WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_D306_0992_ref.mov

    Description: Sen. James O. Eastland addresses annual convention of Miss. Farm Bureau Federation. Discusses Family Assistance Act.

    Event: Sen. James O. Eastland

  • MP_198001_D306_0993_ref.mov

    Description: *Report on school organized by group of parents in a neighborhood of Jackson. Parents are protesting school desegregation plan.

    Event: Neighborhood School

  • MP_198001_D306_0994_ref.mov

    Description: Jackson Mall. Scenes from diabetic testing station. Testing is provided by Hinds County Board of Health. Additional: Health Care Services

    Event: Diabetic Testing Station

  • MP_198001_D306_0995_ref.mov

    Description: Sen. James O. Eastland addresses Miss. Farm Bureau Federation.

    Event: Sen. James O. Eastland

  • MP_198001_D306_0996_ref.mov

    Description: Report on civil defense test by Hinds County civil defense personnel.

    Event: Civil Defense Test

  • MP_198001_D306_0997_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of Christmas decorations downtown. Additional: Holidays

    Event: Christmas Decorations

  • MP_198001_D306_0998_ref.mov

    Description: William Spencer, of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., addresses newsmen's luncheon. Discusses insurance industry. Silent footage of Dear's Country House Restaurant after fire completely destroyed building. (Wynndale, Miss.) Additional: Fires

    Event: William Spencer/Restaurant Fire

  • MP_198001_D306_0999_ref.mov

    Description: Mayor Russell Davis discusses civil defense test.

    Event: Civil Defense Test

  • MP_198001_D306_1000_ref.mov

    Description: Key Field in Meridian, Miss. Reconnaissance jets arrive from Vietnam as part of troop withdrawal. Additional: Vietnam War

    Event: Jets Return From Vietnam

  • MP_198001_D306_1001_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of Boy Scout Exposition at fairgrounds. Additional: Boy Scouts

    Event: Boy Scout Exposition

  • MP_198001_D306_1002_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with Jimmy Smith, black candidate for Mayor of Port Gibson. Smith charges that there is a conspiracy to draft him into the armed forces to prevent his election. Additional: Military Draft

    Event: Jimmy Smith

  • MP_198001_D306_1003_ref.mov

    Description: Boxes of letters requesting release of American prisoners of war are loaded onto Miss. Air National Guard airplane. Letters will be sent to Paris peace talks. Additional: Vietnam War

    Event: Letters for P.O.W. Release

  • MP_198001_D306_1004_ref.mov

    Description: State Rep. Charles Mitchell talks about reapportionment in Miss. legislature.

    Event: Rep. Charles Mitchell

  • MP_198001_D306_1005_ref.mov

    Description: Jason Parker, Policy Planning Officer of U.S. State Dept., talks about China. Additional: World Affairs

    Event: China

  • MP_198001_D306_1006_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage of Children's Hospital at Univ. Medical Ctr. Scene changes to Sen. John C. Stennis discussing the increase in drug usage by young people and in the military. (The.assette duplicate is silent) More footage of Children's Hospital. Hospital representative describes new hospital facility. Additional: Drug Abuse, Marijuana, Hospitals

    Event: Children's Hospital/Stennis

  • MP_198001_D307_1007_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter taking notes. Scene changes to report on Astronaut Donald Peterson. Additional: NASA

    Event: Astronaut Donald Peterson

  • MP_198001_D307_1008_ref.mov

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

    Event: Police Report

  • MP_198001_D307_1009_ref.mov

    Description: J.R. Peterson, Assist. Director of Miss. Research and Development Ctr., talks about the state's economy.

    Event: J.R. Peterson

  • MP_198001_D307_1010_ref.mov

    Description: *Sgt. Robert White, of the Jackson Police Dept., talks about being the first black to be promoted to Sergeant. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials

    Event: Sgt. Robert White

  • MP_198001_D307_1011_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage of fire in building which adjoins the Colonial House Cafeteria. Scene changes to news conference with Frank Poorman, of Shell Oil Co., regarding gas well near Piney Woods. Scene changes to report on City Council meeting. Silent footage of banquet honoring retiring Assist. State Superintendent of Education - R.W. Griffith. More footage of fire. Additional: Fires

    Event: Fire/Shell Oil/City Cnsl./Griffith

  • MP_198001_D307_1012_ref.mov

    Description: Forrest Durand, Assist. Regional Dir. of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, addresses annual Outdoor Recreation Planning Conference.

    Event: Outdoor Recreation Conference

  • MP_198001_D307_1013_ref.mov

    Description: Report on helicopters which will be utilized for emergency medical services and monitoring traffic conditions.

    Event: Helicopters

  • MP_198001_D307_1014_ref.mov

    Description: *Silent footage of gambling devices which were confiscated by the FBI. Included are pinball machines and slot machines. Scene changes to news conference with Mayor Russell Davis. Discusses possible increase in taxes. Scene changes to Mrs. Rosie Reynolds talking about recent trip to Washington, D.C. concerning Head Start Program. More footage of gambling devices. (silent) More footage of Davis. Discusses having a black on City Planning Board. Additional: Federal Bureau of Investigation

    Event: Gambling Devices/Davis/Head Start

  • MP_198001_D308_1015_ref.mov

    Description: John Martin, U.S. Commissioner on Aging, talks about the purpose of his visit to Jackson and the problems of the elderly. Additional: Senior Citizens

    Event: U.S. Commisssioner on Aging

  • MP_198001_D308_1016_ref.mov

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

    Event: Police Report

  • MP_198001_D308_1017_ref.mov

    Description: Astronaut Donald Peterson is interviewed. Additional: NASA

    Event: Donald Peterson

  • MP_198001_D308_1018_ref.mov

    Description: Report on Santa Bus for downtown Christmas shoppers. Silent footage of construction work at Miss. State Univ. More footage of Santa Bus. (silent) Additional: Public Transportation

    Event: Santa Bus/Miss. State Univ.

  • MP_198001_D308_1019_ref.mov

    Description: Sen. John C. Stennis talks about U.S. entry into North Vietnam prisoner of war camp. The.assette duplicate is silent. Additional: Vietnam War, Prisoners of War

    Event: Sen. John C. Stennis

  • MP_198001_D308_1020_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with State NAACP Pres., Aaron Henry, Dr. Aaron Shirley, Owen Brooks and others concerning STAR Program.

    Event: STAR Program

  • MP_198001_D308_1021_ref.mov

    Description: Jim Walters, of the Jackson Police Dept.'s Community Relations Division, talks about problems for Jackson police. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials

    Event: Jim Walters