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.
-
Report on Beat 2 supplemental supervisor election in Wayne County.
Date: 8/28/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_01_ref.mov
Event: Wayne County Supervisor Election
-
Hattiesburg District Attorney, Rex Jones, discusses underage juveniles ente...
Date: 8/28/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_02_ref.mov
Event: Juvenile Theater Goers
-
-
Interview with reinstated school teacher, Dewey McKee. Wayne County inciden...
Date: 8/29/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_05_ref.mov
Event: Dewey McKee
-
State representative from Gulfport, Ben Stone, discusses Margaret Chase Smi...
Date: 8/29/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_08_ref.mov
Event: Ingalls Employees
-
Footage of [ ] Smith receiving an award.
Date: 8/29/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_04_ref.mov
Event: [ ] Smith
-
[ ] Cooley is interviewed on Dewey McKee case. (See items 5, 6, & 7)
Date: 8/29/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_09_ref.mov
Event: Dewey McKee
-
-
[ ] Cooley and school board rebuts McKee"'s judgement.
Date: 8/29/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_07_ref.mov
Event: Dewey McKee
-
Footage of a meeting in an auditorium where [ ] Leggett discusses Woodland"...
Date: 8/30/72
Filename: MP_198901_100_10_ref.mov
Event: Woodland
-
[ ] Melvin, of the Perry County schools, discusses meeting with the State B...
Date: 8/2/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_06_ref.mov
Event: Perry County Schools
-
Hamp King, of the Perry County schools, is interviewed about the national g...
Date: 8/2/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_01_ref.mov
Event: Forestry Funds
-
Footage of people sitting around an office and interview about the fine art...
Date: 8/3/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_02_ref.mov
Event: Ellisville State School
-
Footage of a Laurel contract signing ceremony.
Date: 8/4/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_03_ref.mov
Event: Laurel Contract
-
Interview with a member of the Gulf Coast Woodhaulers Association who is th...
Date: 8/4/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_04_ref.mov
Event: Gulf Coast Woodhaulers Association
-
Forrest County tax assessor Mrs. Adelaide Smith discusses new county assess...
Date: 8/4/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_05_ref.mov
Event: Tax Assessments
-
Report on the fine arts program at Ellisville State School. (See item 2)
Date: 8/5/72
Filename: MP_198901_101_07_ref.mov
Event: Ellisville State School
-
Children in Kamper Park are asked what inflation is, and a University of So...
Filename: MP_198901_102_01_ref.mov
Event: Inflation, Gasoline
-
Footage of the stage being prepared at the University of Southern Mississip...
Date: 2/15/71
Filename: MP_198901_103_03_ref.mov
Event: La Boehme Preparation
-
Footage of traffic crossing on Hardy Street and Highway 49 in front of the...
Date: ND
Filename: MP_198901_103_01_ref.mov
Event: Hattiesburg Traffic
-
Federal Court Justice discusses decision on prayer in schools in a speech a...
Date: ND
Filename: MP_198901_103_02_ref.mov
Event: Prayer in School
-
Footage of a body being dug up in a field across from Cloverleaf Mall. NOTE...
Date: 11/6/73
Filename: MP_198901_104_02_ref.mov
Event: Murder
-
1973 Year Ender. Footage of a house damaged by a storm.
Date: 12/00/1973
Filename: MP_198901_104_01_ref.mov
Event: Storm Damage
-
Scenes of flooding around Hattiesburg.
Date: 12/28/73
Filename: MP_198901_104_03_ref.mov
Event: Flooding
-
Footage of a helicopter landing at the site of tornado damage to homes. Jon...
Date: 5/20/73
Filename: MP_198901_104_04_ref.mov
Event: Tornado Damage
-
Footage of the Laurel City Council meeting on drainage.
Date: 7/23/74
Filename: MP_198901_105_02_ref.mov
Event: Laurel Drainage
-
[ ] Ainsworth and A. L. Gerrard, Hattiesburg Mayor discuss the Southern Mis...
Date: 7/23/74
Filename: MP_198901_105_01_ref.mov
Event: So. Miss. Planning & Development District
-
Report on the Federal Aviation Administration"'s order to move the landfill...
Date: 7/23/74
Filename: MP_198901_105_03_ref.mov
Event: Laurel Landfill
-
Footage of the Miss William Carey contest winner.
Date: 7/24/74
Filename: MP_198901_105_05_ref.mov
Event: Miss William Carey Contest
-
Footage of the marijuana taken at the bust, probably in Hattiesburg.
Date: 7/24/74
Filename: MP_198901_105_04_ref.mov
Event: Marijuana Bust