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 more...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_084_05_ref.mov | Airstream Caravans | Description of the history of the Airstream trailer. | 5/16/75 |
| MP_198901_084_01_ref.mov | Pinebelt Airport | Pinebelt Airport Manager, [ ] Froelich, is interviewed about the number of passengers aboard a Southern Airways DL-9 landing. (See item 2) | 5/16/75 |
| MP_198901_084_04_ref.mov | Catholic Church Sanctification | Footage of the sanctification of a Catholic church. (Church unknown) | 5/16/75 |
| MP_198901_084_08_ref.mov | Laurel Oil Festival | Laurel Oil Festival queen named. | 5/19/75 |
| MP_198901_084_17_ref.mov | Drug Offenders | [ ] Braswell interviewed about drug offenders in Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties. | 5/20/75 |
| MP_198901_084_11_ref.mov | Monroe Road Work | Footage of work being done on Monroe Road. | 5/20/75 |
| MP_198901_084_10_ref.mov | Damaged Roads in Jones (?) County | Footage of trucks and damaged roads with signs prohibiting thru-truck traffic in Jones (?) County. | 5/20/75 |
| MP_198901_084_12_ref.mov | Brooklyn Truck Crash | Footage of a propane truck turned on its side being righted. | 5/21/75 |
| MP_198901_084_16_ref.mov | State Unemployment | Herman Teal of the State Employment Commission is interviewed about unemployment. | 5/22/75 |
| MP_198901_084_13_ref.mov | Petal Drainage | Interviews about Petal drainage problems. (See item 15) | 5/22/75 |
| MP_198901_084_14_ref.mov | USM Graduation | University of Southern Mississippi graduation ceremonies with President William McCain receiving an award. | ND |
| MP_198901_084_07_ref.mov | John Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis is interviewed about President Gerald Ford"'s decision to send in marines to Cambodia to rescue the Mariquez hostages. | ND |
| MP_198901_084_06_ref.mov | 1968 Gun Control Act | [ ] Edgar, agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms, is interviewed about the 1968 Gun Control Act relating to transport and manufactur... | ND |
| MP_198901_084_03_ref.mov | John Stennis | Senator John C. Stennis addresses a graduating class and is given an honorary degree. | ND |
| MP_198901_084_02_ref.mov | Pinebelt Airport | Footage of passengers embarking at Pinebelt Airport. (See item 1) | ND |
| MP_198901_084_09_ref.mov | Hattiesburg Molotov Cocktail Explosion | [ ] Edgar, agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms, discusses the Molotov cocktail explosions in Hattiesburg. | ND |
| MP_198901_084_15_ref.mov | Petal Drainage | Report about Petal drainage problems. (See item 13) | ND |
| MP_198901_085_08_ref.mov | Anita Bryant | Reporter Evelyn Lowry interviews Anita Bryant, one of the judges of the Miss University of Southern Mississippi pageant. | 3/26/71 |
| MP_198901_085_01_ref.mov | County-City Ambulance Service | Alpheus McRae is interviewed about a joint county-city ambulance service. | 4/26/71 |
| MP_198901_085_05_ref.mov | Traffic Control | Mississippi Highway Patrol District Inspector, J. B. Dickerson, is interviewed about traffic control. | 4/26/71 |
| MP_198901_085_06_ref.mov | Brown Recluse Spider | Don Diamond, and Hattiesburg dermatologist, Dr. R. R. Lubritz, discuss the brown recluse spider. (See item 9) | 4/29/71 |
| MP_198901_085_07_ref.mov | Open Primary Decision | State Representative, Stone Barefield, announces he is for allowing the open primary to occur. | 4/30/71 |
| MP_198901_085_02_ref.mov | Civil Service Commission Charges | Interview with Hattiesburg Civil Service Commission representative, A. G. Sumrall, and James Morgan about Sumrall"'s insubordination. (See item 3) | 4/30/71 |
| MP_198901_085_03_ref.mov | Civil Service Commission Charges | Interview with Hattiesburg Civil Service Commission representative, A. G. Sumrall, and James Morgan about the charges against Sumrall. (See item 2) | 4/30/71 |
| MP_198901_085_04_ref.mov | Driver"'s Licenses Checks | Footage of the Highway Patrol checking driver"'s licenses alongside a road. | 4/30/71 |
| MP_198901_085_12_ref.mov | A. F. Summer | Mississippi Attorney General, A. F. Summer, speaks to the Hattiesburg City Council about the court ruling on elections in Mississippi and law suits. (... | 5/13/71 |
| MP_198901_085_09_ref.mov | Brown Recluse Spider | Hattiesburg dermatologist, Dr. R. R. Lubritz, discusses the symptoms of the brown recluse spider bite. (See item 6) | 5/1/71 |
| MP_198901_085_10_ref.mov | Malvin Goode | Television journalist and news correspondent, Malvin Goode, speaks at a banquet in Hattiesburg. | 5/1/75 |