WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D80_0217_ref.mov Pearl-Pascagoula Interchange Mayor Allen C. Thompson and City Council discuss Pearl-Pascagoula Interchange. Additional: Highway Construction
MP_198001_D81_0218_ref.mov Jackson State College Students *City Hall. Mayor Allen C. Thompson meets with students from Jackson State College concerning riots which took place on campus. Student reads list of demands. Additional: Rioting
MP_198001_D82_0183_ref.mov Jackson State College Riot *Jackson State College. Nighttime. Police wearing gas masks walk in formation. White man in car holds cloth to his bleeding head. Benjamin Brown is shown on the ground.
MP_198001_D83_0219_ref.mov Jackson State College Riot *Jackson State College at night. National Guard jeep and police patrol cars. Police proceed down street in formation. White man holds cloth to his bleeding head. Wounded black youth, Benjamin Brown, is on the ground. Scene changes to next day. Rev. Allen Johnson speaks to reporters concerning riots, the upcoming meeting and march and investigation of Brown's death. Charles Evers stands nearby. Scene changes to Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Thompson thanks citizens for cooperating with law enforcement officials and blames riots on outside agitators. Additional: Rioting.
MP_198001_D84_0220_ref.mov Citizens' Council Annual Meeting *Annual Meeting of Jackson Citizens' Council. Mayor Allen C. Thompson introduces speakers - William L. Waller, William F. Winter, John Bell Williams and Ross Barnett. They talk about states' rights and the state's image.
MP_198001_D85_0221_ref.mov Gov. Paul B. Johnson Gov. Paul B. Johnson talks about running for Lt. Gov. He comments on the job of Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin.
MP_198001_D86_0222_ref.mov Sylvester Magee Sylvester Magee's 126th birthday. Magee is interviewed by reporter. Birthday cake is shown. Scene changes to funeral service at a church. Casket is carried into church. Back to interview with Magee.
MP_198001_D87_0223_ref.mov Shipbuilding Industry Gov. Paul B. Johnson addresses Legislature concerning shipbuilding industry in the state. Eddie Khayat of the Jackson County Board of Supervisors is interviewed. Additional: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.
MP_198001_D88_0224_ref.mov Police Training School Scenes of FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) instructors at Police Training School. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
MP_198001_D89_0225_ref.mov James Meredith talks about March *James Meredith is interviewed concerning the upcoming march. He comments on violence and police protection.
MP_198001_D90_0226_ref.mov U.S. Plywood - Champion Papers, Inc Oxford. Ground breaking ceremony for plant which will manufacture particleboard. Banner behind platform 'U.S. Plywood - Champion Papers Inc. Ground Breaking Novoply Plant Oxford, Mississippi' Additional: Industry
MP_198001_D91_0227_ref.mov Gov. Paul B. Johnson Gov. Paul B. Johnson news conference. Discusses the shipbuilding industry. Additional: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.
MP_198001_D92_0228_ref.mov Miss. Test Facility Scenes of Miss. Test Facility - a rocket testing facility. Additional: NASA
MP_198001_D93_0229_ref.mov Miss. Test Facility Various people are interviewed at Miss. Test Facility - a rocket testing facility. Additional: NASA
MP_198001_D94_0230_ref.mov Hunger Report *Ken Dean, Miss. Council on Human Relations, reports on hunger in the Miss. Delta area. Discusses findings on poverty and hunger in both black families and white families.
MP_198001_D95_0231_ref.mov Belzoni Food Distribution Belzoni Food Distribution Program. Reporter interviews those involved in program which was sponsored by Houston Council on Human Relations. Boxes of food and clothing are unloaded from truck and brought inside a church. Additional: Poverty, Hunger
MP_198001_D96_0232_ref.mov Jackson City Council Meeting Jackson City Council Meeting. Mayor Allen C. Thompson speaks.
MP_198001_D97_0233_ref.mov James Meredith News Conference *James Meredith News Conference. Discusses voter registration and voting rights. He encourages blacks to vote.
MP_198001_D98_0234_ref.mov Ken Dean *Ken Dean, Miss. Council on Human Relations, is interviewed concerning civil rights movement, civil rights violence and the riots at Jackson State College. He comments on book 'The Wretched of the Earth' by Franz Fanon.
MP_198001_D99_0235_ref.mov High School All-Star Football Miss. Memorial Stadium. High School All-Star Football Game. Additional: Sports Events
MP_198001_F1000_2182_ref.mov Interstate 55 at Crystal Springs Opening ceremony for Interstate 55 at Crystal Springs. Additional: Highways
MP_198001_F1000_2183_ref.mov Robert Crook Silent footage of unidentified man. Scene changes to reporter Dick Sanders interviewing Robert Crook, Miss. Civil Defense Director.
MP_198001_F1000_2184_ref.mov Col. David W. Eddy Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Col. David W. Eddy concerning civil defense.
MP_198001_F1000_2185_ref.mov Airport, Reservoir Tour Tour of Jackson Municipal Airport and Pearl River Reservoir. Additional: Barnett Reservoir
MP_198001_F1000_2186_ref.mov Gas Line Fire Gas line fire near fairgrounds. Additional: Fires
MP_198001_F1000_2187_ref.mov Robert Crook Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Miss. Civil Defense Director, Robert Crook.
MP_198001_F1000_2188_ref.mov Tom Marshall City Commissioner Tom Marshall.
MP_198001_F1000_2189_ref.mov Mayor Allen C. Thompson Mayor Allen C. Thompson.
MP_198001_F1000_2190_ref.mov City Council Meeting City Council meeting with Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioners Tom Marshall and D.L. Luckey.
MP_198001_F1000_2191_ref.mov Fulton Lewis III Fulton Lewis III at an anti-communist meeting.