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_198901_029_06_ref.mov | Crime Statistics | Agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (F. B. I.) discusses crime statistics. No identification of where he is speaking. | N. D. |
| MP_198901_029_10_ref.mov | Governor William Waller | Report on Governor William Waller"'s trade mission to Iran to drum up business. | N. D. |
| MP_198901_029_07_ref.mov | Forrest County Teachers Union | Forrest County teachers union representative express the union"'s needs from the Forrest County Schools. | N. D. |
| MP_198901_029_08_ref.mov | Forrest County Teachers Union | Forrest County teachers union representative express the union"'s need to take the county to Federal Court over grievances. | N. D. |
| MP_198901_029_12_ref.mov | Automobile Show | Automobile show in Cloverleaf Mall. Vademan discusses rebates. | N. D. |
| MP_198901_030_01_ref.mov | Summer | Mississippi Attorney General A. F. Summer at unidentified location after appearing before grand jury. See item 03. | 5/22/72 |
| MP_198901_030_02_ref.mov | Wayne County Ministers | Wayne County ministers against beer sales. | 5/22/72 |
| MP_198901_030_03_ref.mov | Summer | Mississippi Attorney General A. F. Summer interviewed on street in Hattiesburg about his duties towards cities. He appeared before the grand jury. See... | 5/22/72 |
| MP_198901_030_04_ref.mov | Miss Black Teenage America | Miss Black Teenage America, Hattiesburg. | 5/29/72 |
| MP_198901_030_05_ref.mov | Oil Festival | Oil Festival, Laurel. | 5/29/72 |
| MP_198901_030_06_ref.mov | William Winter | Governor William Winter at Lady [ ] | 5/29/72 |
| MP_198901_030_07_ref.mov | Grady on Indictment | Candidate for the fifth district, Paul Grady, says indictment is a maneuver by power hungry politicians. | 5/29/72 |
| MP_198901_030_08_ref.mov | State Hospital Opening Ceremonies | State Senators at State Hospital opening ceremonies | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_09_ref.mov | Wayne County Courthouse | Wayne County Courthouse, interior and exterior | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_10_ref.mov | Newton County City Jail | Larry Emsweller still deciding on location for new jail. | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_11_ref.mov | University Mall Bank Branch opening | Brad Dye speaks at opening ribbon cutting ceremony of the University Mall Southern National Bank branch. | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_12_ref.mov | William Winter"'s veto of post audit | State representatives Carroll H. Ingram, Richard McKenzie, and Stone Barefield discuss Governor William Winter"'s veto of post audit bill. | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_13_ref.mov | William Winter"'s veto of post audit | State Representative Robert Arrington, State Senator Charles Pickering and State Senator Ray Chatham discuss Governor William Winter"'s veto of post a... | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_14_ref.mov | Rex Jones | Hattiesburg District Attorney, Rex Jones calls for the appointing of a public defender. | 5/30/72 |
| MP_198901_030_16_ref.mov | Loyalists & Regulars Federal Suit | Hattiesburg Drug Enforcement Officer, J.C. Fairley and Bart Sutherland comment on the Loyalists & Regulars Federal Suit. | 5/31/72 |
| MP_198901_030_15_ref.mov | Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis speaks in favor of the Arms Agreement. | 5/31/72 |
| MP_198901_031_01_ref.mov | Wayne County Ministers | Wayne County Ministers on beer sales | 5/22/72 |
| MP_198901_031_02_ref.mov | Monroe Road Resurfacing | Wayne County Ministers on beer sales | 5/22/72 |
| MP_198901_031_03_ref.mov | President Nixon"'s Moscow Trip | Senator John C. Stennis on President Richard Nixon"'s Moscow Trip reporting from Washington, D.C. | 5/23/72 |
| MP_198901_031_04_ref.mov | Topics Program in Hattiesburg | Hibett Neel discusses the Topics Program coming to Hattiesburg. | 5/23/72 |
| MP_198901_031_06_ref.mov | Whitfield Drug Cases | Dr. William Jaquith, Director at Whitfield, discusses law pertaining to sending drug addicts to Whitfield. | 5/24/72 |
| MP_198901_031_08_ref.mov | Job Training for Industry | Laurel Employment Commission discusses program to give job training for industry. Toliford Manufacturing Company will hire and train 60 people with st... | 5/24/72 |
| MP_198901_031_07_ref.mov | Plastic Garbage Bags | V. T. Hawkins discusses Laurel plastic bag controversy. | 5/24/72 |
| MP_198901_031_09_ref.mov | Ammunition explosion at Kiln | Firefighter interviewed on ammunition explosion at Kiln"'s Ingram Plant | 5/25/72 |
| MP_198901_031_10_ref.mov | Ammunition explosion at Kiln | Scenes of damaged Ingram Plant at Kiln | 5/25/72 |