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.
Read MoreThe 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.
| Filename | Event | Descr | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP_199502_012_08_ref.mov | Lamar County Hippy Colony | Reporter, Steve Rubin, discusses possible rock festival in Lamar County from where it is to be held and interview residents about their thoughts about... | 6/1/71 |
| MP_199502_012_14_ref.mov | Marijuana Plants | Footage of marijuana plants found in Jones County. (See items 7 & 9) | 6/1/71 |
| MP_199502_012_09_ref.mov | Marijuana Plants | Jones County Sheriff, S. L. Green, is interviewed about the marijuana plants found in Jones County. (See items 7 & 14) | 6/1/71 |
| MP_199502_012_10_ref.mov | Charles Sullivan | Gubernatorial candidate, Charles Sullivan, speaks about how good government will make a difference in the economic progress of the state in an address... | 6/1/71 |
| MP_199502_012_11_ref.mov | Western Union Strike | Rick Centner reports on the Western Union strike from in front of the Hattiesburg office. | 6/1/71 |
| MP_199502_012_13_ref.mov | Laurel Hospitality Week | Laurel police pull over a tourist"'s car to show Laurel hospitality. Couple shown around Laurel Mayor, Bill Patrick, and Miss Hospitality, Connie Mari... | 6/1/71 |
| MP_199502_012_15_ref.mov | Lamar County Hippy Colony | N. T. Bonds is interviewed about the rock festival in Lamar County. | 6/1/71 |
| MP_198901_012_03_ref.mov | B. J. Landrum on McGovern | B. J. Landrum on McGovern. | 7/10/72 |
| MP_198901_012_01_ref.mov | Dare to be Great | Dare to be Great. John Russell and Kent Harrington. People entering a motel room. | 7/10/72 |
| MP_198901_012_07_ref.mov | Pickering on Democrat Defections | State Senator Charles W. Pickering on Democrat defections. | 7/11/72 |
| MP_198901_012_05_ref.mov | New Industry in Hattiesburg | Press conference with H. L. Fairchild and Paul Kennedy on new industry in Hattiesburg. | 7/11/72 |
| MP_198901_012_04_ref.mov | Pickering on Democrat Defections | State Senator Charles W. Pickering on Democrat defections. | 7/11/72 |
| MP_198901_012_02_ref.mov | Victim of Dare to be Great | Victim of Dare to be Great. | 7/11/72 |
| MP_198901_012_10_ref.mov | Wayne Valentine | Wayne Valentine of the Mississippi Highway Patrol talks about fatalities and point system. Governor William Waller on number of highway deaths. | 7/12/72 |
| MP_198901_012_09_ref.mov | Wayne Valentine | Wayne Valentine of the Mississippi Highway Patrol talks about Dead Man"'s Curve. | 7/12/72 |
| MP_198901_012_08_ref.mov | Hattiesburg New Industry | Hattiesburg new industry ALCOA press conference. | 7/13/72 |
| MP_198901_012_06_ref.mov | Bienville Group Vote | Bienville group vote. | N. D. |
| MP_199502_013_03_ref.mov | Laurel Christian Academy | Group explains why and how they are establishing the Laurel Christian Academy. | 5/31/71 |
| MP_199502_013_01_ref.mov | John Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis gives a speech a Pearl River Junior College about the future and the part youth has to play in it. | 5/3/71 |
| MP_199502_013_02_ref.mov | Lamar County Rock Festival | Lamar County Sheriff C. H. Hickman discusses his opposition to the hippy rock festival. | 6/2/71 |
| MP_199502_013_04_ref.mov | Charles Sullivan | Gubernatorial candidate Charles Sullivan speaks to the Hattiesburg Rotary Club about the 70"'s as a decade of growth for Mississippi. | 6/2/71 |
| MP_199502_013_05_ref.mov | Lamar County Rock Festival | Billy Ray Hatten expresses his opposition to the rock festival. | 6/2/71 |
| MP_199502_013_07_ref.mov | John Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis discusses the draft extension in his report from Washington. | 6/2/71 |
| MP_199502_013_08_ref.mov | Charlie Shira | Mississippi State University athletic director, Charlie Shira, speaks at an MSU banquet. | 6/2/71 |
| MP_199502_013_10_ref.mov | Lamar County Rock Festival | State Representative, Stone Barefield, discusses a bill to prevent the rock festival in Mississippi. | 6/3/71 |
| MP_199502_013_11_ref.mov | Lamar County Rock Festival | Rock festival promoter Steve Kapelow (?) discusses what the promoters have done to meet regulations to have the festival. (See item 12) | 6/3/71 |
| MP_199502_013_12_ref.mov | Lamar County Rock Festival | Rock festival promoter, Steve Kapelow, discusses problems with getting permission for the festival. (See item 11) | 6/3/71 |
| MP_199502_013_09_ref.mov | Lamar County Rock Festival | Footage of a Supervisor"'s meeting about the Lamar County rock festival. | 6/3/71 |
| MP_198901_013_04_ref.mov | House Implement Expansion | House Implement Expansion | 7/6/72 |
| MP_198901_013_03_ref.mov | Jasper County | Interview about the proposal to build a new courthouse in Jasper County. | 7/6/72 |