WLBT Newsfilm Collection
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MP_198001_D80_0217_ref.mov
Description: Mayor Allen C. Thompson and City Council discuss Pearl-Pascagoula Interchange. Additional: Highway Construction
Event: Pearl-Pascagoula Interchange
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MP_198001_D81_0218_ref.mov
Description: *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
Event: Jackson State College Students
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MP_198001_D82_0183_ref.mov
Description: *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.
Event: Jackson State College Riot
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MP_198001_D83_0219_ref.mov
Description: *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.
Event: Jackson State College Riot
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MP_198001_D84_0220_ref.mov
Description: *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.
Event: Citizens' Council Annual Meeting
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MP_198001_D85_0221_ref.mov
Description: Gov. Paul B. Johnson talks about running for Lt. Gov. He comments on the job of Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin.
Event: Gov. Paul B. Johnson
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MP_198001_D86_0222_ref.mov
Description: 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.
Event: Sylvester Magee
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MP_198001_D87_0223_ref.mov
Description: 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.
Event: Shipbuilding Industry
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MP_198001_D88_0224_ref.mov
Description: Scenes of FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) instructors at Police Training School. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
Event: Police Training School
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MP_198001_D89_0225_ref.mov
Description: *James Meredith is interviewed concerning the upcoming march. He comments on violence and police protection.
Event: James Meredith talks about March
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MP_198001_D90_0226_ref.mov
Description: 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
Event: U.S. Plywood - Champion Papers, Inc
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MP_198001_D91_0227_ref.mov
Description: Gov. Paul B. Johnson news conference. Discusses the shipbuilding industry. Additional: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co.
Event: Gov. Paul B. Johnson
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MP_198001_D92_0228_ref.mov
Description: Scenes of Miss. Test Facility - a rocket testing facility. Additional: NASA
Event: Miss. Test Facility
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MP_198001_D93_0229_ref.mov
Description: Various people are interviewed at Miss. Test Facility - a rocket testing facility. Additional: NASA
Event: Miss. Test Facility
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MP_198001_D94_0230_ref.mov
Description: *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.
Event: Hunger Report
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MP_198001_D95_0231_ref.mov
Description: 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
Event: Belzoni Food Distribution
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MP_198001_D96_0232_ref.mov
Description: Jackson City Council Meeting. Mayor Allen C. Thompson speaks.
Event: Jackson City Council Meeting
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MP_198001_D97_0233_ref.mov
Description: *James Meredith News Conference. Discusses voter registration and voting rights. He encourages blacks to vote.
Event: James Meredith News Conference
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MP_198001_D98_0234_ref.mov
Description: *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.
Event: Ken Dean
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MP_198001_D99_0235_ref.mov
Description: Miss. Memorial Stadium. High School All-Star Football Game. Additional: Sports Events
Event: High School All-Star Football
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MP_198001_F1000_2182_ref.mov
Description: Opening ceremony for Interstate 55 at Crystal Springs. Additional: Highways
Event: Interstate 55 at Crystal Springs
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MP_198001_F1000_2183_ref.mov
Description: Silent footage of unidentified man. Scene changes to reporter Dick Sanders interviewing Robert Crook, Miss. Civil Defense Director.
Event: Robert Crook
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MP_198001_F1000_2184_ref.mov
Description: Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Col. David W. Eddy concerning civil defense.
Event: Col. David W. Eddy
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MP_198001_F1000_2185_ref.mov
Description: Tour of Jackson Municipal Airport and Pearl River Reservoir. Additional: Barnett Reservoir
Event: Airport, Reservoir Tour
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MP_198001_F1000_2186_ref.mov
Description: Gas line fire near fairgrounds. Additional: Fires
Event: Gas Line Fire
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MP_198001_F1000_2187_ref.mov
Description: Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Miss. Civil Defense Director, Robert Crook.
Event: Robert Crook
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MP_198001_F1000_2190_ref.mov
Description: City Council meeting with Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioners Tom Marshall and D.L. Luckey.
Event: City Council Meeting
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MP_198001_F1000_2191_ref.mov
Description: Fulton Lewis III at an anti-communist meeting.
Event: Fulton Lewis III