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_031_11_ref.mov

    Date: 5/25/72

    Event: Wayne County beer

    Descr: A pro beer person speaks

  • MP_198901_031_12_ref.mov

    Date: 5/26/72

    Event: Oil Festival

    Descr: Oil Festival Barbeque, Laurel

  • MP_198901_031_13_ref.mov

    Date: 5/26/72

    Event: Men walking in building

    Descr: Men walking up steps and into building.

  • MP_198901_031_14_ref.mov

    Date: 5/26/72

    Event: Governor John Bell Williams

    Descr: Ex-Governor John Bell Williams subpoenaed. Enters Forrest County Courthouse in Hattiesburg.

  • MP_198901_031_15_ref.mov

    Date: 5/26/72

    Event: Paul Grady

    Descr: City official, Paul Grady, subpoenaed. Enters not guilty plea.

  • MP_198901_031_16_ref.mov

    Date: 5/26/72

    Event: Governor John Bell Williams

    Descr: Ex-Governor John Bell Williams and Hattiesburg District Attorney, Rex Jones, interviewed as they leave the Forrest County Courthouse

  • MP_198901_031_05_ref.mov

    Event: J.P. Systems Lawsuit

    Descr: Justices of the Peace discuss Jackson Public Schools"' lawsuit.

  • MP_198901_032_02_ref.mov

    Date: 4/19/72

    Event: Hattiesburg garbage

    Descr: Hattiesburg District Attorney, Rex Jones, discusses garbage issue.

  • MP_198901_032_01_ref.mov

    Date: 5/1/72

    Event: Epsilon Sigma Alpha volunteers

    Descr: Footage of Epsilon Sigma Alpha volunteers in a charity hospital most likely in Laurel

  • MP_198901_032_04_ref.mov

    Date: 5/1/72

    Event: Currie Redistricting

    Descr: Currie Redistricting

  • MP_198901_032_03_ref.mov

    Date: 5/19/72

    Event: President Richard Nixon on Vietnam

    Descr: Man on the Street interviews on President Richard Nixon"'s stand on the Vietnam War at University of Southern Mississippi and The University Mall.

  • MP_198901_032_05_ref.mov

    Date: 5/2/72

    Event: Laurel Groundbreaking

    Descr: Laurel Groundbreaking (Reason Unknown)

  • MP_198901_032_13_ref.mov

    Date: 5/2/72

    Event: Power Shortages

    Descr: Senator John Stennis comments on power shortages

  • MP_198901_032_14_ref.mov

    Date: 5/2/72

    Event: Gasoline Taxes

    Descr: Forrest County State Senator Carroll H. Ingram discusses gasoline taxes

  • MP_198901_032_10_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: University of Southern Mississippi"'s ROTC

    Descr: University of Southern Mississippi"'s R.O.T.C. Awards Day

  • MP_198901_032_08_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: District Seven"'s Record

    Descr: J. B. Dickerson of the Mississippi Highway Patrol reports on District Seven"'s Good Record

  • MP_198901_032_09_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: Black Appointees

    Descr: Governor William Waller introduces new black board appointees for Jackson

  • MP_198901_032_11_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit

    Descr: A Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit at the Lauren Rogers Gallery in Laurel

  • MP_198901_032_12_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: University of Southern Mississippi

    Descr: A women"'s protest (including harp and guitar players and singers) at the University of Southern Mississippi

  • MP_198901_032_15_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: Laurel Shopping Center

    Descr: Footage of report on Laurel shopping center vs. downtown from Laurel"'s Parkside Plaza

  • MP_198901_032_07_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/72

    Event: Gerrard, Morgan & Baron

    Descr: Gerrard, Morgan & Barron report to Grand Jury (entering court house)

  • MP_198901_032_06_ref.mov

    Date: 5/7/72

    Event: Barefield Stringer

    Descr: Barefield Stringer discusses legislation to speed up auditing.

  • MP_198901_033_04_ref.mov

    Date: 5/12/72

    Event: Trinidad

    Descr: Report on Trinidad in front of the Forrest County Courthouse (steel band playing)

  • MP_198901_033_05_ref.mov

    Date: 5/12/72

    Event: George Curry

    Descr: Mississippi Insurance Commissioner, George Curry, interviewed about redistricting and road distribution by the Forrest County Board of Supervisors

  • MP_198901_033_01_ref.mov

    Date: 5/12/72

    Event: Cross in window of Laurel church

    Descr: Report in front of the Forrest County Courthouse about a cross in the window of a Laurel church (steel band playing)

  • MP_198901_033_06_ref.mov

    Date: 5/12/72

    Event: Crosses in Laurel church window

    Descr: Crosses seen in Laurel church window

  • MP_198901_033_02_ref.mov

    Date: 5/15/72

    Event: Justice of the Peace System Suit

    Descr: Justices of the Peace in Forrest and Jones Counties discuss the need to update the Justice of the Peace laws

  • MP_198901_033_03_ref.mov

    Date: 5/16/72

    Event: Ben Stone

    Descr: Interview with Congressional candidate Ben Stone

  • MP_198901_033_08_ref.mov

    Date: 5/16/72

    Event: Laurel Lumber Company Fire

    Descr: Damage from Laurel Lumber Company fire shown

  • MP_198901_033_09_ref.mov

    Date: 5/16/72

    Event: Hattiesburg sanitation

    Descr: Hattiesburg Commissioners A.L. (Bud) Gerrard Walter Parker discuss placing garbage in plastic bags