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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MP_199502_010_02_ref.mov
Date: 5/21/71
Event: Laurel Oil Festival
Descr: Footage of people eating at the Laurel Oil Festival.
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MP_199502_010_05_ref.mov
Date: 5/23/71
Event: Fred Haise
Descr: NASA astronaut, Fred Haise, speaks at the University of Southern Mississippi graduation. (See items 3, 8 10, &11)
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MP_199502_010_10_ref.mov
Date: 5/24/71
Event: Fred Haise
Descr: NASA astronaut, Fred Haise, speaks at the University of Southern Mississippi commencement exercises. (See items 3, 5, 8, & 11)
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MP_199502_010_06_ref.mov
Date: 5/24/71
Event: John Stennis
Descr: Senator John C. Stennis discusses the United States/Soviet arms limitation negotiations in his report from Washington.
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MP_199502_010_07_ref.mov
Date: 5/24/71
Event: Reapportionment
Descr: Senator Ed Pittman discusses attempted reapportionment. (See items 9 & 14)
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MP_199502_010_08_ref.mov
Date: 5/24/71
Event: Fred Haise
Descr: NASA astronaut, Fred Haise, speaks at the University of Southern Mississippi commencement exercises. (See items 3, 5, & 10)
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MP_199502_010_09_ref.mov
Date: 5/24/71
Event: Signs on County Equipment
Descr: Senator Ed Pittman speaks to a luncheon about bills he has proposed to put signs on county equipment and about Justice of the Peace courts. (See items...
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MP_199502_010_11_ref.mov
Date: 5/24/71
Event: Fred Haise
Descr: NASA astronaut, Fred Haise, speaks at the University of Southern Mississippi commencement exercises. Footage of the class and audience. (See items 3,...
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MP_199502_010_12_ref.mov
Date: 5/25/71
Event: Major General George Bennett
Descr: Idaho guardsman, Major General George Bennett, arrives at the Hattiesburg airport to train at Camp Shelby. Bennett discusses reason for training.
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MP_199502_010_15_ref.mov
Date: 5/25/71
Event: Laurel Ambulances
Descr: Report on administration of new city ambulance service.
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MP_199502_010_13_ref.mov
Date: 5/25/71
Event: Labor Dispute
Descr: Don Diamond on labor dispute at Mississippi tank in Hattiesburg.
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MP_199502_010_14_ref.mov
Date: 5/25/71
Event: Penitentiary Reform Bill
Descr: Senator Ed Pittman talks about the legislature"'s penitentiary reform bill. (See items 7 & 9)
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MP_199502_010_16_ref.mov
Date: 5/26/71
Event: Christine Ann Brockman
Descr: Miss Hospitality, Christine Ann Brockman, appears before an unidentified luncheon.
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MP_199502_010_17_ref.mov
Date: 5/26/71
Event: Hattiesburg Assault and Battery
Descr: Don Diamond discusses names in an assault and battery with injuries trial in Hattiesburg.
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MP_198901_010_11_ref.mov
Date: N. D.
Event: Nurses"' Workshop
Descr: Mrs. Shaunessy student nurse. Nurses"' workshop for nursing home nurses.
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MP_198901_011_09_ref.mov
Date: 1/10/72
Event: Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Descr: Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
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MP_198901_011_10_ref.mov
Date: 1/11/72
Event: Ed Pittman
Descr: Ed Pittman on Investigation Committee.
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MP_198901_011_05_ref.mov
Date: 1/6/72
Event: Carroll H. Ingram
Descr: State Senator Carroll H. Ingram says the senate will never hold executive session.
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MP_198901_011_04_ref.mov
Date: 1/6/72
Event: Hix Anderson
Descr: Semi county wide system Hix Anderson.
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MP_198901_011_03_ref.mov
Date: 1/6/72
Event: Gulf Coast Residential Centers
Descr: Gulf Coast Residential Centers, Dr. William David McCain.
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MP_198901_011_02_ref.mov
Date: 1/6/72
Event: J. A. P. Carter
Descr: Semi county wide system J. A. P. Carter.
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MP_198901_011_01_ref.mov
Date: 1/6/72
Event: Pickering/Ingram
Descr: State Senator Carroll H. Ingram and State Senator Charles W. Pickering
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MP_198901_011_08_ref.mov
Date: 1/7/72
Event: Governor John Bell Williams
Descr: Governor John Bell Williams on reactions to Lloyd Lott"'s death.
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MP_198901_011_06_ref.mov
Date: 1/7/72
Event: Stone Barefield
Descr: Stone Barefield on lease-sale bill.
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MP_199502_011_01_ref.mov
Date: 5/26/71
Event: Laurel Youth Summer Employment
Descr: Howard Weaver, from the Mississippi Employment Commission"'s Laurel office, discusses Laurel"'s Youth Job Center to help youth find summer employment....
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MP_199502_011_03_ref.mov
Date: 5/27/71
Event: Hattiesburg"'s New Fire Truck
Descr: Civil Service Commission Representative, A. G. Sumrall, discusses Hattiesburg"'s new fire truck.
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MP_199502_011_05_ref.mov
Date: 5/27/71
Event: Laurel Miss Hospitality Contest
Descr: Footage of the Miss Hospitality contest in Laurel with Connie Marie Kite being named.
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MP_199502_011_02_ref.mov
Date: 5/27/71
Event: Labor Dispute
Descr: Don Diamond reports on Service Employers International Union. Mississippi tank NLRB dispute over representation.
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MP_199502_011_04_ref.mov
Date: 5/27/71
Event: Jones County Voter Lists
Descr: Donice Knight discusses the accusation that Jones County voter lists have been purged illegally.
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MP_199502_011_06_ref.mov
Date: 5/28/71
Event: Memorial Day Traffic
Descr: WDAM"'s Keith Glatzer interviews Mississippi Highway Patrol"'s J. B. Dickerson about the Highway Patrol"'s effort to curb accidents on Memorial Day.