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_199502_006_04_ref.mov | John Glenn | Astronaut, John Glenn, speaks in the University of Southern Mississippi"'s Bennett Auditorium about man"'s future in space. NOTE: Sound on this item i... | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_02_ref.mov | Corp of Engineers Hearing | Footage showing the Corp of Engineers hearing. | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_03_ref.mov | John Glenn | Footage of astronaut, John Glenn"'s, plane landing in Hattiesburg. | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_07_ref.mov | The Mikado | Footage from a University of Southern Mississippi production of "The Mikado" NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deteriorated. | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_08_ref.mov | Bob Hope | Bob Hope"'s manager, Mark Anthony, discusses Hope"'s educational funds in an interview. (See item 5) NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deteriorated. | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_09_ref.mov | Bob Hope | Footage of a committee meeting at the University of Southern Mississippi announcing Bob Hope"'s show there. NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deterior... | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_10_ref.mov | Boa Constrictors | University of Southern Mississippi graduate student, Tommy King, in interviewed about a litter of boa constrictors born at the school. (See item 11) N... | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_11_ref.mov | Boa Constrictors | Footage of baby boa constrictors. (See item 10) | 5/6/71 |
| MP_199502_006_12_ref.mov | Train Derailment | Footage of a train derailment at an unknown location. (Looks like off US 11 north of Petal). Crews are on the scene. | 5/7/71 |
| MP_198901_006_02_ref.mov | Republic of New Africa | Republic of New Africa arrests in Jackson. | 8/18/71 |
| MP_199502_007_03_ref.mov | Bob Hope | Bob Hope (See item 2) NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deteriorated. | 05/??/1971 |
| MP_199502_007_02_ref.mov | Bob Hope | Shots of Bob Hope"'s performance at Reed Green Coliseum on the University of Southern Mississippi campus. (See item 3) NOTE: Sound on this item is bad... | 05/??/1971 |
| MP_198901_007_04_ref.mov | Jones County Supervisors | Court decides against Jones County Supervisors"' bidding practices. | 10/19/73 |
| MP_198901_007_08_ref.mov | Laurel Flood | Laurel Flood. Tanlahala Flood. | 12/28/73 |
| MP_198901_007_03_ref.mov | Jones County Tornado | Shots of damage and interviews with victims of the tornado in Jones County. | 4/25/73 |
| MP_199502_007_04_ref.mov | Bob Hope | Shots of the audience at Hope"'s performance and Hope on stage. NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deteriorated. | 5/10/71 |
| MP_198901_007_02_ref.mov | Bradley Arrest | Suspect, Bradley, arrested in connection with the robbery at the Citizens"' Bank on Broadway Drive in Hattiesburg. | 5/23/73 |
| MP_198901_007_01_ref.mov | Citizens"' Bank Robbery | Robbery at the Citizens"' Bank on Broadway Drive in Hattiesburg. | 5/23/73 |
| MP_199502_007_01_ref.mov | Bob Hope | Bob Hope is interviewed as he and his troupe arrive on a Mississippi Air Guard plane at the Hattiesburg airport. NOTE: Sound on this item is badly det... | 5/7/71 |
| MP_198901_007_05_ref.mov | Culvert Purchase Investigation | County financial records investigation related to culvert purchases (Beldek) | 6/26/73 |
| MP_198901_007_06_ref.mov | Lauderdale County Grand Jury | Lauderdale County Grand Jury. Culvert purchase irregularity investigation. | 7/30/73 |
| MP_198901_007_07_ref.mov | Robert Ray Campbell | Recovery of the body of Robert Ray Campbell found in Hattiesburg. Campbell was murdered in Houston. | N. D. |
| MP_199502_008_04_ref.mov | Purvis Car - Trailer Wreck | Footage of a car - trailer wreck with trailer on its side and the car roof caved in. | 5/10/71 |
| MP_199502_008_02_ref.mov | Jones County House Fire | Footage of a house fire in Jones County with the fire department on the scene and the house fully engulfed. | 5/10/71 |
| MP_199502_008_03_ref.mov | Traffic Fatalities | Highway Patrol officer, Wayne Valentine, gives the weekly traffic fatality report for the southern districts. NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deteri... | 5/10/71 |
| MP_199502_008_05_ref.mov | Apartment Construction Bids | Footage of unknown bids being opened for apartment construction sites | 5/11/71 |
| MP_199502_008_06_ref.mov | A & I Board Meeting | Footage of an Agricultural and Industrial Board Meeting in which Brad Dye, Counsel for the Board, talks about industrial expansion in Mississippi and... | 5/11/71 |
| MP_199502_008_07_ref.mov | A & I Board Meeting | Brad Dye at a meeting of the Agricultural and Industrial Board. (See item 6) NOTE: Sound on this item is badly deteriorated. | 5/12/71 |