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_198901_025_02_ref.mov

    Date: 1/19/72

    Event: Petal Railroad Crossing

    Descr: Petal Railroad Crossing

  • MP_198901_025_01_ref.mov

    Date: 1/19/72

    Event: Wayne County Beer Vote

    Descr: Peek and Mills on Wayne County beer election petition.

  • MP_198901_025_09_ref.mov

    Date: 1/20/72

    Event: Rex Jones

    Descr: Rex Jones discusses rehabilitation for first time drug offenders.

  • MP_198901_025_08_ref.mov

    Date: 1/20/72

    Event: Forrest County Meeting

    Descr: Hibett Neel discusses congested railroad crossings in Forrest County for safety.

  • MP_198901_025_05_ref.mov

    Date: 1/20/72

    Event: Committee of 100

    Descr: Industrial Committee of 100 of Laurel and Jones County.

  • MP_198901_025_04_ref.mov

    Date: 1/20/72

    Event: Forrest County Meeting

    Descr: Hibett Neel. Forrest County Supervisors and Hattiesburg city officials discuss different topics including traffic operations program to increase the c...

  • MP_198901_025_07_ref.mov

    Date: 1/21/72

    Event: Petal Railroad Crossing

    Descr: Petal Jaycees, Davis, discusses improvements needed at railroad crossing at Petal.

  • MP_198901_025_03_ref.mov

    Date: 1/21/72

    Event: Jones County Garbage System

    Descr: Jones County Representative interviewed about new land fill possibility for Jones County.

  • MP_198901_025_12_ref.mov

    Date: 1/24/72

    Event: Senator Theo Smith

    Descr: At a meeting in Wayne County, State Senator Theo Smith discusses county government and its reform.

  • MP_198901_025_11_ref.mov

    Date: 1/24/72

    Event: John Bell Williams

    Descr: John Bell Williams speaks in Laurel about clemency for Parchman inmates.

  • MP_198901_025_10_ref.mov

    Date: 1/24/72

    Event: Hattiesburg Potholes

    Descr: Hattiesburg Potholes

  • MP_198901_025_06_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: Rudolf Firkusny

    Descr: Interview with pianist Rudolf Firkusny who will play at the University of Southern Mississippi (U. S. M.). Firkusny discusses audiences around the wor...

  • MP_198901_026_12_ref.mov

    Date: 1/18/72

    Event: House Moving

    Descr: Bill McSwain. Shots of 235 houses and house moving. Site unknown, probably Hattiesburg.

  • MP_198901_026_05_ref.mov

    Date: 1/25/72

    Event: Petal Railroad Crossing Study

    Descr: Inspector B. J. Aultman looks at a railroad crossing in Petal, Mississippi and discusses heavy traffic flow.

  • MP_198901_026_04_ref.mov

    Date: 1/25/72

    Event: Charles Pickering

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering presented the Distinguished Citizens Award to and discusses Mississippi"'s image in other states at a Laurel Jaycee...

  • MP_198901_026_03_ref.mov

    Date: 1/25/72

    Event: Nuclear Reactor

    Descr: Dr. Shelby Thames discusses the use of the nuclear reactor at the University of Southern Mississippi (U. S. M.).

  • MP_198901_026_02_ref.mov

    Date: 1/25/72

    Event: Charles Pickering

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering discusses women"'s rights at a Jaycees meeting.

  • MP_198901_026_01_ref.mov

    Date: 1/25/72

    Event: Nuclear Reactor

    Descr: Dr. James Pinson discusses the use of the nuclear reactor at the University of Southern Mississippi (U. S. M.).

  • MP_198901_026_13_ref.mov

    Date: 1/26/72

    Event: Laurel Ambulance Operator

    Descr: Laurel ambulance director, John Davis.

  • MP_198901_026_11_ref.mov

    Date: 1/26/72

    Event: Southland Oil Company Strike

    Descr: International Chemical Workers Union (I. C. W. U.) local 583 on strike at Southland Oil Refinery in Sandersville, Mississippi. See item 9.

  • MP_198901_026_10_ref.mov

    Date: 1/26/72

    Event: Laurel Ambulance Operator

    Descr: Laurel ambulance operator interviewed. See item 13.

  • MP_198901_026_09_ref.mov

    Date: 1/26/72

    Event: Southland Oil Company Strike

    Descr: Picket line at Southland Oil Refinery in Sandersville, Mississippi. International Chemical Workers Union (I. C. W. U.) local 583 representative D. C....

  • MP_198901_026_08_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: Kamper Park Zoo

    Descr: Humane Society officials discuss problems at the Kamper Park Zoo.

  • MP_198901_026_07_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: John Bell Williams

    Descr: Press conference with John Bell Williams about entrapment.

  • MP_198901_026_06_ref.mov

    Date: N. D.

    Event: Hattiesburg Topics

    Descr: Hattiesburg police officer Jack Trigg and Hibbet Neel. Neel is in charge of topics.

  • MP_198901_027_10_ref.mov

    Date: 4/6/72

    Event: Hattiesburg Voting Turnout

    Descr: Hattiesburg voting turnout. Polling places shown.

  • MP_198901_027_11_ref.mov

    Date: 4/6/72

    Event: Blue Laws

    Descr: Seventh Day Adventist Church minister, Reverend E. J. McMurry discusses his opposition to Blue Laws on religious and constitutional grounds.

  • MP_198901_027_12_ref.mov

    Date: 4/6/72

    Event: Grady Campaign

    Descr: Campaign kickoff for Grady who is running for Mississippi state senate or house of representatives.

  • MP_198901_027_13_ref.mov

    Date: 4/6/72

    Event: Stone Barefield

    Descr: State Representative Stone Barefield on Homestead Exemptions. Shots in unknown auditorium. Jones County Council on Aging.

  • MP_198901_027_14_ref.mov

    Date: 4/6/72

    Event: Forrest County Jail

    Descr: Interviews about a Forrest County regional youth detention center and a regional jail.