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 more...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.
| Filename | Event | Descr | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP_199502_020_05_ref.mov | Pulpwood Haulers | James Simmons, spokesman for Jones County Wood Haulers, says pulpwood haulers will fight the Federal suit to halt price fixing. Related to boycott on... | 11/10/71 |
| MP_199502_020_07_ref.mov | Car Shooting | Reporter Mack Hayes interviews Helen C. McGilvery, a Forrest County woman whose car was struck by bullets in Laurel. | 11/10/71 |
| MP_199502_020_08_ref.mov | John Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis discusses his approval on the Richard Nixon Supreme Court nominations in his report from Washington. | 11/10/71 |
| MP_199502_020_09_ref.mov | Livestock Association Luncheon | Footage of the Livestock Association at a luncheon in Hattiesburg. | 11/11/71 |
| MP_199502_020_10_ref.mov | Veterans of Foreign Wars Day | Footage of the Forrest County festivities for VFW day with a choir singing on the courthouse steps. | 11/11/71 |
| MP_199502_020_14_ref.mov | ACLU Chapter at the USM | University of Southern Mississippi"'s student organization leaders react to the court decision on whether or not to force the University to allow an A... | 11/11/71 |
| MP_199502_020_16_ref.mov | Jim Buck Ross | Jim Buck Ross, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, speaks to a luncheon. (See item 4) | 11/12/71 |
| MP_199502_020_17_ref.mov | Hattiesburg Development Corporation | Footage of a luncheon of the Hattiesburg Development Corporation. | 11/13/71 |
| MP_198901_020_11_ref.mov | Jack Aycock | Jack Aycock on closing of U. S. Plywood plant. | 1/11/71 |
| MP_198901_020_04_ref.mov | Whale Report | Digging up whale fossils in central Mississippi. Bones are at a museum at the University of Southern Mississippi (U. S. M.). | 1/14/71 |
| MP_198901_020_03_ref.mov | Captain Eugene B. "Red" McDaniel | Captain Eugene B. "Red" McDaniel discusses Vietnamese Navy at dinner. (bad sound track) | 1/14/71 |
| MP_198901_020_10_ref.mov | G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery | U. S. Congressman G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery | 1/15/71 |
| MP_198901_020_09_ref.mov | Laurel Central Business Development | Wilson on Laurel Central Business Development. | 1/15/71 |
| MP_198901_020_08_ref.mov | Brad Dye | Brad Dye speaks at dinner in Laurel. | 1/15/71 |
| MP_198901_020_07_ref.mov | Moselle Power Plant | Senator John C. Stennis at the Moselle Power Plant. | 1/15/71 |
| MP_198901_020_12_ref.mov | Captain John Handy | Jazz funeral for Captain John Handy (biographical sketch) | 1/17/71 |
| MP_198901_020_01_ref.mov | Captain John Handy Funeral | Captain John Handy funeral in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Olympia Jazz Band shown. | 1/17/71 |
| MP_198901_020_02_ref.mov | Captain John Handy Funeral | Captain John Handy funeral in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Olympia Jazz Band shown. | 1/18/71 |
| MP_199502_020_02_ref.mov | Nixon"'s Economic Policy | Paul Fugate, of the Mississippi Marketing Council, is interviewed about President Nixon"'s economic policy. (See item 3) | 11/9/71 |
| MP_199502_020_01_ref.mov | Columbia School Integration Plan | Dr. Hugh Dickens discusses the federal approval of the Columbia School integration plan. (See item 12) | 11/9/71 |
| MP_199502_020_12_ref.mov | Columbia School Integration Plan | Dr. Hugh Dickens on the Columbia school integration plan. (See item 1) | 11/9/71 |
| MP_199502_020_03_ref.mov | Industrialization in Laurel & Hatti | Paul Fugate, of the Mississippi Marketing Council, discusses what the council is and what the prospects are for industrialization in Laurel and Hattie... | ND |
| MP_199502_020_06_ref.mov | Corinth to Pascagoula 4-lane | Gil Carmichael, of the East Mississippi Council, says the council is pushing for a 4-line road to run from Corinth to Pascagoula. | ND |
| MP_199502_020_11_ref.mov | Mariner 9 Mission to Mars | NASA film about the Mariner 9 mission to Mars. October aerospace report. | ND |
| MP_199502_020_13_ref.mov | John Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis discusses his plan to fight abolishment of community schools to create racial balance. | ND |
| MP_199502_020_15_ref.mov | Black Voter Issue | Report on an accusation from a California congressman the Jones County removed Blacks from the voter lists. | ND |
| MP_198901_020_06_ref.mov | Moselle Power Plant | Senator John C. Stennis and Hamil at the Moselle Power Plant. | N. D. |
| MP_198901_020_05_ref.mov | Maid of Cotton | Interview with 1970 Maid of Cotton (possibly Rhoda Gayle Thornton of Meridian, Mississippi) | N. D. |