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_038_07_ref.mov

    Date: ND

    Event: Error in scoring

    Descr: Error in scoring for Watkins.

  • MP_198901_039_12_ref.mov

    Date: 5/10/72

    Event: Cross on Raleigh Church

    Descr: Cross in a church window in Raleigh

  • MP_198901_039_13_ref.mov

    Date: 5/10/72

    Event: Pusher program

    Descr: Bill Collier and Captain Bobby E. Roberson (Turn in a pusher program)

  • MP_198901_039_14_ref.mov

    Date: 5/10/72

    Event: Black grievances

    Descr: Douglas Baker speaks on black grievances

  • MP_198901_039_16_ref.mov

    Date: 5/11/72

    Event: Laurel Oil Festival

    Descr: Laurel Chamber of Commerce asks people to pick up tickets for the Laurel Oil Festival

  • MP_198901_039_17_ref.mov

    Date: 5/11/72

    Event: Salvation Army

    Descr: Senior citizens at Salvation Army office

  • MP_198901_039_15_ref.mov

    Date: 5/11/72

    Event: Congressional Candidate Blackwell

    Descr: Congressional Candidate, Charles Blackwell, discusses busing to University of Southern Mississippi"'s Pi Beta Phi sorority.

  • MP_198901_039_01_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/72

    Event: University of Southern Mississippi

    Descr: Women"'s rights protest at the University of Southern Mississippi

  • MP_198901_039_02_ref.mov

    Date: 5/4/72

    Event: Senator Carroll Ingram

    Descr: Forrest County State Senator Carroll Ingram speaks about drug laws, the highway program, and the post audit bill.

  • MP_198901_039_03_ref.mov

    Date: 5/4/72

    Event: Governor Bill Waller appointments

    Descr: State Senator Charles W. Pickering discusses why the Senate adjourned without approving Governor Waller"'s appointments in Jackson.

  • MP_198901_039_04_ref.mov

    Date: 5/4/72

    Event: State Senators Pickering and Ingram

    Descr: State Senators Charles Pickering and Carroll Ingram are interviewed about legislation in Jackson.

  • MP_198901_039_05_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/72

    Event: Mississippi Art

    Descr: Footage of people painting

  • MP_198901_039_06_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/72

    Event: Forrest County Family Planning

    Descr: Mack Hayes and Dwight Trippe discuss Forrest County family planning.

  • MP_198901_039_08_ref.mov

    Date: 5/8/72

    Event: Miss Hattiesburg Pageant

    Descr: Shots of the Miss Hattiesburg Pageant

  • MP_198901_039_10_ref.mov

    Date: 5/8/72

    Event: Laurel Wreck

    Descr: Fatality in overturn of eighteen-wheeler at the Masonite Road exit on I-59 in Laurel

  • MP_198901_039_09_ref.mov

    Date: 5/8/72

    Event: Kidnap Coffee

    Descr: Kidnap Coffee fundraiser in Laurel

  • MP_198901_039_11_ref.mov

    Date: 5/9/72

    Event: Vietnam

    Descr: Man on the Street interviews about President Richard Nixon"'s move in Vietnam held at University of Southern Mississippi"'s University Mall

  • MP_198901_039_07_ref.mov

    Date: 5/9/72

    Event: USM talks

    Descr: Talk on drug laws, job opportunities, and the candidate for the 5th Congressional District to University of Southern Mississippi students.

  • MP_198901_040_06_ref.mov

    Date: 02/12/0971

    Event: Laurel snakes

    Descr: Report of snakes in a residential yard in Laurel

  • MP_198901_040_10_ref.mov

    Date: 04/03/??

    Event: Jones County Tornado

    Descr: Footage of Tornado damage in Jones County

  • MP_198901_040_07_ref.mov

    Date: 12/23/74

    Event: Sunday sales in Hattiesburg

    Descr: Dr. [ ] Barnes opposes stores being open on Sunday in Hattiesburg.

  • MP_198901_040_08_ref.mov

    Date: 12/23/74

    Event: Laurel Blue Laws

    Descr: Discussion of McKenzie blue laws in Laurel

  • MP_198901_040_09_ref.mov

    Date: 12/27/74

    Event: Sunday sales in Hattiesburg

    Descr: Man on the Street interviews on Sunday sales in Hattiesburg

  • MP_198901_040_02_ref.mov

    Date: 2/12/71

    Event: Helmon Johnson

    Descr: Helmon Johnson, Director of the Pearl River Opportunity, discusses school closure in Marion County

  • MP_198901_040_03_ref.mov

    Date: 2/12/71

    Event: Reform of Justice of the Peace System

    Descr: Snakes (reform of the Justice of the Peace System)

  • MP_198901_040_04_ref.mov

    Date: 2/12/71

    Event: Helmon Johnson

    Descr: [ ] Schaffer and Helmon Johnson, Director of the Pearl River Opportunity, discuss school closure in Marion County

  • MP_198901_040_11_ref.mov

    Date: ND

    Event: William Patrick

    Descr: Laurel Mayor, William (Bill) Patrick, discusses his campaign tour for Lieutenant Governor

  • MP_198901_040_01_ref.mov

    Date: ND

    Event: Laurel Police Survey

    Descr: Interviews with local officials in Laurel by WDAM in 1971

  • MP_198901_040_05_ref.mov

    Date: ND

    Event: William Patrick

    Descr: Laurel Mayor, William Patrick, discusses changing the Laurel ambulance service and police survey

  • MP_198901_041_01_ref.mov

    Date: 5/1/75

    Event: Mohammed Ali

    Descr: Mohammed Ali speaks at [ ] banquet

  • MP_198901_041_02_ref.mov

    Date: 5/2/75

    Event: Laurel Street Upgrade

    Descr: Paul Jans discusses upgrading the streets in Laurel (footage of surveying)

  • MP_198901_041_03_ref.mov

    Date: 5/2/75

    Event: Mental Healthcare

    Descr: Dr. Reginald P. White is interview about mental healthcare in Mississippi.