WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D391_1533_ref.mov Baseball Unidentified baseball game. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D391_1534_ref.mov Andrew Young 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
MP_198001_D391_1535_ref.mov Greater Jackson Advertising Club Greater Jackson Advertising Club presents annual awards at luncheon.
MP_198001_D391_1536_ref.mov Sports Indy 500 Footage of Sports Indy 500 Race. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D391_1537_ref.mov Traffic Accident - Daniel Lake Blvd Traffic Accident on Daniel Lake Boulevard. Additional: Traffic Accidents
MP_198001_D391_1538_ref.mov Reservoir Search Footage of search for man in Barnett Reservoir. Additional: Missing Persons
MP_198001_D391_1539_ref.mov Stennis on the Draft Sen. John C. Stennis talks about the draft. Additional: Military
MP_198001_D391_1540_ref.mov Miss. Welfare Dept. Silent footage showing computers at Miss. Welfare Dept. Report on delayed checks from Welfare Dept. Additional: Data Processing
MP_198001_D391_1541_ref.mov Sports Indy 500 Report on Sports Indy 500 race. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D391_1542_ref.mov Golf Golf. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D391_1543_ref.mov Military Funeral U.S. Air Force Honor Guard participates in military funeral at Arlington National Cemetary.
MP_198001_D391_1544_ref.mov Operation Skyhook Report on Operation Skyhook. Program features black pilots who fly on the weekend and work other jobs during the week. Additional: Airplanes
MP_198001_D391_1545_ref.mov Traffic Accident - N. West St. Traffic accident on North West Street. Additional: Traffic Accidents
MP_198001_D392_1546_ref.mov Miss. Classification Commission Report by members of Miss. Classification Commission.
MP_198001_D392_1547_ref.mov Hospital Costs Unidentified man talks about hospital costs. Additional: Health Care Services, Hospitals
MP_198001_D392_1548_ref.mov Stennis on Defense Contracts Sen. John C. Stennis talks about defense contracts.
MP_198001_D392_1549_ref.mov Univ. of Miss., Miss. State Univ. Football game between Univ. of Miss. and Miss. State Univ. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D392_1550_ref.mov College Football Coaches Report on college football coaches. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D40_0174_ref.mov Sen. Robert F. Kennedy *Arrival of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and wife, Ethel, at Oxford. Surrounded by reporters and students. Kennedy speech at Univ. of Miss. Rebeldome.
MP_198001_D41_0175_ref.mov Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. *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
MP_198001_D42_0176_ref.mov Richard M. Nixon *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.
MP_198001_D43_0177_ref.mov Richard M. Nixon *Richard M. Nixon speech concerning Vietnam War. Sign behind Nixon 'Get with the Go Party...It's Republican' Additional: Republican Party
MP_198001_D44_0178_ref.mov Citizens' Council Annual Meeting *Citizens' Council Annual Meeting. Heidelberg Hotel. Ross Barnett speech. Sen. James O. Eastland addresses the council.
MP_198001_D45_0179_ref.mov Freedom March News Conference *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.
MP_198001_D46_0180_ref.mov Philadelphia Demonstration *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.
MP_198001_D47_0181_ref.mov Rally for Meredith March *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.
MP_198001_D48_0182_ref.mov Meredith Freedom March *Meredith Freedom March. Marchers at Tougaloo Southern Christian College. Highway scenes of marchers. Several cars on highway are stopped by police. Additional: Demonstrations
MP_198001_D49_0184_ref.mov Meredith March and Rally *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.
MP_198001_D50_0185_ref.mov Meredith March *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.
MP_198001_D51_0186_ref.mov Meredith March *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.