WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_D32_0154_ref.mov

    Description: *Sit-in demonstration at State Capitol bldg. steps. Police surround demonstrators. Police carry and/or drag demonstrators to garbage trucks which are used as paddy wagons. Additional: Demonstrations

    Event: Sit-in Demonstration

  • MP_198001_D32_0155_ref.mov

    Description: *Coordinating Committee. Dr. A.B. Britton, Rev. Allen Johnson and Rev. R.L.T. Smith speak. Upcoming demonstration is mentioned. Reference to Miss. Freedom Democratic Party. Scene changes to demonstrations. Marchers move towards State Capitol Bldg. Back to Coordinating Committee. Statement made concerning those arrested and in jail under city ordinance prohibiting demonstration marches.

    Event: Coordinating Committee

  • MP_198001_D32_0156_ref.mov

    Description: *Rev. Richmond, Rev. Allen Johnson and others are shown leaving church. Footage of march to City Hall. Rev. R.L.T. Smith and Rev. Allen Johnson are shown at front of march. Rev. Leon Whitney, Rev. Richmond and Charles Evers are shown in the march. Additional: Demonstrations.

    Event: March to City Hall

  • MP_198001_D321_1103_ref.mov

    Description: *Silent footage of audience at World Affairs Forum. Silent footage of audience at Tougaloo Southern Christian College. Back to World Affairs Forum where Sen. John C. Stennis addresses audience. Jack Hill reports on second week of Miss. legislature. More footage of Stennis and Hill. Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. More of Stennis. Fannie Lou Hamer addresses group at Tougaloo Southern Christian College. Additional: Crime, Vietnam War

    Event: Stennis/Hamer/Legislature/Police

  • MP_198001_D321_1104_ref.mov

    Description: Charles Holder, Chairman of the International Gardens Committee, talks about a site for tourism and recreational development.

    Event: Charles Holder

  • MP_198001_D321_1105_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. Garvin Johnston, State Superintendent of Education, talks about proposal to organize statewide school boards association. Additional: Public Schools

    Event: Dr. Garvin Johnston

  • MP_198001_D321_1106_ref.mov

    Description: *David Bowen, Coordinator of Federal-State Programs in Miss., is interviewed. Cary Hall, Regional Dir. of Dept. of Health Education and Welfare, is interviewed. Discusses Head Start Program. Scene changes to City Council meeting. Scene changes to airplane on side of runway. (silent) Congressman Charles Griffin addresses Kiwanis Club. Gov. John Bell Williams discusses employment of veterans. State Sen. Roy Perdue discusses Pearl incorporation. ('People, Places and Things Report') More footage of Griffin and city council. Rudy Shields reads list of demands of black community.

    Event: Bowen/Hall/City Cnsl./Griffin...

  • MP_198001_D322_1107_ref.mov

    Description: Jack Hill provides report on Miss. legislature. Unidentified man discusses reorganization of school board association.

    Event: Miss. Legislature Report

  • MP_198001_D322_1108_ref.mov

    Description: Footage from Economic Symposium sponsored by Deposit Guaranty Bank. Scene changes to report by Jack Hill on Miss. legislature. More footage of Economic Symposium. Additional: Economy

    Event: Economic Symposium

  • MP_198001_D322_1109_ref.mov

    Description: *Rep. Robert G. Clark announces upcoming conference of black officials.

    Event: Rep. Robert Clark

  • MP_198001_D322_1110_ref.mov

    Description: Jack Hill provides report on session of Miss. legislature. State Rep. Elton Bolton comments on legislation regarding drunk driving.

    Event: Miss. Legislature Report

  • MP_198001_D322_1111_ref.mov

    Description: State Rep. Robert Lennon is interviewed concerning abortion legislation.

    Event: Rep. Robert Lennon

  • MP_198001_D322_1112_ref.mov

    Description: Navy Capt. Andrew Serrell talks about pollution and the environment.

    Event: Capt. Andrew Serrell

  • MP_198001_D322_1113_ref.mov

    Description: Jack Hill provides report on Miss. legislature. State Rep. H.L. Merideth is interviewed concerning the Implied Consent Bill. Legislators are interviewed concerning the Governor's address.

    Event: Miss. Legislature Report

  • MP_198001_D322_1114_ref.mov

    Description: *Report on observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. Silent footage included on exhibits honoring King. Andrew Young addresses group.

    Event: King Birthday Observance

  • MP_198001_D322_1115_ref.mov

    Description: Jackson Police Chief Lavell Tullos talks about a new flexible patrol unit. Additional: Crime, Law Enforcement Officials, Jackson Police Dept.

    Event: Police Chief Lavell Tullos

  • MP_198001_D322_1116_ref.mov

    Description: Jack Hill provides report on Miss. legislature. Scene changes to report by John Wade, Manager of Miss. Research and Development Ctr.. Discusses the state's economy. Scene changes to interview with State Rep. Robert Lennon concerning abortion legislation.

    Event: Legislature/Wade/Lennon

  • MP_198001_D322_1117_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of public buildings in Jackson. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.'

    Event: Public Buildings

  • MP_198001_D322_1118_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage of Miss. Assoc. of Black Elected Officials conference. Scene changes to interview with Air Force Colonel George Fong. Scene changes to interview with Navy Capt. Andrew Serrell. (Jan. 17) More footage of conference. Congressman Charles Diggs of Michigan is speaker. Scene changes to interviews with U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Clay Hendricks and Air Force Colonel Charles Stewart. Additional: World Affairs

    Event: World Affairs Forum/Charles Diggs

  • MP_198001_D323_1119_ref.mov

    Description: Footage showing the lack of parking spaces in downtown Jackson. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.' Additional: Parking Facilities

    Event: Downtown Parking

  • MP_198001_D323_1120_ref.mov

    Description: Wilson Frazier provides report on City Council meeting. Scene changes to report on Miss. legislature by Jack Hill. State Sen. Corbett Patridge is interviewed concerning bill to provide support to predominantly black colleges and universities. More footage of Jack Hill. Silent footage showing Rankin County courthouse in Brandon. Footage of City Council meeting.

    Event: City Council/Patridge/Courthouse

  • MP_198001_D323_1121_ref.mov

    Description: Army Colonel Daniel Bird and Foreign Service Officer Eiler Cook talk about upcoming discussions for World Affairs Forum.

    Event: World Affairs Forum Speakers

  • MP_198001_D323_1122_ref.mov

    Description: Jack Hill reports on hearing concerning proposal to liberalize the state's abortion law. People provide their opinion of abortion. Additional: Abortion Legislation

    Event: Abortion Legislation Hearing

  • MP_198001_D323_1123_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with Mayor Russell Davis. Announces resignation of Lamar Noble from Jackson City School Board. Discusses having representative from the black community as a replacement.

    Event: Mayor Russell Davis

  • MP_198001_D323_1124_ref.mov

    Description: Thomas Martin, Vice-Pres. of Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co., is featured speaker at Kiwanis Club luncheon meeting. Additional: Railroad Industry

    Event: Thomas Martin

  • MP_198001_D323_1125_ref.mov

    Description: Army Col. Daniel Bird and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Clay Hendricks talk about topics of World Affairs Forum.

    Event: World Affairs Forum Speakers

  • MP_198001_D323_1126_ref.mov

    Description: Wilson Frazier reports on murder trial of Jackson businessman Jim Huff in Rankin County Circuit Court.

    Event: Jim Huff Trial

  • MP_198001_D323_1127_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of litter along highway. Men are shown collecting garbage. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.' Scene changes to news conference with Mayor Russell Davis.

    Event: Highway Litter/Mayor Russell Davis

  • MP_198001_D323_1128_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of Army Induction Center where telephone bomb threat took place. Additional: Bomb Threats

    Event: Army Induction Center

  • MP_198001_D323_1129_ref.mov

    Description: Miss. Assoc. of Police Chiefs meeting. Featured speakers include FBI Special Agent Roy K. Moore, Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan and H. Dean Paulus of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Additional: Drugs, Drug Abuse, Law Enforcement Officials, Federal Bureau of Investigation

    Event: Miss. Assoc. of Police Chiefs