WLBT Newsfilm Collection
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MP_198001_D391_1533_ref.mov
Description: Unidentified baseball game. Additional: Sports Events
Event: Baseball
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MP_198001_D391_1534_ref.mov
Description: Andrew Young, Executive Vice-President of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), is guest speaker at Millsaps College. Scene changes to Pearl River where body had been found. (silent) Scene changes to search at Ross Barnett Reservoir for missing man. More footage of Young. Additional: Missing Persons
Event: Andrew Young
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MP_198001_D391_1535_ref.mov
Description: Greater Jackson Advertising Club presents annual awards at luncheon.
Event: Greater Jackson Advertising Club
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MP_198001_D391_1536_ref.mov
Description: Footage of Sports Indy 500 Race. Additional: Sports Events
Event: Sports Indy 500
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MP_198001_D391_1537_ref.mov
Description: Traffic Accident on Daniel Lake Boulevard. Additional: Traffic Accidents
Event: Traffic Accident - Daniel Lake Blvd
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MP_198001_D391_1538_ref.mov
Description: Footage of search for man in Barnett Reservoir. Additional: Missing Persons
Event: Reservoir Search
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MP_198001_D391_1539_ref.mov
Description: Sen. John C. Stennis talks about the draft. Additional: Military
Event: Stennis on the Draft
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MP_198001_D391_1540_ref.mov
Description: Silent footage showing computers at Miss. Welfare Dept. Report on delayed checks from Welfare Dept. Additional: Data Processing
Event: Miss. Welfare Dept.
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MP_198001_D391_1541_ref.mov
Description: Report on Sports Indy 500 race. Additional: Sports Events
Event: Sports Indy 500
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MP_198001_D391_1543_ref.mov
Description: U.S. Air Force Honor Guard participates in military funeral at Arlington National Cemetary.
Event: Military Funeral
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MP_198001_D391_1544_ref.mov
Description: Report on Operation Skyhook. Program features black pilots who fly on the weekend and work other jobs during the week. Additional: Airplanes
Event: Operation Skyhook
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MP_198001_D391_1545_ref.mov
Description: Traffic accident on North West Street. Additional: Traffic Accidents
Event: Traffic Accident - N. West St.
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MP_198001_D392_1546_ref.mov
Description: Report by members of Miss. Classification Commission.
Event: Miss. Classification Commission
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MP_198001_D392_1547_ref.mov
Description: Unidentified man talks about hospital costs. Additional: Health Care Services, Hospitals
Event: Hospital Costs
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MP_198001_D392_1548_ref.mov
Description: Sen. John C. Stennis talks about defense contracts.
Event: Stennis on Defense Contracts
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MP_198001_D392_1549_ref.mov
Description: Football game between Univ. of Miss. and Miss. State Univ. Additional: Sports Events
Event: Univ. of Miss., Miss. State Univ.
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MP_198001_D392_1550_ref.mov
Description: Report on college football coaches. Additional: Sports Events
Event: College Football Coaches
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MP_198001_D40_0174_ref.mov
Description: *Arrival of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and wife, Ethel, at Oxford. Surrounded by reporters and students. Kennedy speech at Univ. of Miss. Rebeldome.
Event: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
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MP_198001_D41_0175_ref.mov
Description: *Speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Job opportunities for blacks and the Head Start Program are discussed. Additional: Employment Opportunities
Event: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
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MP_198001_D42_0176_ref.mov
Description: *Arrival of Richard M. Nixon at airport. Nixon speech at fund raising dinner. Discusses the race issue in regard to the Republican and Democratic Parties and the Vietnam War.
Event: Richard M. Nixon
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MP_198001_D43_0177_ref.mov
Description: *Richard M. Nixon speech concerning Vietnam War. Sign behind Nixon 'Get with the Go Party...It's Republican' Additional: Republican Party
Event: Richard M. Nixon
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MP_198001_D44_0178_ref.mov
Description: *Citizens' Council Annual Meeting. Heidelberg Hotel. Ross Barnett speech. Sen. James O. Eastland addresses the council.
Event: Citizens' Council Annual Meeting
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MP_198001_D45_0179_ref.mov
Description: *News Conference concerning upcoming Freedom March. Rev. Walter Fauntroy and Allen Johnson. Request for participation in the Freedom Rally. Mentions celebrities who will participate. Scene changes to Mayor Allen C. Thompson talking about upcoming Freedom Rally. Additional: Demonstrations.
Event: Freedom March News Conference
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MP_198001_D46_0180_ref.mov
Description: *Philadelphia March. Footage of marchers. Cars from Georgia, California, Washington, D.C. and New York are shown. Marchers sing Freedom Songs. Dr. Martin Luther King speaks to marchers from steps of Neshoba County Courthouse in Philadelphia. White Spectators are shown. National Guardsmen are present. Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey directing police. Additional: Demonstration, Marches.
Event: Philadelphia Demonstration
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MP_198001_D47_0181_ref.mov
Description: *Tougaloo Southern Christian College. Entertainment Rally for James Meredith's Freedom March. Speakers include James Brown, Sammy Davis, Jr., Marlon Brando and Stokely Carmichael. Sign on stage 'Freedom Now' Many people wear 'Freedom Now!' stickers on hats. Additional: Entertainers.
Event: Rally for Meredith March
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MP_198001_D48_0182_ref.mov
Description: *Meredith Freedom March. Marchers at Tougaloo Southern Christian College. Highway scenes of marchers. Several cars on highway are stopped by police. Additional: Demonstrations
Event: Meredith Freedom March
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MP_198001_D49_0184_ref.mov
Description: *State Capitol Bldg. grounds. Maybelle Smith leads the crowd (approx. 15 thousand) in singing. Introduction of Sammy Davis, Jr. who sings. Crowd clapping in time with music. Scene changes to Tougaloo Southern Christian College. Marchers proceed down highway. National Guardsmen line street and the grounds of State Capitol. James Meredith, Stokely Carmichael and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speak to the crowd at capitol after the march. Additional: Demonstrations, Entertainers.
Event: Meredith March and Rally
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MP_198001_D50_0185_ref.mov
Description: *Rally after James Meredith March at State Capitol. Speakers include James Meredith, Stokely Carmichael and Dr. Martin Luther King. Maybelle Smith is introduced. Meredith talks of his graduation from Univ. of Miss. Carmichael talks of the Black in America, Dr. Martin Luther King pays tribute to James Meredith. King says 'I still have a dream!' Discusses the poverty in Miss. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP is shown.
Event: Meredith March
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MP_198001_D51_0186_ref.mov
Description: *People wear buttons 'James Meredith March through Mississippi 1966 March Against Fear' Men distribute American flags to marchers. Some wear signs 'Freedom Now' Sign 'U.A.W. Supports Freedom to Walk in Safety and Security' Bumper sticker with black panther 'We're the Greatest' Marchers leave Tougaloo Southern Christian College and proceed down highway. Patrolmen on motorcycles at intersection. Stokely Carmichael, Dr. Martin Luther King and wife, Corretta are shown in the march. Miss. Highway Patrol and National Guard on grounds of Capitol as marchers arrive. Additional: Demonstrations.
Event: Meredith March