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_035_17_ref.mov

    Date: 4/27/72

    Event: USM Lecture Series

    Descr: Maine Senator Peter Kyros gives lecture at University of Southern Mississippi

  • MP_198901_035_18_ref.mov

    Date: 4/27/72

    Event: USM Lecture Series

    Descr: Wallace Henley, Spokesperson for President Richard Nixon, gives lecture at University of Southern Mississippi

  • MP_198901_035_15_ref.mov

    Date: 4/28/72

    Event: Ellisville State Convention

    Descr: Ellisville State Convention

  • MP_198901_035_16_ref.mov

    Date: 4/28/72

    Event: USM Lecture Series

    Descr: Jack Perkins discusses presidential election campaign of 1968 at University of Southern Mississippi Lecture Series

  • MP_198901_035_19_ref.mov

    Date: 4/29/72

    Event: Pat Harrison Waterway District

    Descr: Pat Sellers discusses budget needs for Pat Harrison Waterway District

  • MP_198901_035_20_ref.mov

    Date: 4/29/72

    Event: USM Lecture Series

    Descr: Jack Perkins discusses the 1968 presidential election campaign at the University of Southern Mississippi Lecture Series

  • MP_198901_036_01_ref.mov

    Date: 6/27/72

    Event: Hattiesburg Fire

    Descr: Mississippi State Fire Marshall and the Hattiesburg Fire Department investigate fire at the scene

  • MP_198901_036_02_ref.mov

    Date: 6/28/72

    Event: Forrest County drainage ditches

    Descr: Footage on cleaning and building Forrest County, Beat Two, drainage ditches

  • MP_198901_036_04_ref.mov

    Date: 6/28/72

    Event: Ellisville State School Foster Program

    Descr: Interview with foster grandparents about the proposed program at Ellisville State School

  • MP_198901_036_03_ref.mov

    Date: 6/28/72

    Event: Ellisville State School Foster Program

    Descr: Interview with foster grandparents about the program at the Ellisville State School

  • MP_198901_036_05_ref.mov

    Date: 6/28/72

    Event: Civil Rights suits in Hattiesburg

    Descr: Doug Baker discusses civil rights suits in Hattiesburg

  • MP_198901_036_06_ref.mov

    Date: 6/29/72

    Event: Ellisville State School Foster Program

    Descr: Interview with foster grandparents about the proposed program at Ellisville State School

  • MP_198901_036_08_ref.mov

    Date: 6/29/72

    Event: Hattiesburg Flood

    Descr: Scenes of flooding under railroad overpass on Highway 49 and other sites in downtown Hattiesburg

  • MP_198901_036_09_ref.mov

    Date: 6/29/72

    Event: "Dames at Sea" musical production

    Descr: Shots of the musical production, "Dames at Sea"

  • MP_198901_036_07_ref.mov

    Date: 6/29/72

    Event: Agricultural and Industrial Board

    Descr: Group shot of the Agricultural and Industrial Board

  • MP_198901_036_10_ref.mov

    Date: 6/29/72

    Event: Disaster preparedness

    Descr: Forrest County Civil Defense Director, Harold Gill, on disaster preparedness

  • MP_198901_036_12_ref.mov

    Date: 6/30/72

    Event: Carroll Ingram

    Descr: Mississippi State Senator, Carroll Ingram, appointed to Legislative Investigative Committee

  • MP_198901_036_11_ref.mov

    Date: 6/30/72

    Event: Supreme Court ruling on death penal

    Descr: Man on the Street interviews on reaction to the Supreme Court"'s ruling on the death penalty

  • MP_198901_036_13_ref.mov

    Date: ND

    Event: Death Penalty

    Descr: Reaction to Supreme Court on death penalty

  • MP_198901_037_10_ref.mov

    Date: 1/11/72

    Event: Laurel Tornados

    Descr: Damage from Laurel tornados shown

  • MP_198901_037_11_ref.mov

    Date: 1/27/72

    Event: Jones County Junior College

    Descr: President Terrell Tisdale discusses construction of new buildings at Jones County Junior College

  • MP_198901_037_03_ref.mov

    Date: 1/29/72

    Event: Jones County Junior College

    Descr: Dr. Terrell Tisdale speaks on the handicapped building at Jones County Junior College

  • MP_198901_037_07_ref.mov

    Date: 2/10/72

    Event: Interstate Highway Construction

    Descr: Wayne County Supervisors oppose use of county road funds for interstate highway construction

  • MP_198901_037_15_ref.mov

    Date: 2/10/72

    Event: Hattiesburg Street Repair

    Descr: Hattiesburg Street Repair

  • MP_198901_037_04_ref.mov

    Date: 2/11/72

    Event: Laurel Urban Tour

    Descr: [ ] Sumrall describes tour of Laurel projects finished and projects which are in progress or need doing

  • MP_198901_037_05_ref.mov

    Date: 2/11/72

    Event: USM Bomb Threat

    Descr: Footage of University of Southern Mississippi evacuating building after bomb threat

  • MP_198901_037_08_ref.mov

    Date: 2/11/72

    Event: Combined Recruiting Ribbon Cutting

    Descr: Combined recruiting ribbon cutting in Hattiesburg, MS

  • MP_198901_037_13_ref.mov

    Date: 2/11/72

    Event: University of Southern Mississippi

    Descr: University of Southern Mississippi Student Government Association endorses legislative proposals

  • MP_198901_037_17_ref.mov

    Date: 2/12/72

    Event: Tatum Salt Dome

    Descr: Clean up of the Tatum Salt Dome Atomic Energy Site at Lumberton, Mississippi. Storage tanks being moved to Nevada.

  • MP_198901_037_06_ref.mov

    Date: 2/14/72

    Event: Hardy Street Resurfacing

    Descr: Commissioner Walter Parker interviewed on Hardy Street resurfacing in Hattiesburg. (resurfacing shown)