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_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_09_ref.mov

    Date: 5/8/72

    Event: Kidnap Coffee

    Descr: Kidnap Coffee fundraiser in Laurel

  • 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_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_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_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_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.

  • MP_198901_041_05_ref.mov

    Date: 5/3/75

    Event: Farming

    Descr: Report on bad conditions in farming

  • MP_198901_041_04_ref.mov

    Date: 5/4/75

    Event: John C. Stennis

    Descr: Senator John C. Stennis reports on withdrawal from Vietnam

  • MP_198901_041_06_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/75

    Event: TOPS pageant

    Descr: TOPS pageant scenes

  • MP_198901_041_07_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/75

    Event: March of Dimes

    Descr: Footage of March of Dimes fundraising at high school

  • MP_198901_041_08_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/75

    Event: William Patrick

    Descr: Laurel Mayor, William (Bill) Patrick, says he would run in the gubernatorial campaign

  • MP_198901_041_10_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/75

    Event: Laurel Garbage

    Descr: Laurel Mayor, William (Bill) Patrick, talks about the Laurel garbage situation at the supervisors meeting

  • MP_198901_041_09_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/75

    Event: William Patrick

    Descr: Laurel Mayor, William (Bill) Patrick talks about running for Governor

  • MP_198901_041_11_ref.mov

    Date: 5/5/75

    Event: Laurel Park Dedication

    Descr: Story on the Victoria neighborhood park facilities