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.
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Interview with the principal of the Immaculate Conception School about thei...
Date: 2/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_079_09_ref.mov
Event: Immaculate Conception School
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Clarence Magee, of the Hattiesburg biracial committee, expresses unanimity...
Date: 2/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_079_10_ref.mov
Event: Community Sentiment on School Board
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Footage of the Hattiesburg Fire Department in action at a fire at the Unive...
Date: 2/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_079_11_ref.mov
Event: Dormitory Fire at the USM
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Footage of elementary school classes. (See item 9)
Date: 2/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_079_07_ref.mov
Event: Catholic School
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Senator Ed Pittman discusses the bill which will allow the formation of an...
Date: ND
Filename: MP_198901_079_12_ref.mov
Event: Air Ambulance
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Dr. Paul Cotton, Director of the Ellisville State School, is interviewed ab...
Date: 6/10/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_06_ref.mov
Event: Ellisville State School
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Reporter Rick Centner reports on the proposal of Laurel property owners to...
Date: 6/10/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_07_ref.mov
Event: Laurel Property Re-zoning
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Reporter Steve Reuben reports on the long hair on both sexes of University...
Date: 6/10/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_05_ref.mov
Event: Student Haircuts
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Footage of the Laurel Jaycees "arresting" someone.
Date: 6/11/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_12_ref.mov
Event: Laurel Jaycees
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Bill Stephens reports from a meeting on the new Hattiesburg jail.
Date: 6/11/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_08_ref.mov
Event: New Hattiesburg Jail
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Director Paul Cotton discusses the committal to mental institutions includi...
Date: 6/11/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_09_ref.mov
Event: Ellisville State School
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Footage of a nighttime Hattiesburg house fire showing fire trucks and firem...
Date: 6/11/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_10_ref.mov
Event: Hattiesburg House Fire
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Footage of a driver"'s education training course at the University of South...
Date: 6/11/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_11_ref.mov
Event: USM Driver"'s Education
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Footage of the ground breaking ceremony at Pinebelt Regional Airport.
Date: 6/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_04_ref.mov
Event: Pinebelt Regional Airport
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Footage of the Southernaire Motel, where police removed a body who had died...
Date: 6/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_03_ref.mov
Event: Fatal Drug Overdose
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Reporter Mack Hayes reports on the maneuvers of the 124th Mobile Army Surgi...
Date: 6/9/71
Filename: MP_198901_080_02_ref.mov
Event: 124th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
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Laurel Mayor, Bill Patrick, reports on the findings of the undercover vice...
Date: ND
Filename: MP_198901_080_01_ref.mov
Event: Laurel Narcotics Task Force
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Lloyd Rhian is interviewed about final school plan. (See item 13)
Date: ????
Filename: MP_198901_081_14_ref.mov
Event: Hattiesburg School Zones
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Glenn Canfield discusses reasons for ending the strike. (Site unknown)
Date: 7/20/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_02_ref.mov
Event: Union Strike
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Senator John C. Stennis comments on the appointment of (?) as the U.S. amba...
Date: 7/20/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_03_ref.mov
Event: John Stennis
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Footage of tennis courts in Laurel. (See item 7)
Date: 7/21/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_08_ref.mov
Event: Laurel recreation
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State veterinarian, Dr. Vernon Chadwick, reports on the quarantine of horse...
Date: 7/21/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_04_ref.mov
Event: Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
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Gubernatorial candidate, Charles Sullivan at a Hattiesburg rally before the...
Date: 7/21/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_05_ref.mov
Event: Charles Sullivan
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Footage of military people at the airport. Tennessee Governor Winfield Dunn...
Date: 7/21/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_10_ref.mov
Event: Camp Shelby review
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North Laurel churches work with the city to build a recreation facility. (S...
Date: 7/21/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_07_ref.mov
Event: Laurel recreation
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Hattiesburg Mayor, Paul Grady, discusses methods for improving trash pickup...
Date: 7/21/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_09_ref.mov
Event: Hattiesburg garbage pickup
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Footage of a meeting where state veterinarian, Dr. Vernon Chadwick, discuss...
Date: 7/22/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_11_ref.mov
Event: Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
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Dr. [ ] Howell, President of the Jones County Health Department, discusses...
Date: 7/22/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_12_ref.mov
Event: Jones County Family Planning
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Lloyd Rhian is interviewed about changing school zones in Hattiesburg. (See...
Date: 7/22/71
Filename: MP_198901_081_13_ref.mov
Event: Hattiesburg School Zones
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[ ] Bush discusses the need to update zoning laws.
Date: ND
Filename: MP_198901_081_01_ref.mov
Event: Zoning Laws