WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
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.
MP_198001_D389_1504_ref.mov High Winds Footage of destruction from high winds. Additional: Weather
MP_198001_D389_1505_ref.mov Jimmy Swan Sound and silent footage of news conference with Jimmy Swan who qualified to run for Governor.
MP_198001_D389_1506_ref.mov Search for Cassius Land Scenes from search for missing 5 year-old Cassius Land. Additional: Missing Persons
MP_198001_D389_1507_ref.mov Police Chief Lavell Tullos Report by Cliff Bingham concerning Police Chief Lavell Tullos who is being criticized by Jackson Civil Service Commission. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
MP_198001_D389_1508_ref.mov St. Dominics Hospital New Mental Health Center at St. Dominics Hospital. Additional: Hospitals
MP_198001_D389_1509_ref.mov Town Creek Town Creek' -- flooded area between West Street and South Street. Additional: Weather
MP_198001_D389_1510_ref.mov Reapportionment of Legislature Reporter Jack Hill provides story on legislative reapportionment hearing. Additional: Miss. Legislature
MP_198001_D389_1511_ref.mov Duckworth/Armed Services/Award *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.
MP_198001_D389_1512_ref.mov Airplane Crash Area where airplane crashed. Additional: Airplane Crashes
MP_198001_D389_1513_ref.mov Search Ended Drainage ditch shown where body of 5 year-old Cassius Land was found. Additional: Missing Persons
MP_198001_D389_1514_ref.mov City Model Scale model of what Jackson will look like in 1985 is shown at City Hall. Additional: Urban Renewal
MP_198001_D389_1515_ref.mov Trade Reception Governor's Mansion. Reception for foreign consuls serving in United States. Gov. John Bell Williams is shown.
MP_198001_D389_1516_ref.mov Police Report Reporter Cliff Bingham provides weekly police report. Additional: Crime
MP_198001_D389_1517_ref.mov Jogging, Race People jogging and participating in a race. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_D389_1518_ref.mov Railroad Strike Members of Railway Signalmen's Union are shown picketing. Scene changes to luncheon meeting dealing with transportation. Additional: Strikes, Unions, Railroad Industry
MP_198001_D390_1519_ref.mov Agnew/City Council/Workshop 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.