanis Club. He discusses colleges and universities and today's students. Additional: College Presidents
MP_198001_D306_0990_ref.mov Patsel/Montgomery/City Council Pastor W.H. Patsel, of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Jackson, demonstrates the hazards of smoking through the use of a smoking mannequin. Scene changes to Congressman G.V. Montgomery talking about current session of Congress. Scene changes to report on City Council meeting. Some footage of meeting with Mayor Russell Davis. More footage of smoking mannequin.
MP_198001_D306_0991_ref.mov Fleming/Miss. Farm Bureau Roger Fleming, Secretary of American Farm Bureau Federation, addresses convention of Miss. Farm Bureau Federation. Scene changes to Miss. Farm Bureau Federation contest.