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.


Filename Event Descr Date
MP_198901_057_01_ref.mov Home owners"' insurance [ ] Carlisle discusses policy that the new House bill set on homeowners"' insurance 3/4/75
MP_198901_057_05_ref.mov Animal Diagnostic Laboratory Hattiesburg residents oppose the building of an Animal Diagnostic Laboratory on West 7th Street 3/5/75
MP_198901_057_03_ref.mov Ralph Abernathy Ralph Abernathy, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, discusses revenue sharing moneys not being used to fight poverty 3/5/75
MP_198901_057_04_ref.mov Charles Evers Charles Evers speaks from the State Senate at the Capitol Building 3/6/75
MP_198901_057_06_ref.mov Laurel Drug Bust Footage of a Laurel drug bust 3/7/75
MP_198901_057_07_ref.mov Edgar Stephens (?) State Representative, Edgar Stephens, discusses export of Mississippi products 3/9/75
MP_198901_058_07_ref.mov Mississippi Economic Council Mississippi Economic Council meeting in Jones County 2/23/72
MP_198901_058_14_ref.mov Shag Pyron Mississippi District Highway Commissioner, Shag Pyron, gives an after-dinner speech in Laurel 2/25/72
MP_198901_058_08_ref.mov Georgia-Pacific Tour Footage of a tour of the Georgia-Pacific wood products plant showing plywood being made 2/25/72
MP_198901_058_15_ref.mov USM Environmental Conference Footage of the University of Southern Mississippi environmental conference 2/25/72
MP_198901_058_10_ref.mov Regular & Loyalists Merger State representative, Stone Barefield, and Hattiesburg Drug Enforcement Officer, J.C. Fairley are interviewed about the Regulars & Loyalists merger. (... 2/28/72
MP_198901_058_04_ref.mov Jones County Ambulance Footage of new Jones County ambulance. Older ambulances shown. 2/28/72
MP_198901_058_05_ref.mov Regulars & Loyalists Merger State representative, Stone Barefield, and Hattiesburg Drug Enforcement Officer, J.C. Fairley are interviewed about the Regulars & Loyalists merger. (... 2/28/72
MP_198901_058_06_ref.mov Jim Buck Ross Footage of Jim Buck Ross and the Ellisville Chamber of Commerce 2/28/72
MP_198901_058_01_ref.mov John Stennis Senator John C. Stennis discusses reproachment with the Soviets in a speech to the Hattiesburg (?) Jaycees 2/28/75
MP_198901_058_02_ref.mov Gil Carmichael Gubernatorial candidate, Gil Carmichael, is interviewed about the highway program as he speaks to Laurel DECA (?) 2/29/72
MP_198901_058_03_ref.mov Gil Carmichael Footage of gubernatorial candidate, Gil Carmichael, at Laurel DECA (?) 2/29/72
MP_198901_058_09_ref.mov Swep Davis Swep Davis, executive director of the Pat Harrison Waterway, is interviewed about dams on rivers north of Hattiesburg 2/29/72
MP_198901_058_12_ref.mov W. O. Dillard Governor Bill Waller introduces W. O. Dillard as Commissioner of Public Safety at a Jackson press conference. Dillard is interviewed. 3/1/72
MP_198901_058_13_ref.mov William Winter Lieutenant Governor, William Winter, receives the Salvation Army Award and speaks out about the need for being charitable 3/1/72
MP_198901_058_11_ref.mov Hattiesburg Storm Footage of Hattiesburg storm damage shown ND
MP_198901_059_12_ref.mov W. O. Dillard Governor Bill Waller introduces the new head of the Department of Public Safety, W. O. Dillard. Dillard is interviewed by the press. 3/1/72
MP_198901_059_05_ref.mov Jackson Mall Home Show Footage of the opening of the Jackson Mall Home Show featuring modular and mobile homes by the National Homes Factory 3/2/72
MP_198901_059_04_ref.mov Citizens National Bank in Laurel [ ] Lone (?) discusses non-credit courses offered at the University of Southern Mississippi by Citizens National Bank in Laurel 3/2/72
MP_198901_059_06_ref.mov Jackson Mall Home Show Footage of the opening of the Jackson Mall Home Show featuring modular and mobile homes by the National Homes Factory 3/3/72
MP_198901_059_08_ref.mov William Humphries Interview with chiropractor, William Humphries (?) (See item 6) 3/3/72
MP_198901_059_09_ref.mov Ellisville State School Footage of the Ellisville State School facilities 3/3/72
MP_198901_059_07_ref.mov Chiropractors Interviews with chiropractors about regulating their education and a ban on advertising 3/3/72
MP_198901_059_10_ref.mov Louis Fondren Louis Fondren, State Legislator from Moss Point, is interviewed about his views on President Richard Nixon and his campaign against U. S. Senator, Jam... 3/4/72
MP_198901_059_13_ref.mov Boy Scout Convention Major General Sidney Berry speaks to the boy scouts convention and is given an award 3/6/72