WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_D389_1504_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of destruction from high winds. Additional: Weather

    Event: High Winds

  • MP_198001_D389_1505_ref.mov

    Description: Sound and silent footage of news conference with Jimmy Swan who qualified to run for Governor.

    Event: Jimmy Swan

  • MP_198001_D389_1506_ref.mov

    Description: Scenes from search for missing 5 year-old Cassius Land. Additional: Missing Persons

    Event: Search for Cassius Land

  • MP_198001_D389_1507_ref.mov

    Description: Report by Cliff Bingham concerning Police Chief Lavell Tullos who is being criticized by Jackson Civil Service Commission. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials

    Event: Police Chief Lavell Tullos

  • MP_198001_D389_1508_ref.mov

    Description: New Mental Health Center at St. Dominics Hospital. Additional: Hospitals

    Event: St. Dominics Hospital

  • MP_198001_D389_1509_ref.mov

    Description: Town Creek' -- flooded area between West Street and South Street. Additional: Weather

    Event: Town Creek

  • MP_198001_D389_1510_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Jack Hill provides story on legislative reapportionment hearing. Additional: Miss. Legislature

    Event: Reapportionment of Legislature

  • MP_198001_D389_1511_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with C.J. Duckworth, Executive Secretary of Miss. Teachers Assoc. Discusses busing and school integration. Scene changes to Jackson Mall where display of armed services are shown. (silent) Scene changes to presentation of '"Lawman of the Year'" Award. More footage of Duckworth. Additional: Law Enforcemnt Officials, Military, Integration.

    Event: Duckworth/Armed Services/Award

  • MP_198001_D389_1512_ref.mov

    Description: Area where airplane crashed. Additional: Airplane Crashes

    Event: Airplane Crash

  • MP_198001_D389_1513_ref.mov

    Description: Drainage ditch shown where body of 5 year-old Cassius Land was found. Additional: Missing Persons

    Event: Search Ended

  • MP_198001_D389_1514_ref.mov

    Description: Scale model of what Jackson will look like in 1985 is shown at City Hall. Additional: Urban Renewal

    Event: City Model

  • MP_198001_D389_1515_ref.mov

    Description: Governor's Mansion. Reception for foreign consuls serving in United States. Gov. John Bell Williams is shown.

    Event: Trade Reception

  • MP_198001_D389_1516_ref.mov

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

    Event: Police Report

  • MP_198001_D389_1517_ref.mov

    Description: People jogging and participating in a race. Additional: Sports Events

    Event: Jogging, Race

  • MP_198001_D389_1518_ref.mov

    Description: Members of Railway Signalmen's Union are shown picketing. Scene changes to luncheon meeting dealing with transportation. Additional: Strikes, Unions, Railroad Industry

    Event: Railroad Strike

  • MP_198001_D390_1519_ref.mov

    Description: Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew addresses fund-raising dinner at coliseum. Scene changes to report by Cliff Bingham on City Council meeting. Scene changes to workshop for volunteer aides of Jackson Public Schools. (silent) Scene changes to arrival of Agnew at airport. Agnew welcomed by Gov. John Bell Williams, Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan and State Republican Chairman Clarke Reed.

    Event: Agnew/City Council/Workshop

  • MP_198001_D390_1520_ref.mov

    Description: Lt. Gov. Charles L. Sullivan announces his candidacy for Governor in the August Democratic Primary. Scene changes to Dr. Ernest Boykins, new president of Miss. Valley State College. He comments on his appointment. College board member comments on request of Charles Perkins to enroll at Miss. College for Women. Scene changes to Dr. Curtis Tarr discussing recruiting for an all-volunteer army. Scene changes to police chase at night. (silent) More footage of Sullivan. Additional: Military, College Presidents, Election Campaigns

    Event: Sullivan/College Board/Tarr

  • MP_198001_D390_1521_ref.mov

    Description: Police search for Jackson youth who is a suspect in the wounding of a police officer. Additional: Crime

    Event: Police Search for Suspect

  • MP_198001_D390_1522_ref.mov

    Description: A bronze statue of 'The Little Blind Girl' is unveiled at Miss. School for the Blind.

    Event: Miss. School for the Blind

  • MP_198001_D390_1523_ref.mov

    Description: Footage of Annual Jimmy Rodgers Memorial Day Mule Ride.

    Event: Jimmy Rodgers Mule Ride

  • MP_198001_D390_1524_ref.mov

    Description: Silent footage of Sports Indy 500. Sound report on Dune Buggy Race. Additional: Sports Events

    Event: Sports Indy 500/Dune Buggy Race

  • MP_198001_D390_1525_ref.mov

    Description: Opening of swimming pool at southwest branch of Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).

    Event: YMCA Swimming Pool

  • MP_198001_D390_1526_ref.mov

    Description: Central District Highway Commissioner Sam Waggoner explains new road building projects. Additional: Highway Construction

    Event: Sam Waggoner

  • MP_198001_D390_1527_ref.mov

    Description: Members of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, the Keep Jackson Beautiful Committee and other citizens tour the city by bus.

    Event: Keep Jackson Beautiful

  • MP_198001_D390_1528_ref.mov

    Description: Smith Park. First Annual Brown Bag Concert. Jackson Symphony Orchestra performs concert. Additional: Music

    Event: Brown Bag Concert

  • MP_198001_D390_1529_ref.mov

    Description: Baseball game and tennis match. Scene changes to State Capitol Building. Gov. John Bell Williams presents John C. Gay with Mississippi's Small Businessman of the Year Award. More footage of tennis match. Additional: Sports Events

    Event: Baseball/Tennis/Businessman Award

  • MP_198001_D390_1530_ref.mov

    Description: Sen. John C. Stennis talks about nuclear weapons. Additional: Military Weapons

    Event: Stennis on Military Weapons

  • MP_198001_D39_0173_ref.mov

    Description: *Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and wife, Ethel, arrive at Oxford. Surrounded by reporters and students. Speech at Univ. of Miss. Rebeldome. Receives standing ovation.

    Event: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy

  • MP_198001_D391_1531_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Mayor Russell Davis. Scene changes to courthouse in Pascagoula, Miss. where murder trial of Mrs. Carolee Biddy is taking place. (step-daughter Mona Biddy found dead in Dec. 1970) (silent) More footage of Davis. Discusses urban renewal. Additional: Murders

    Event: Mayor Russell Davis/Biddy Trial

  • MP_198001_D391_1532_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with C.J. Duckworth, Executive Secretary of Miss. Teachers Assoc. and Calvin Patrick of Communications Workers of America. Additional: Unions

    Event: Miss. Teachers Assoc. News Conf.