WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D315_1079_ref.mov Sen. John C. Stennis Sen. John C. Stennis talks about inflation. Additional: Economy
MP_198001_D315_1080_ref.mov W.H. Cochran W.H. Cochran, Chairman of the Educational Television Authority, is interviewed about controversy over plans for an educational television channel 12 outlet near Booneville, Miss.
MP_198001_D315_1081_ref.mov Youth Congress Joey Bennett and Jerry McBride talk about the 23rd Annual Miss. Youth Congress.
MP_198001_D315_1082_ref.mov Christmas at City Hall Footage of Christmas tree and decorations at City Hall. Additional: Holidays
MP_198001_D315_1083_ref.mov Film Presentation Film of Jackson Police Dept. is presented to Chief Lavell Tullos. Participating in presentation are Harland Knight, Bob McRaney, Jim Walters and Jack Hill.
MP_198001_D316_1084_ref.mov Pearl River/Tornadoes Report on pollution of Pearl River. Report from spokesman of National Weather Bureau regarding tornadoes. More footage on Pearl River pollution.
MP_198001_D317_1085_ref.mov Jackson Police Dept. Footage of Jackson Police Dept. Police are shown working. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
MP_198001_D318_1086_ref.mov Year-End Report *Footage of 1970 news stories. Footage includes Gov. John Bell Williams, Southern Governors Conference, Miss. Legislature, Dr. John Martin, school desegregation plans, Fred Haise, housing, shooting at Jackson State College and President's Commission on Campus Unrest. Additional: Public Schools, School Integration
MP_198001_D319_1087_ref.mov Sullivan/Minor/NASA/Hanford Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan is speaker at Legislative Seminar of Miss. Jaycees. Bill Minor, of Capitol Press Corps, also speaks. Silent footage of Apollo 14 report. Silent footage of Miss. Consumers Assoc. meeting. Elizabeth Hanford, Exec. Dir. of President's Committee on Consumer Interests, is speaker. More footage of Sullivan and Minor. Additional: NASA
MP_198001_D319_1088_ref.mov City Cnsl./Legislature/Montgomery Footage of City Council meeting. Scene changes to legislature. Rev. Rhorman delivers opening prayer. State Sen. Marion Smith is sworn into office. Smith is interviewed. State Sen. Ellis Bodron comments on possibility of tax cut. Congressman G.V. Montgomery talks about prisoners of war. Wilson Frazier reports on City Council meeting. More footage of Montgomery. Additional: Taxes
MP_198001_D319_1089_ref.mov Pearl Incorporation Claude Williams talks about the incorporation of Pearl. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.' Additional: Pearl Incorporation
MP_198001_D319_1090_ref.mov Edgar Stephens State Rep. Edgar Stephens discusses possible tax cut. Additional: Taxes
MP_198001_D319_1091_ref.mov Mayor Russell Davis and JSC News conference with Mayor Russell Davis. Discusses his opinion on moving Jackson State College. Additional: Colleges and Universities
MP_198001_D319_1092_ref.mov USO Tour Jackson Municipal Airport. Jackson State College students participating in European United Services Organization (USO) tour are shown.
MP_198001_D319_1093_ref.mov Officer Friendly Program Report on 'Officer Friendly Program' - new program for first grade classes. Additional: Jackson Police Dept.
MP_198001_D319_1094_ref.mov Sen. Nap Cassibry State Sen. Nap Cassibry talks about penal reform bills in the Senate. Discusses excluding transfer of juveniles to State Penitentiary. Additional: Prisons
MP_198001_D319_1095_ref.mov Sen. Ellis Bodron State Sen. Ellis Bodron, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, talks about cutting taxes.
MP_198001_D319_1096_ref.mov Sen. Marion Smith State Sen. Marion Smith talks about major issues of 1971 session of Miss. legislature.
MP_198001_D319_1097_ref.mov Street Signs Footage of street signs which are sometimes difficult to find. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.'
MP_198001_D320_1098_ref.mov Ice/Airport Rd./Signs/Stephens ... Silent footage of traffic accidents due to icy road conditions. Silent footage of ribbon-cutting ceremony for opening of new access road to Jackson Municipal Airport. Silent footage of highway signs. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.' Rep. Edgar Stephens is interviewed concerning the possibility of a cut in taxes. Silent footage of Legislature. Gov. John Bell Williams addresses Miss. legislature. Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan and House Speaker John Junkin comment on the address. More footage of Williams, airport road and weather conditions.
MP_198001_D320_1099_ref.mov Ice Storm, Sled Riding Scenes of Jackson after ice storm. People shown sled riding - including reporter Cliff Bingham. Additional: Weather
MP_198001_D320_1100_ref.mov Dr. Nicholas Long Dr. Nicholas Long, Dir. of Therapeutic School and Residence at Hillcrest Children's Center in Washington, discusses mental health problems of children. Long is in town for the annual meeting of Miss. Assoc. for Mental Health.
MP_198001_D320_1101_ref.mov Baptist Hospital Anniversary Miss. Baptist Hospital open house for 60th anniversary. Additional: Hospitals
MP_198001_D320_1102_ref.mov Sen. John C. Stennis *Sen. John C. Stennis discusses school integration and inflation. Additional: Public Schools, Economy
MP_198001_D32_0148_ref.mov Miss. Freedom Democratic Party *Possibly Robert Stenson reporting of beating he received by a policeman. Black youth talks of brutal treatment from policeman. Speaker from Miss. Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) asks for support for upcoming demonstration. Annie Devine speaks of police brutality, support to MFDP, free elections and a proposed march to Capitol. Ken Dean, Dir. of Miss. Council on Human Relations, talks of rights of free press and protest.
MP_198001_D32_0149_ref.mov Fairgrounds Jail *Fairgrounds jail. Women prisoners eating a meal. Male inmates are shown clapping and singing. Inmates shown together with arms crossed, holding hands and singing. One of the male inmates is E.W. Steptoe. (elderly man)
MP_198001_D32_0150_ref.mov Miss. Freedom Democratic Party *Miss. Freedom Democratic Party News Conference. Speakers are Annie Devine, Robert Stenson and Ken Dean.
MP_198001_D32_0151_ref.mov Demonstration *Demonstration. Police wearing riot helmets walk down street. City Jail. Women prisoners in cells singing and clapping. Additional: Demonstrations
MP_198001_D32_0152_ref.mov Demonstration, First Baptist Church *Demonstration. Police and marchers in front of First Baptist Church. Black man holds sign 'Christians Help Us' Reporters and photographers. Demonstrators arrested and led to police paddy wagon. White woman holds sign 'Christians Stop the Police Brutality' Policeman takes sign and writes her name on the back. Additional: Demonstrations.
MP_198001_D32_0153_ref.mov Memorial March *Memorial March for 3 slain civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Neshoba County. March led by 2 black boys carrying signs 'June 21st 1964' and 'James Chaney Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman' Someone carries an American Flag. Sign 'Did They Die in Vain?' Marchers followed by a Neshoba County sheriff vehicle. Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price is shown. Marchers proceed down dirt road. Area shown where church once stood before it was burned down.