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.
Read MoreThe 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 |
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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 |