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_018_07_ref.mov

    Date: 10/18/71

    Event: Petroleum Products

    Descr: Mrs. Tommy Grant demonstrates product including dyes and plastics at an unidentified luncheon.

  • MP_199502_018_08_ref.mov

    Date: 10/18/71

    Event: Forrest County United Givers Fund

    Descr: Report by an unidentified man on Forrest County United Givers Fund donations so far.

  • MP_199502_018_11_ref.mov

    Date: 10/18/71

    Event: John Stennis

    Descr: Senator John C. Stennis sees arms limitation agreement and more trade as a possibility to relax tensions in Europe in his address from Washington.

  • MP_199502_018_09_ref.mov

    Date: 10/19/71

    Event: Sylvester Magee"'s Funeral

    Descr: Reverend Nathan Wheeler gives the eulogy of Sylvester Magee, the last former slave in the United States. Magee was 130 when he died. NOTE: This item i...

  • MP_199502_018_12_ref.mov

    Date: 10/19/71

    Event: Woman Justice

    Descr: Reporter Rick Centner interviews people on the street in Laurel about the possibility of a woman on the Supreme Court.

  • MP_199502_018_13_ref.mov

    Date: 10/20/71

    Event: NECO Opening

    Descr: Footage of a large office space with people milling around, possibly the opening ceremony for NECO?

  • MP_199502_018_14_ref.mov

    Date: 10/20/71

    Event: USM Special Forces Jump

    Descr: Footage of a Huey helicopter taking off from the University of Southern Mississippi campus with Special Forces jumpers landing. ROTC demonstration.

  • MP_198901_018_02_ref.mov

    Date: 12/11/72

    Event: Patrick/Harrison

    Descr: Mayor William (Bill) Patrick and Chancery Clerk George Harrison discuss Federal Grant.

  • MP_198901_018_01_ref.mov

    Date: 12/11/72

    Event: Patrick/Harrison

    Descr: Mayor William (Bill) Patrick and Chancery Clerk George Harrison discuss Laurel"'s needs for the coming years. Harrison discusses Federal Grant.

  • MP_198901_018_05_ref.mov

    Date: 12/12/72

    Event: Tenn-Tom Waterway Groundbreaking

    Descr: Alabama Governor George Wallace, Mississippi Governor William Waller, and Mississippi Senator John Stennis attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the...

  • MP_198901_018_04_ref.mov

    Date: 12/12/72

    Event: Carroll H. Ingram

    Descr: State Senator Carroll H. Ingram of Forrest County discusses fight between the governor and legislature over who will spend.

  • MP_198901_018_09_ref.mov

    Date: 12/14/72

    Event: Theo Smith

    Descr: Theo Smith on county government spending.

  • MP_198901_018_08_ref.mov

    Date: 12/14/72

    Event: Unit vs. Beat

    Descr: Unit vs. Beat system of government.

  • MP_198901_018_07_ref.mov

    Date: 12/14/72

    Event: Pickering on Two Party System

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering discusses development of a two party system in Mississippi or development of Mississippi as a Republican Party stat...

  • MP_198901_018_06_ref.mov

    Date: 12/14/72

    Event: Handicapped Awards

    Descr: Silent footage of handicapped awards ceremony. Site unknown.

  • MP_198901_018_15_ref.mov

    Date: 12/15/72

    Event: Bobby Chain

    Descr: Bobby Chain speaks at luncheon meeting.

  • MP_198901_018_14_ref.mov

    Date: 12/15/72

    Event: Jones County Bridges

    Descr: Citizens"' forum on Jones County bridges. Footage of rural Jones County bridges.

  • MP_198901_018_13_ref.mov

    Date: 12/15/72

    Event: Forrest County Jail

    Descr: A. L. Gerrard and J.A.P. Carter discuss Hattiesburg/Forrest County Jail.

  • MP_198901_018_12_ref.mov

    Date: 12/15/72

    Event: College Board

    Descr: Bobby Chain discusses college board membership.

  • MP_198901_018_11_ref.mov

    Date: 12/15/72

    Event: Stone Barefield

    Descr: Stone Barefield on Fifth Court redistricting of Forrest County.

  • MP_198901_018_16_ref.mov

    Date: 12/18/72

    Event: Petal

    Descr: Petal Inc. Leggett discusses spending HEW money.

  • MP_198901_018_17_ref.mov

    Date: 3/13/72

    Event: Black Police Officers

    Descr: Black police officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi discuss grievances.

  • MP_198901_018_22_ref.mov

    Date: 4/18/72

    Event: Gerrard

    Descr: Hattiesburg mayor, Al (Bud) Gerrard on garbage collection.

  • MP_198901_018_18_ref.mov

    Date: 7/12/72

    Event: Apartment Fire

    Descr: Firefighters extinguish fire at apartment building in Hattiesburg.

  • MP_198901_018_20_ref.mov

    Date: 7/3/72

    Event: Perry County Teachers

    Descr: Perry County no teacher funds. Melvin and Mixon. Schools ask supervisors for more funds.

  • MP_198901_018_21_ref.mov

    Date: 8/23/72

    Event: Southern Fabrics Fire

    Descr: Southern Fabrics fire. Also footage of drug arrest suspects in Laurel.

  • MP_198901_018_23_ref.mov

    Date: 8/3/72

    Event: Jones County Audit

    Descr: State Auditor, Hamp King, on Jones County audit. Footage relating to drug bust in Jones County.

  • MP_198901_018_19_ref.mov

    Date: 8/4/72

    Event: George Harrison

    Descr: George Harrison of the Jones County Board of Supervisors discusses bond issue. Footage of two black individuals protesting racial in justice.

  • MP_198901_018_10_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: Charles W. Pickering

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering speaks to school class.

  • MP_198901_018_03_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: Garbage Cans

    Descr: Dented garbage cans.