WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D384_1474_ref.mov Stennis on Draft Bill Sen. John C. Stennis talks about draft bill. Additional: Military
MP_198001_D385_1475_ref.mov Pearl River Report on fish kills and pollution of the Pearl River.
MP_198001_D386_1476_ref.mov Pearl River Report on fish kills and pollution of the Pearl River.
MP_198001_D387_1477_ref.mov Train Derailment Footage of area near Eden, Miss. where train derailment occurred. Additional: Illinois Central Railroad, Train Derailments
MP_198001_D387_1478_ref.mov Police Report Reporter Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D387_1479_ref.mov Circus Animals Footage of circus animals from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus.
MP_198001_D387_1480_ref.mov Jackson State College, Richardson Silent and sound footage of Jackson State College spring football game. Scene changes to Willie Richardson talking about his career as an athlete. Additional: Sports Events, Athletes
MP_198001_D387_1481_ref.mov Gilbert/Lilley/City Cnsl./Circus... Spencer Gilbert, Chairman of Jackson-Hinds Community Legal Services, addresses Kiwanis Club. Scene changes to interview with Bob Lilley, Hinds County Deputy Circuit Clerk. Discusses voting procedures for upcoming election. Scene changes to City Council meeting. Scene changes to Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus attended by several groups of children. (silent) More footage of Lilley and Gilbert. Scene changes to Glen Cannon announcing retirement. More of Kiwanis Club. (silent)
MP_198001_D387_1482_ref.mov Districts/Davis/Cole/Powers Report on suit filed over the redistricting of Adams County. Scene changes to news conference with Mayor Russell Davis. Talks about pollution in Pearl River. Scene changes to interview with Ed Cole about the book 'Evers.' Scene changes to interview with Sgt. Lucky Powers regarding campaign to encourage voluntary enlistments to the U.S. Army. More footage on redistricting, Davis, Cole and Powers. Additional: Charles Evers, Military
MP_198001_D387_1483_ref.mov Baseball/Bass Tournament Footage of unidentified baseball game. Footage of sign for First Annual Miss. Championship Bass Tournament. Footage of unidentified group of athletes. Additional: Fishing
MP_198001_D387_1484_ref.mov Bettleheim/Drugs/Forest Hill/Finch Dr. Bruno Bettleheim, Professor at Univ. of Chicago, is interviewed. Scene changes to Tom Sadler, Public Information Officer of Miss. Highway Patrol, discussing drugs. Scene changes to Forest Hill School where students are shown planting flowers. (silent) Scene changes to District Attorney Cliff Finch of Batesville announcing his candidacy for Lt. Governor. More footage of Bettleheim. High School students are interviewed about project at Forest Hill. More footage of Sadler.
MP_198001_D388_1485_ref.mov Stennis talks about Demonstrators Sen. John C. Stennis talks about Vietnam demonstrators.
MP_198001_D388_1486_ref.mov Research Facility Unidentified research facility. Possibly Bureau of Standards.
MP_198001_D388_1487_ref.mov Republic of New Africa *Atty. Gen. A.F. Summer and Hinds County District Attorney Jack Travis discuss suit filed against the Republic of New Africa.
MP_198001_D388_1488_ref.mov Jackson State College Memorial *Reporter Corrice Collins talks about upcoming week-long observance in memory of two blacks killed at Jackson State College in May of 1970.
MP_198001_D388_1489_ref.mov Train Derailment Silent footage of train derailment near Meridian. Fire Chief J.W. Reynolds is interviewed about the incident. More footage of derailment. Additional: Train Derailments
MP_198001_D388_1490_ref.mov Provine High School Provine High School Principal David Sessums is interviewed about student disturbance. Students are interviewed concerning the incident and issue of integration. Additional: Demonstrations, Integration.
MP_198001_D388_1491_ref.mov Sports Events Footage of unidentified olympics or sports events. (Possibly sponsored by Jackson Jaycees)
MP_198001_D388_1492_ref.mov Jackson State College Memorial *News conference at Jackson State College. Student body President Warner Buxton talks about week-long observance to honor first anniversary of the deaths of two blacks killed on campus in May of 1970.
MP_198001_D388_1493_ref.mov High Winds Tom Shelton, Director of Training Academy of Miss. Highway Patrol, talks about damage from high winds and thunderstorms. Additional: Weather
MP_198001_D388_1494_ref.mov William F. Winter William F. Winter announces his candidacy for Lt. Governor. Additional: Election Campaigns
MP_198001_D388_1495_ref.mov Police Report Reporter Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D388_1496_ref.mov Rain/Lee Majors Footage of damage from high winds. Footage of flooded streets due to heavy rainfall. Scene changes to arrival of Actor Lee Majors to Jackson. More footage of flooded streets. Additional: Weather, Entertainers
MP_198001_D388_1497_ref.mov J.A. Barnett and Edward Cates State Sen. James A. Barnett and City Commissioner Ed Cates are interviewed concerning election of Chancery Court Judge. Additional: Election Campaigns
MP_198001_D388_1498_ref.mov City Council Meeting City Council meeting. Mayor Russell Davis discusses sewer treatment plant. Additional: Waste Disposal
MP_198001_D388_1499_ref.mov LSU Football Louisiana State University football season preview. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D388_1500_ref.mov Delta Council/Voting Day Silent footage of activities at annual meeting of Delta Council. Featured speaker is Astronaut Allen Shepard. (sound) Scene changes to polling place in Hinds County on voting day. (silent) Additional: Astronauts
MP_198001_D388_1501_ref.mov Air Pollution Report on detecting air pollution levels in Jackson.
MP_198001_D388_1502_ref.mov Rain/ Choctaw Indians Footage of rainy weather. Jackson Police Chief Lavell Tullos is interviewed concerning the weather and traffic accidents. More footage of road conditions as a result of weather. Scene changes to Choctaw Indian demonstrating weaving skill. More footage of weather. Additional: Indians.
MP_198001_D388_1503_ref.mov Judo Footage of judo demonstration.