WLBT Newsfilm collection [motion picture],1954-1971.
Contributor(s): WLBT (Television station : Jackson, Miss.)
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Material type: 
Mixed materialsDescription: 650 film reels (ca. 7,000 min.) : magnetic and optical sd., b&w and col. ; 16mm (pos.).Subject(s): WLBT (Television station : Jackson, Miss.) | Crime -- Mississippi | Weather | Education -- Mississippi | Civil rights -- Mississippi | Industries -- Mississippi | Elections -- Mississippi | Natural disasters -- Mississippi | Medicine -- Mississippi | Agriculture -- Mississippi | Segregation -- Mississippi | Recreation -- Mississippi | Mississippi -- Industries | Mississippi -- Religion -- 20th centuryOnline resources: Link to Electronic Resource | Policy on the Reproduction of Archival Images Summary: A collection of local television news film from Jackson television station WLBT-TV produced between 1954 and 1971. This collection contains information about national, state and local politics, civil rights activities, natural and man made disasters.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| See Media Staff | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Electronic Archives | Media Room | MP/1980.01 | Not for loan | Link to Electronic Resource | 77484 |
Original reels are restricted. View electronic copy in Media Room. Headphones required for some videos.
A collection of local television news film from Jackson television station WLBT-TV produced between 1954 and 1971. This collection contains information about national, state and local politics, civil rights activities, natural and man made disasters.
Film reels digitally reformatted to 4,442 files using the H.264 codec for Intranet accessibility, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2009-2011.
Mode of access: MDAH Media Room browser with Flash v9 or later.
Reference copies of this material are available for a fee. Material from this collection may be licensed for use for a fee. Use Policy and Fees Schedule for this material available on request.
Donated anonymously to the Department in 1980.
A printed index to this collection is available for reference use in the Search Room and for purchase from the Department's State Historical Museum Gift Shop.