WDAM Newsfilm Collection and Accretion - MP 1989.01 and MP 1...

The WDAM Newsfilm Collection and Accretion consist of local television news film from television station WDAM-TV covering the Hattiesburg/Laurel area. Stories related to the Forrest, Jones, and Perry County areas were produced between approximately 1970 and 1975. They include national, state, and local politics; civil rights activities; sports; and natural and man-made disasters.

Items

  • MP_199502_012_08_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Lamar County Hippy Colony

    Descr: Reporter, Steve Rubin, discusses possible rock festival in Lamar County from where it is to be held and interview residents about their thoughts about...

  • MP_199502_012_10_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Charles Sullivan

    Descr: Gubernatorial candidate, Charles Sullivan, speaks about how good government will make a difference in the economic progress of the state in an address...

  • MP_199502_012_13_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Laurel Hospitality Week

    Descr: Laurel police pull over a tourist"'s car to show Laurel hospitality. Couple shown around Laurel Mayor, Bill Patrick, and Miss Hospitality, Connie Mari...

  • MP_199502_012_09_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Marijuana Plants

    Descr: Jones County Sheriff, S. L. Green, is interviewed about the marijuana plants found in Jones County. (See items 7 & 14)

  • MP_199502_012_14_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Marijuana Plants

    Descr: Footage of marijuana plants found in Jones County. (See items 7 & 9)

  • MP_199502_012_15_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Lamar County Hippy Colony

    Descr: N. T. Bonds is interviewed about the rock festival in Lamar County.

  • MP_199502_012_16_ref.mov

    Date: 6/1/71

    Event: Laurel Auto Fatality

    Descr: Footage of fatal Laurel auto accident on I-59.

  • MP_198901_012_01_ref.mov

    Date: 7/10/72

    Event: Dare to be Great

    Descr: Dare to be Great. John Russell and Kent Harrington. People entering a motel room.

  • MP_198901_012_03_ref.mov

    Date: 7/10/72

    Event: B. J. Landrum on McGovern

    Descr: B. J. Landrum on McGovern.

  • MP_198901_012_02_ref.mov

    Date: 7/11/72

    Event: Victim of Dare to be Great

    Descr: Victim of Dare to be Great.

  • MP_198901_012_07_ref.mov

    Date: 7/11/72

    Event: Pickering on Democrat Defections

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering on Democrat defections.

  • MP_198901_012_05_ref.mov

    Date: 7/11/72

    Event: New Industry in Hattiesburg

    Descr: Press conference with H. L. Fairchild and Paul Kennedy on new industry in Hattiesburg.

  • MP_198901_012_04_ref.mov

    Date: 7/11/72

    Event: Pickering on Democrat Defections

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering on Democrat defections.

  • MP_198901_012_10_ref.mov

    Date: 7/12/72

    Event: Wayne Valentine

    Descr: Wayne Valentine of the Mississippi Highway Patrol talks about fatalities and point system. Governor William Waller on number of highway deaths.

  • MP_198901_012_09_ref.mov

    Date: 7/12/72

    Event: Wayne Valentine

    Descr: Wayne Valentine of the Mississippi Highway Patrol talks about Dead Man"'s Curve.

  • MP_198901_012_08_ref.mov

    Date: 7/13/72

    Event: Hattiesburg New Industry

    Descr: Hattiesburg new industry ALCOA press conference.

  • MP_198901_012_06_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: Bienville Group Vote

    Descr: Bienville group vote.

  • MP_199502_013_03_ref.mov

    Date: 5/31/71

    Event: Laurel Christian Academy

    Descr: Group explains why and how they are establishing the Laurel Christian Academy.

  • MP_199502_013_01_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/71

    Event: John Stennis

    Descr: Senator John C. Stennis gives a speech a Pearl River Junior College about the future and the part youth has to play in it.

  • MP_199502_013_02_ref.mov

    Date: 6/2/71

    Event: Lamar County Rock Festival

    Descr: Lamar County Sheriff C. H. Hickman discusses his opposition to the hippy rock festival.

  • MP_199502_013_05_ref.mov

    Date: 6/2/71

    Event: Lamar County Rock Festival

    Descr: Billy Ray Hatten expresses his opposition to the rock festival.

  • MP_199502_013_07_ref.mov

    Date: 6/2/71

    Event: John Stennis

    Descr: Senator John C. Stennis discusses the draft extension in his report from Washington.

  • MP_199502_013_04_ref.mov

    Date: 6/2/71

    Event: Charles Sullivan

    Descr: Gubernatorial candidate Charles Sullivan speaks to the Hattiesburg Rotary Club about the 70"'s as a decade of growth for Mississippi.

  • MP_199502_013_08_ref.mov

    Date: 6/2/71

    Event: Charlie Shira

    Descr: Mississippi State University athletic director, Charlie Shira, speaks at an MSU banquet.

  • MP_199502_013_11_ref.mov

    Date: 6/3/71

    Event: Lamar County Rock Festival

    Descr: Rock festival promoter Steve Kapelow (?) discusses what the promoters have done to meet regulations to have the festival. (See item 12)

  • MP_199502_013_09_ref.mov

    Date: 6/3/71

    Event: Lamar County Rock Festival

    Descr: Footage of a Supervisor"'s meeting about the Lamar County rock festival.

  • MP_199502_013_10_ref.mov

    Date: 6/3/71

    Event: Lamar County Rock Festival

    Descr: State Representative, Stone Barefield, discusses a bill to prevent the rock festival in Mississippi.

  • MP_199502_013_12_ref.mov

    Date: 6/3/71

    Event: Lamar County Rock Festival

    Descr: Rock festival promoter, Steve Kapelow, discusses problems with getting permission for the festival. (See item 11)

  • MP_198901_013_08_ref.mov

    Date: 7/6/72

    Event: Council on Aging Chapter

    Descr: Council on Aging Chapter

  • MP_198901_013_07_ref.mov

    Date: 7/6/72

    Event: Jasper County Courthouse

    Descr: Interview about building a new courthouse in Jasper County.