WSFA audiovisual item D165.0014

The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Staff at WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Alabama, preparing sets at the station for coverage of the election that would be held on November 8, 1966. 0:01:04: White and African American citizens voting in Selma and Lowndesboro, Alabama, on November 8, 1966. Amo...

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description The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Staff at WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Alabama, preparing sets at the station for coverage of the election that would be held on November 8, 1966. 0:01:04: White and African American citizens voting in Selma and Lowndesboro, Alabama, on November 8, 1966. Among the voters are Wilson Baker, Selma's director of public safety, and Jim Clark, sheriff of Dallas County. (Most of the polling locations are unidentified, but some of the Selma footage was shot at the Dallas County courthouse and the Star Department Store in the Dallas Fair Shopping Center.) 0:03:13: Staff at Lurleen Wallace's campaign headquarters setting up for the election returns on November 8, 1966. 0:03:46: Interview with George and Lurleen Wallace on November 9, 1966, the day after she was elected governor of Alabama. George discusses potential cabinet appointments in the new administration, and he raises the possibility of a presidential run in 1968. Most of the footage of Lurleen speaking is silent, except for a brief clip in which she thanks their supporters. 0:08:01: Pep rally at Lanier High School in Montgomery before the annual football game against Lee High School on November 11, 1966. 0:08:53: Pep rally at Lee High School in Montgomery before the annual football game against Lanier High School on November 11, 1966. 0:09:30: Football game between Lanier High School and Lee High School at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on November 11, 1966. Lanier won the game, 10 to 0. 0:10:34: Meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Revenue in November 1966. 0:11:10: Scenes of shoppers inside a Big Bear grocery store in Montgomery in November 1966. Also included is an interview with Gordon Spitler, director of merchandising for the grocery firm of Hudson-Thompson, Inc., which operated Big Bear stores. During the conversation, WSFA-TV's Bob Inman asks about rising food prices, which Spitler contributes, in part, to the "war economy" caused by the Vietnam War. 0:14:40: Long lines of people buying license plates at the Montgomery County Courthouse, probably on November 14 or 15, 1966. (Automobile owners had until November 15 to purchase their car tags, after which they would have to pay a penalty; as of the day before the deadline, several thousand people in the county still had not bought their plates.) 0:15:14: Reception for retired Southern Bell employees in November 1966. 0:15:51: WSFA-TV's Carl Stephens interviewing Neal Posey, basketball coach at Huntingdon College in November 1966. They discuss the upcoming season and introduce (by name) each of the players on the 1966-1967 team. 0:18:49: Circus performing at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery on November 15, 1966. The first segment is in color, and the second (beginning at 0:19:56) is in black-and-white. 0:20:55: Meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Education in November 1966, as well as a statement by attorney Vaughan Hill Robison about the board's legal efforts to halt the construction of Jefferson Davis High School. The board pursued the action to contest the wage and labor standards set by the Alabama Building Commission and the Public School and College Authority. 0:22:48: Annual Omicron Delta Kappa - Wilbur Hutsell Cake Race at Auburn University on November 17, 1966. The segment ends with the winner, freshman Eddie Collins, kissing Miss Auburn, Jana Howard, after receiving his trophy. Former coach Wilbur Hutsell, who is also present at the event, started the race in 1928 as a way of recruiting track athletes. 0:09:30: Football game between Catholic High School (of Montgomery) and Union Springs School at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on November 18, 1966. Union Springs won the game, 13 to 8. 0:24:47: Members of the Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs participating in a mock trial led by Judge Annie Lola Price at the Supreme Court building in Montgomery on November 19, 1966. Charles Bennett, secretary of Jones Law School, directed the event, which was based on the real-life murder trial of State v. Caponey. 0:25:42: Beauty pageant at Huntingdon College in Montgomery on November 18, 1966. From the twenty contestants, the following eight were selected to be Campus Beauties for the 1966-1967 school year: Laura Gholson, Frankie Speaks, Martha Jo Reese, Judy Wilson, Sally McCord, Susan Lawrence, Eleanor Warr, and Linda Brantley.
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fulltopic Baker, Wilson; Brantley, Linda; Clark, James G.; Collins, Victor; Gholson, Laura; Howard, Jana; Hutsell, Wilbur Hall, 1892-1980; Inman, Bob; Lawrence, Susan; McCord, Sally; Price, Annie Lola, 1903-1972; Reese, Martha Jo; Robison, Vaughan Hill, 1918-1977; Speaks, Frankie; Spitler, Gordon; Stephens, Carl; Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998; Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968; Warr, Eleanor; Wilson, Judy; Auburn University; Huntingdon College (Montgomery, Ala.); WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.); African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Political activity; Basketball; Basketball players; Beauty contestants; Business & finance; Cheerleaders; Children; Circuses & shows; City officials--Montgomery--Alabama; Coaches (Athletics); County officials--Montgomery--Alabama; Courthouses; Courtrooms; Education; Football; Football players; Government facilities; Governors--Alabama; Grocery stores; Law enforcement officers; Lawyers; Journalists; Judges; Judicial proceedings; Marching bands; Organizations; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Schools; Sports; Stores & shops; Students; Universities & colleges; Voting; Selma (Ala.); Dallas County (Ala.); Lowndesboro (Ala.); Lowndes County (Ala.)
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spelling WSFA_D165_0014WSFA audiovisual item D165.0014The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Staff at WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Alabama, preparing sets at the station for coverage of the election that would be held on November 8, 1966. 0:01:04: White and African American citizens voting in Selma and Lowndesboro, Alabama, on November 8, 1966. Among the voters are Wilson Baker, Selma's director of public safety, and Jim Clark, sheriff of Dallas County. (Most of the polling locations are unidentified, but some of the Selma footage was shot at the Dallas County courthouse and the Star Department Store in the Dallas Fair Shopping Center.) 0:03:13: Staff at Lurleen Wallace's campaign headquarters setting up for the election returns on November 8, 1966. 0:03:46: Interview with George and Lurleen Wallace on November 9, 1966, the day after she was elected governor of Alabama. George discusses potential cabinet appointments in the new administration, and he raises the possibility of a presidential run in 1968. Most of the footage of Lurleen speaking is silent, except for a brief clip in which she thanks their supporters. 0:08:01: Pep rally at Lanier High School in Montgomery before the annual football game against Lee High School on November 11, 1966. 0:08:53: Pep rally at Lee High School in Montgomery before the annual football game against Lanier High School on November 11, 1966. 0:09:30: Football game between Lanier High School and Lee High School at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on November 11, 1966. Lanier won the game, 10 to 0. 0:10:34: Meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Revenue in November 1966. 0:11:10: Scenes of shoppers inside a Big Bear grocery store in Montgomery in November 1966. Also included is an interview with Gordon Spitler, director of merchandising for the grocery firm of Hudson-Thompson, Inc., which operated Big Bear stores. During the conversation, WSFA-TV's Bob Inman asks about rising food prices, which Spitler contributes, in part, to the "war economy" caused by the Vietnam War. 0:14:40: Long lines of people buying license plates at the Montgomery County Courthouse, probably on November 14 or 15, 1966. (Automobile owners had until November 15 to purchase their car tags, after which they would have to pay a penalty; as of the day before the deadline, several thousand people in the county still had not bought their plates.) 0:15:14: Reception for retired Southern Bell employees in November 1966. 0:15:51: WSFA-TV's Carl Stephens interviewing Neal Posey, basketball coach at Huntingdon College in November 1966. They discuss the upcoming season and introduce (by name) each of the players on the 1966-1967 team. 0:18:49: Circus performing at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery on November 15, 1966. The first segment is in color, and the second (beginning at 0:19:56) is in black-and-white. 0:20:55: Meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Education in November 1966, as well as a statement by attorney Vaughan Hill Robison about the board's legal efforts to halt the construction of Jefferson Davis High School. The board pursued the action to contest the wage and labor standards set by the Alabama Building Commission and the Public School and College Authority. 0:22:48: Annual Omicron Delta Kappa - Wilbur Hutsell Cake Race at Auburn University on November 17, 1966. The segment ends with the winner, freshman Eddie Collins, kissing Miss Auburn, Jana Howard, after receiving his trophy. Former coach Wilbur Hutsell, who is also present at the event, started the race in 1928 as a way of recruiting track athletes. 0:09:30: Football game between Catholic High School (of Montgomery) and Union Springs School at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on November 18, 1966. Union Springs won the game, 13 to 8. 0:24:47: Members of the Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs participating in a mock trial led by Judge Annie Lola Price at the Supreme Court building in Montgomery on November 19, 1966. Charles Bennett, secretary of Jones Law School, directed the event, which was based on the real-life murder trial of State v. Caponey. 0:25:42: Beauty pageant at Huntingdon College in Montgomery on November 18, 1966. From the twenty contestants, the following eight were selected to be Campus Beauties for the 1966-1967 school year: Laura Gholson, Frankie Speaks, Martha Jo Reese, Judy Wilson, Sally McCord, Susan Lawrence, Eleanor Warr, and Linda Brantley.1966 November1960-1969Baker, Wilson; Brantley, Linda; Clark, James G.; Collins, Victor; Gholson, Laura; Howard, Jana; Hutsell, Wilbur Hall, 1892-1980; Inman, Bob; Lawrence, Susan; McCord, Sally; Price, Annie Lola, 1903-1972; Reese, Martha Jo; Robison, Vaughan Hill, 1918-1977; Speaks, Frankie; Spitler, Gordon; Stephens, Carl; Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998; Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968; Warr, Eleanor; Wilson, Judy; Auburn University; Huntingdon College (Montgomery, Ala.); WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.); African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Political activity; Basketball; Basketball players; Beauty contestants; Business & finance; Cheerleaders; Children; Circuses & shows; City officials--Montgomery--Alabama; Coaches (Athletics); County officials--Montgomery--Alabama; Courthouses; Courtrooms; Education; Football; Football players; Government facilities; Governors--Alabama; Grocery stores; Law enforcement officers; Lawyers; Journalists; Judges; Judicial proceedings; Marching bands; Organizations; Political campaigns; Politics & government; Schools; Sports; Stores & shops; Students; Universities & colleges; Voting; Selma (Ala.); Dallas County (Ala.); Lowndesboro (Ala.); Lowndes County (Ala.)Moving imageFilm; 16mm filmWSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)WSFA collectionBox D165, Item 0014Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by WSFA, https://www.wsfa.com.ProResYouTube link: https://youtu.be/fwTxHHzPXxchttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1301