WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D323_1130_ref.mov Col. Daniel Bird Army Col. Daniel Bird is interviewed concerning World Affairs Forum.
MP_198001_D323_1131_ref.mov 4-H Club Members Two 4-H Club members are asked what their thoughts are on the 'younger generation.'
MP_198001_D323_1132_ref.mov Jim Huff Trial Wilson Fazier reports on murder trial of Jackson businessman Jim Huff. Additional: Murders
MP_198001_D323_1133_ref.mov E. Bodron/World Affairs/C. Evers Jack Hill provides report on Miss. legislature. Interview with State Sen. Ellis Bodron concerning taxes. Scene changes to World Affairs Forum where Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, is featured speaker. Scene changes to news conference with Fayette Mayor Charles Evers. Discusses open primary law. More footage of Hill, Bodron, Zumwalt and Evers. Additional: Election Laws
MP_198001_D324_1134_ref.mov Williams/Property/Selective Service *News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams. Proclaims February 22nd as 'Free the Prisoners Day' in Miss. Scene changes to report by Wilson Frazier concerning property reappraisals. Scene changes to news conference with Jimmy Smith and Bennie Thompson concerning Selective Service system and blacks. More footage of Williams.
MP_198001_D324_1135_ref.mov Miss. Legislature Report by Jack Hill on Miss. legislature.
MP_198001_D324_1136_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D324_1137_ref.mov Karate Competition Footage of Karate Competition. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D324_1138_ref.mov City Council *Mayor Russell Davis reads statement concerning demands presented by Black United Front. Scene changes to news conference with Rudy Shields, from Black United Front, concerning Davis' statement.
MP_198001_D324_1139_ref.mov Miss. Legislature Jack Hill reports on Miss. legislature.
MP_198001_D324_1140_ref.mov ETV/School Board Assoc. Hearing regarding Miss. Authority for Educational Television establishing high frequency station in Northeast Miss. Scene changes to meeting organizing Miss. School Board Assoc. More footage of hearing. Additional: Capitol Broadcasting Co.
MP_198001_D324_1141_ref.mov Highway Signs Robert E. Lee Hotel and Governor's Mansion are shown. Highway signs are shown. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.' Additional: Hotels
MP_198001_D325_1142_ref.mov Fire House on fire in West Jackson. Additional: Fires
MP_198001_D325_1143_ref.mov World Affairs Forum Topics Foreign Service Officer Eiler Cook and Marine Corps Colonel Clay Hendricks are interviewed concerning upcoming topics of World Affairs Forum.
MP_198001_D325_1144_ref.mov Police Report Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D325_1145_ref.mov Train Derailment Train derailment north of Jackson. Additional: Illinois Central Railroad, Train Derailments
MP_198001_D325_1146_ref.mov Rankin County Courthouse Rankin County Courthouse shown. Scene of Jim Huff murder trial. Additional: Murders
MP_198001_D325_1147_ref.mov Miss. Legislature Jack Hill provides report on Miss. legislature.
MP_198001_D325_1148_ref.mov World Affairs Forum Topics U.S. Air Force Col. George Fong and Navy Capt. Andrew Serrell are interviewed concerning upcoming topics of World Affairs Forum.
MP_198001_D325_1149_ref.mov Williams/Collins/Barbecue/Mohammed Silent and sound footage of news conference with Gov. John Bell Williams concerning drug abuse and consolidating certain state agencies. Scene changes to report on Miss. legislature. State Sen. E.K. Collins is interviewed about legislation concerning elected officials. Scene changes to barbecue at Miss. Game and Wildlife Museum. (silent) More footage of Williams. Scene changes to interview with State Sen. Ollie Mohamed about state commission to handle drug abuse problems.
MP_198001_D325_1150_ref.mov Industrial Progress Report Gov. John Bell Williams and Miss. Agricultural and Industrial Board Director Brad Dye report on industrial progress of the state. Additional: Industry
MP_198001_D325_1151_ref.mov Property Reappraisals Warren Hunnecutt discusses reappraisal of residential property. Additional: Property Reappraisals
MP_198001_D325_1152_ref.mov Miss. Legislature Jack Hill reports on Miss. legislature. He interviews State Senators E.K. Collins, Ollie Mohamed and Bill Corr.
MP_198001_D325_1153_ref.mov Parking Facilities Parking facilities at Jackson Municipal Airport are shown. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.'
MP_198001_D326_1154_ref.mov Law Library/Murrah Reading Program Clock in law library at Capitol Building is shown. This is a 'People, Places and Things Report.' Scene changes to Murrah High School where parents attend workshop for reading program volunteers. Additional: Libraries
MP_198001_D326_1155_ref.mov Mohamed/Bodron/Smith State Sen. Ollie Mohamed is interviewed concerning renovation of Governor's Mansion. Silent footage of legislature. State Sen. Ellis Bodron discusses tax reduction bill. State Sen. Theodore Smith comments on the bill.
MP_198001_D326_1156_ref.mov Bomb Training Fort Rucker, Alabama. Internal Revenue Service conducts bomb training for federal officers who will enforce the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970.
MP_198001_D326_1157_ref.mov Meredith/Boy Scouts/NEA/Workshop *News conference with James Meredith concerning program to help educate blacks about America's economic system. Silent footage of Boy Scout's annual Appreciation Banquet. Don Morrison, President-elect of National Education Assoc., is interviewed concerning the status of Miss. Teachers Assoc. Silent footage of Murrah High School where parents attend workshop for special reading program.
MP_198001_D326_1158_ref.mov Miss. Legislature Report Jack Hill reports on Miss. legislature. House Speaker John Junkin and Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan comment on Governor's proposal to consolidate a number of state agencies. State Rep. Neil Smith discusses proposal to regulate various phases of dairy industry.
MP_198001_D326_1159_ref.mov James Meredith *News conference with James Meredith concerning program to help educate blacks about America's economic system. Scene changes to law library at State Capitol Building. Additional: Libraries