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_057_01_ref.mov

    Date: 3/4/75

    Event: Home owners"' insurance

    Descr: [ ] Carlisle discusses policy that the new House bill set on homeowners"' insurance

  • MP_198901_057_05_ref.mov

    Date: 3/5/75

    Event: Animal Diagnostic Laboratory

    Descr: Hattiesburg residents oppose the building of an Animal Diagnostic Laboratory on West 7th Street

  • MP_198901_057_03_ref.mov

    Date: 3/5/75

    Event: Ralph Abernathy

    Descr: Ralph Abernathy, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, discusses revenue sharing moneys not being used to fight poverty

  • MP_198901_057_04_ref.mov

    Date: 3/6/75

    Event: Charles Evers

    Descr: Charles Evers speaks from the State Senate at the Capitol Building

  • MP_198901_057_06_ref.mov

    Date: 3/7/75

    Event: Laurel Drug Bust

    Descr: Footage of a Laurel drug bust

  • MP_198901_057_07_ref.mov

    Date: 3/9/75

    Event: Edgar Stephens (?)

    Descr: State Representative, Edgar Stephens, discusses export of Mississippi products

  • MP_198901_058_07_ref.mov

    Date: 2/23/72

    Event: Mississippi Economic Council

    Descr: Mississippi Economic Council meeting in Jones County

  • MP_198901_058_08_ref.mov

    Date: 2/25/72

    Event: Georgia-Pacific Tour

    Descr: Footage of a tour of the Georgia-Pacific wood products plant showing plywood being made

  • MP_198901_058_14_ref.mov

    Date: 2/25/72

    Event: Shag Pyron

    Descr: Mississippi District Highway Commissioner, Shag Pyron, gives an after-dinner speech in Laurel

  • MP_198901_058_15_ref.mov

    Date: 2/25/72

    Event: USM Environmental Conference

    Descr: Footage of the University of Southern Mississippi environmental conference

  • MP_198901_058_06_ref.mov

    Date: 2/28/72

    Event: Jim Buck Ross

    Descr: Footage of Jim Buck Ross and the Ellisville Chamber of Commerce

  • MP_198901_058_10_ref.mov

    Date: 2/28/72

    Event: Regular & Loyalists Merger

    Descr: State representative, Stone Barefield, and Hattiesburg Drug Enforcement Officer, J.C. Fairley are interviewed about the Regulars & Loyalists merger. (...

  • MP_198901_058_04_ref.mov

    Date: 2/28/72

    Event: Jones County Ambulance

    Descr: Footage of new Jones County ambulance. Older ambulances shown.

  • MP_198901_058_05_ref.mov

    Date: 2/28/72

    Event: Regulars & Loyalists Merger

    Descr: State representative, Stone Barefield, and Hattiesburg Drug Enforcement Officer, J.C. Fairley are interviewed about the Regulars & Loyalists merger. (...

  • MP_198901_058_01_ref.mov

    Date: 2/28/75

    Event: John Stennis

    Descr: Senator John C. Stennis discusses reproachment with the Soviets in a speech to the Hattiesburg (?) Jaycees

  • MP_198901_058_03_ref.mov

    Date: 2/29/72

    Event: Gil Carmichael

    Descr: Footage of gubernatorial candidate, Gil Carmichael, at Laurel DECA (?)

  • MP_198901_058_02_ref.mov

    Date: 2/29/72

    Event: Gil Carmichael

    Descr: Gubernatorial candidate, Gil Carmichael, is interviewed about the highway program as he speaks to Laurel DECA (?)

  • MP_198901_058_09_ref.mov

    Date: 2/29/72

    Event: Swep Davis

    Descr: Swep Davis, executive director of the Pat Harrison Waterway, is interviewed about dams on rivers north of Hattiesburg

  • MP_198901_058_13_ref.mov

    Date: 3/1/72

    Event: William Winter

    Descr: Lieutenant Governor, William Winter, receives the Salvation Army Award and speaks out about the need for being charitable

  • MP_198901_058_12_ref.mov

    Date: 3/1/72

    Event: W. O. Dillard

    Descr: Governor Bill Waller introduces W. O. Dillard as Commissioner of Public Safety at a Jackson press conference. Dillard is interviewed.

  • MP_198901_058_11_ref.mov

    Date: ND

    Event: Hattiesburg Storm

    Descr: Footage of Hattiesburg storm damage shown

  • MP_198901_059_12_ref.mov

    Date: 3/1/72

    Event: W. O. Dillard

    Descr: Governor Bill Waller introduces the new head of the Department of Public Safety, W. O. Dillard. Dillard is interviewed by the press.

  • MP_198901_059_05_ref.mov

    Date: 3/2/72

    Event: Jackson Mall Home Show

    Descr: Footage of the opening of the Jackson Mall Home Show featuring modular and mobile homes by the National Homes Factory

  • MP_198901_059_04_ref.mov

    Date: 3/2/72

    Event: Citizens National Bank in Laurel

    Descr: [ ] Lone (?) discusses non-credit courses offered at the University of Southern Mississippi by Citizens National Bank in Laurel

  • MP_198901_059_08_ref.mov

    Date: 3/3/72

    Event: William Humphries

    Descr: Interview with chiropractor, William Humphries (?) (See item 6)

  • MP_198901_059_06_ref.mov

    Date: 3/3/72

    Event: Jackson Mall Home Show

    Descr: Footage of the opening of the Jackson Mall Home Show featuring modular and mobile homes by the National Homes Factory

  • MP_198901_059_07_ref.mov

    Date: 3/3/72

    Event: Chiropractors

    Descr: Interviews with chiropractors about regulating their education and a ban on advertising

  • MP_198901_059_09_ref.mov

    Date: 3/3/72

    Event: Ellisville State School

    Descr: Footage of the Ellisville State School facilities

  • MP_198901_059_10_ref.mov

    Date: 3/4/72

    Event: Louis Fondren

    Descr: Louis Fondren, State Legislator from Moss Point, is interviewed about his views on President Richard Nixon and his campaign against U. S. Senator, Jam...

  • MP_198901_059_13_ref.mov

    Date: 3/6/72

    Event: Boy Scout Convention

    Descr: Major General Sidney Berry speaks to the boy scouts convention and is given an award