WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_D18_0888_ref.mov

    Description: *Dr. A.D. Beittel, Dr. Ralph Bunche, Dr. Ernst Borinski, and Henry Briggs shown walking to car at airport. Bunche is in town to deliver speech at Tougaloo College for United Nations Day.

    Event: Beittel,Bunche, Borinski, Briggs

  • MP_198001_D181_0317_ref.mov

    Description: *Hubert H. Humphrey Speech. Discusses the Democratic Party, Voter Registration and the Voting Rights Act. Charles Evers is shown.

    Event: Hubert H. Humphrey Speech

  • MP_198001_D182_0318_ref.mov

    Description: Surprise Party for retiring Mayor Allen C. Thompson.

    Event: Surprise Party for Mayor

  • MP_198001_D183_0319_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with Roy Wilkins of the NAACP. Discusses the Nixon Administration and desegregation.

    Event: Roy Wilkins News Conference

  • MP_198001_D184_0320_ref.mov

    Description: *City Council Meeting with Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Scene changes to NAACP Convention. Clarence Mitchell is shown.

    Event: City Council/ NAACP Convention

  • MP_198001_D185_0321_ref.mov

    Description: *NAACP Convention. Speeches by Bishop Stephen Spottswood and Aaron Henry. Myrlie Evers, Kivie Kaplan and Roy Wilkins are shown.

    Event: NAACP Convention

  • MP_198001_D186_0322_ref.mov

    Description: *NAACP Convention. Speech by Clarence Mitchell, Director of Washington Bureau of NAACP.

    Event: NAACP Convention

  • MP_198001_D187_0323_ref.mov

    Description: *NAACP Convention. Speech by Roy Wilkins, Director of NAACP.

    Event: NAACP Convention

  • MP_198001_D188_0324_ref.mov

    Description: *NAACP Convention. Memorial Service for slain Civil Rights worker, Medgar Evers. Speech by Evers' wife, Myrlie. Scene changes to Evers' home where reporter recounts the assassination. Back to memorial service and unveiling of memorial to Medgar Evers. Kivie Kaplan, Claire Collins, Charles Evers and Bishop Robinson are shown.

    Event: NAACP Convention

  • MP_198001_D189_0325_ref.mov

    Description: City Hall. Swearing In Ceremony of City Council - Mayor Russell Davis and Commissioners Ed Cates and Tom Kelly. Judge Leon F. Hendrick administers the oath of office.

    Event: City Council Swearing In Ceremony

  • MP_198001_D190_0326_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter discusses housing conditions in Jackson. Houses in the city are shown. Additional: Poverty

    Event: Housing in Jackson

  • MP_198001_D19_0889_ref.mov

    Description: *Black clergy leave City Hall. Among group attending meeting are Dean Charles Jones, Rev. R.L.T. Smith and Rev. Allen Johnson. Inside, Mayor Allen C. Thompson talks on telephone.

    Event: Thompson Meeting with Clergy

  • MP_198001_D19_0890_ref.mov

    Description: *Blacks, wearing NAACP sweatshirts, walk on Capitol Street carrying American flags. Back of demonstrator's shirt reads 'Jail Me But You Can't Make Me Shop!' Demonstrators are arrested by police and are put in police paddy wagon. (black policeman is present) Hamid Kisselbash, faculty member of Tougaloo College, is shown at the scene.

    Event: Capitol Street Boycott

  • MP_198001_D19_0891_ref.mov

    Description: *Civil Rights Advisory Board Meeting. Seated at the table is Dr. A.D. Beittel, Dr. A.B. Britton and Robert Moses. Scene changes to nighttime. (possibly Jackson State College). Police and police dogs are present. (Feb. 1964?) Scene changes to Charles Evers entering Hinds County Courthouse. (this is for the trial of Byron De La Beckwith) Hazel Brannon Smith is shown at the door.

    Event: Beittel,Britton, Moses

  • MP_198001_D19_0892_ref.mov

    Description: Fondren Presbyterian Church. Unidentified meeting. (attended mostly by women) Rev. Moody McDill, Father Bernard Law and Rabbi Perry Nussbaum are present.

    Event: Fondren Presbyterian Church

  • MP_198001_D19_0893_ref.mov

    Description: *Voter registration in Canton. Madison County Sheriff Billy Noble is shown on steps. George Raymond (wearing overalls) and Rev. B. Elton Cox, of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), are shown walking with a woman. Charles Evers shown. Scene changes to a group of men searching field. (possibly for dynamite) Man is shown holding dynamite.

    Event: Voter Registration

  • MP_198001_D19_0894_ref.mov

    Description: Presidential Aide, Allen Dulles, arrives at airport. News Conference concerning purpose of his visit.

    Event: Presidential Aide Visit

  • MP_198001_D19_0895_ref.mov

    Description: *Philadelphia, Neshoba County. James Farmer, of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), John Lewis of Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and comedian Dick Gregory are seen leaving courthouse and getting into car. Driver is George Raymond of CORE. More footage of Farmer, Gregory and Nicholas Vonhoffman leaving courthouse. Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price is shown. Gov. Paul B. Johnson is shown. Radio Station WHOC is shown. Johnson news conference.(possibly at that radio station)

    Event: Neshoba County

  • MP_198001_D19_0896_ref.mov

    Description: *Capitol Building. NAACP Testing Committee members and others shown. Charles Evers, Alfred Baker Lewis, Kivie Kaplan and Glouster Curran. Curran is NAACP Dir. of Branches.

    Event: NAACP

  • MP_198001_D19_0897_ref.mov

    Description: *Municipal Airport. Arrival of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Greeted by Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Clyde Tolson, aide to Hoover. Additional: Federal Bureau of Investigation

    Event: J. Edgar Hoover

  • MP_198001_D19_0898_ref.mov

    Description: *Freedom Democratic Party Convention. Speakers are Aaron Henry, Joseph Rauh, Bob Moses and Ella Baker. Rev. Ed King is shown seated. Location is the Masonic Temple.

    Event: Freedom Democratic Party

  • MP_198001_D19_0899_ref.mov

    Description: *Northside Reporter Building. Investigator inspects the inside of this newspaper office after damaged by bomb blast. Scene changes to unidentified men being escorted to police cars. Additional: Bombings

    Event: Northside Reporter

  • MP_198001_D19_0900_ref.mov

    Description: *Meridian. Federal Courthouse. Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey, Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and others arrive at courthouse. (accused of Neshoba County murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney) Scene changes to a collection of weapons. More footage of courthouse. Scene changes to marching band performing on football field. Scene changes to arraignment of those accused of the Neshoba County murders.

    Event: Federal Courthouse in Meridian

  • MP_198001_D191_0327_ref.mov

    Description: Report on the housing situation in Vicksburg. Additional: Poverty

    Event: Housing in Vicksburg

  • MP_198001_D192_0328_ref.mov

    Description: Gov. John Bell Williams addresses special session of legislature concerning highway construction program.

    Event: Special Session of Legislature

  • MP_198001_D193_0329_ref.mov

    Description: Gov. John Bell Williams and others talk about Hurricane Camille. Scenes of destruction from Camille are shown. Additional: Weather Disasters, Hurricanes

    Event: Hurricane Camille

  • MP_198001_D194_0330_ref.mov

    Description: Report on hunger in Miss. Delta. Additional: Poverty

    Event: Hunger in Miss. Delta

  • MP_198001_D195_0331_ref.mov

    Description: Scenes from Neshoba County Fair - political speeches, entertainment.

    Event: Neshoba County Fair

  • MP_198001_D196_0332_ref.mov

    Description: Report on preparations for the coastal area as a result of Hurricane Camille. Additional: Civil Defense, Hurricanes

    Event: Hurricane Camille

  • MP_198001_D197_0333_ref.mov

    Description: Hurricane Camille. Aerial footage of coast. Reporter discusses civil defense operations. Additional: Miss. Civil Defense Council, Hurricanes

    Event: Hurricane Camille