WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
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.
MP_198001_F1000_2192_ref.mov Carleton Putnam *Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Carleton Putnam, author of 'Race and Reason.'
MP_198001_F1000_2193_ref.mov Lloyd Wall Television cameraman, Lloyd Wall.
MP_198001_F1000_2194_ref.mov Cliff Bingham, Joann Watts Reporter Cliff Bingham. Scene changes to Joann Watts, Miss Hospitality of 1961.
MP_198001_F1000_2195_ref.mov Vaughn Watkins Jackson attorney Vaughn Watkins.
MP_198001_F1000_2196_ref.mov Governor's Mansion Governor's Mansion. (outside only)
MP_198001_F1000_2197_ref.mov Oil Refinery Jackson County. Ground-breaking ceremony for oil refinery of Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky. Additional: Oil Industry
MP_198001_F1000_2198_ref.mov Dan Lee Jackson attorney Dan Lee involved in lawsuits concerning Pearl River Reservoir. Additional: Barnett Reservoir
MP_198001_F1000_2199_ref.mov Judge O.H. Barnett Judge O.H. Barnett.