WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_F1565_2579_ref.mov

    Description: *Annual meeting of Women for Constitutional Government.

    Event: Women for Constitutional Government

  • MP_198001_F1565_2580_ref.mov

    Description: Forest fire in the Delta. Additional: Fires

    Event: Forest Fire

  • MP_198001_F1565_2581_ref.mov

    Description: Meeting of City Department Heads. Mayor Allen C. Thompson, Bill McKinley and Swan Yerger are present.

    Event: City Dept. Heads Meeting

  • MP_198001_F1565_2582_ref.mov

    Description: Rubel Phillips, Republican Party Candidate for Governor, comments on his defeat in the election.

    Event: Rubel Phillips After Defeat

  • MP_198001_F1565_2583_ref.mov

    Description: Rubel Phillips, Republican Party candidate for Governor, at the Party's Campaign Headquarters.

    Event: Rubel Phillips

  • MP_198001_F1565_2584_ref.mov

    Description: King Edward Hotel. Victory celebration for Paul B. Johnson, newly-elected Governor. Gov. Ross Barnett is present.

    Event: Johnson Victory Celebration

  • MP_198001_F1565_2585_ref.mov

    Description: Paul B. Johnson, newly-elected Governor, leaves Heidelberg Hotel on election night.

    Event: Paul B. Johnson

  • MP_198001_F1565_2586_ref.mov

    Description: Unloading of circus animals from the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus.

    Event: Circus Animals Arrive in Jackson

  • MP_198001_F1565_2587_ref.mov

    Description: Paul B. Johnson reads statement concerning his victory in the gubernatorial election. Reporter Dick Sanders interviews Johnson.

    Event: Johnson Victory Statement

  • MP_198001_F1565_2588_ref.mov

    Description: Annual meeting and banquet of Miss. Farm Bureau Federation. Sen. John C. Stennis is speaker.

    Event: Miss. Farm Bureau Federation

  • MP_198001_F1585_2589_ref.mov

    Description: Jackson Zoo Director Irl Bennett receives award from Mayor Allen C. Thompson.

    Event: Irl Bennett

  • MP_198001_F1585_2590_ref.mov

    Description: Central High School celebrates 75th anniversary. Additional: Public Schools

    Event: Central High School Anniversary

  • MP_198001_F1585_2591_ref.mov

    Description: Jet Air Service is started at Jackson Municipal Airport.

    Event: Jet Air Service Started

  • MP_198001_F1585_2592_ref.mov

    Description: Laurel, Miss. Laurel Country Club.

    Event: Laurel Country Club

  • MP_198001_F1585_2593_ref.mov

    Description: Tour of McCarty Enterprises and Sanderson Farms. Chicken farm and factory. (silent) Scene changes to Stanford Morse, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, making campaign speech. Additional: Election Campaigns

    Event: McCarty Enterprises/Stanford Morse

  • MP_198001_F1585_2594_ref.mov

    Description: Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioners D.L. Luckey and Thomas Marshall tour sewage treatment facility. Additional: Waste Disposal

    Event: Sewage Treatment Facility

  • MP_198001_F1585_2595_ref.mov

    Description: *Byron De La Beckwith, accused of murdering Medgar Evers, is transfered from Rankin County jail to Hinds County jail.

    Event: Byron De La Beckwith

  • MP_198001_F1585_2596_ref.mov

    Description: Santa Claus arrives in Jackson. Additional: Holidays, Christmas

    Event: Santa Claus

  • MP_198001_F1585_2597_ref.mov

    Description: Hinds County Courthouse.

    Event: Hinds County Courthouse

  • MP_198001_F1585_2598_ref.mov

    Description: Hawkins Field Airport after fire. Additional: Fires

    Event: Hawkins Field Fire

  • MP_198001_F1585_2599_ref.mov

    Description: Flags at half-mast after assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

    Event: Flags Half-mast for Kennedy

  • MP_198001_F1585_2600_ref.mov

    Description: Gov. Ross Barnett leaves for Washington, D.C. after assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

    Event: Barnett Leaving for Washington

  • MP_198001_F1585_2601_ref.mov

    Description: Gov. Ross Barnett makes statement concerning assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy.

    Event: Speech After Kennedy Killed

  • MP_198001_F1585_2602_ref.mov

    Description: Mayor Allen C. Thompson makes statement concerning assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

    Event: Thompson Speech After Pres. Killed

  • MP_198001_F1585_2603_ref.mov

    Description: City Commissioner Thomas Marshall presents trophy to a platoon of the Jackson Fire Dept.

    Event: Fire Dept. Platoon Receives Trophy

  • MP_198001_F1607_2604_ref.mov

    Description: T.B. Birdsong, Miss. Highway Patrol Commissioner, is interviewed by reporter concerning traffic accidents.

    Event: T.B. Birdsong

  • MP_198001_F1607_2605_ref.mov

    Description: Christmas decorations at City Hall. City Engineer Josh Halbert is shown. Additional: Holidays

    Event: City Christmas Decorations

  • MP_198001_F1607_2606_ref.mov

    Description: Report on Drivers License Training School of the Miss. Highway Patrol.

    Event: Drivers License Training

  • MP_198001_F1607_2607_ref.mov

    Description: Fire at Allen Millwork Manufacturing Co. Fireman Sammy Ray killed. Additional: Fires

    Event: Allen Millwork Co. Fire

  • MP_198001_F1607_2608_ref.mov

    Description: W.P. McMullan, Jr.

    Event: W.P. McMullan, Jr.