| Summary: | The following segments are included:
0:00:04: Introduction of the NBC Nightly News program.
0:00:07: Incomplete footage of acting mayor Emory Folmar speaking at a desk.
0:00:09: The Alabama State Board of Education calls on Superintendent Wayne Teague to reprimand and audit Dr. William McWhorter for his unauthorized use of funds to build a golf course at the Lurleen B. Wallace State Junior College.
0:02:22: Governor George Wallace promotes the ongoing construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project at a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on March 29, 1977. Presented by Bill Weaver, WSFA-TV News.
0:04:38: Clean-up operations begins in the aftermath of a tornado and high winds that destroyed homes and property in Autauga and Elmore Counties on March 29, 1977.
0:06:01: Secretary of the Air Force Thomas C. Reed announces the closure of Craig Air Force Base on March 30, 1977. Includes interviews with community members about the decision. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:10:33: A student is kidnapped from Robert E. Lee High School, sexually assaulted, and robbed on April 1, 1977; police arrest Richard Hale Jr. that evening. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:12:07: The United States Army releases its report after an investigation into the Alabama National Guard for mismanagement and misuse of funds, primarily by Adjutant General Charles A. Rollo. Presented by George Mitchell, WSFA-TV News.
0:15:19: The Montgomery County March of Dimes Super Walk of 1977 takes place on April 2, 1977, with the goal of raising $30,000.
0:16:31: C. B. Rogers, director of the Montgomery Zoo, discusses storms and the zoo animals' reactions to bad weather. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:18:32: Coach Bear Bryant discusses the University of Alabama's victory over UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) in the 1976 Liberty Bowl in 1976. Presented by Lee Webb, WSFA-TV Sports.
0:19:25: The 6th annual Montgomery district Special Olympics take place at Alabama State University on April 2, 1977. Includes an interview with an event organizer on the purpose of the games for children with special needs.
0:20:45: Police searching a car rented by concert promoter Al Dixon after he was allegedly kidnapped on April 1, 1977, with funds collected for a Jackson Five performance to be held at Garrett Coliseum the same day. (He reappeared two days later and paid the money to the band's agent, but Dixon, his son, and his secretary were indicted by a grand jury in August 1977 for making false statements to the FBI.)
0:23:05: Guests and experts at a polygraph seminar discuss licensing and regulations for polygraph examination and practitioners.
0:25:02: C. B. Rogers, director of the Montgomery Zoo, discusses the state of the zoo as he prepares to leave on April 9, 1977, to become the director of the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas.
0:26:10: Ed Wright, former police chief and director of Public Safety, announces that he took a sodium amytal test (a drug combination known as a "truth serum") and answered questions about the Bernard Whitehurst case after failing a polygraph test in February.
0:28:54: Session of the Alabama Senate, in which the legislators debated issues such as an appropriation for the University of South Alabama; raising interest rates on small loans; and the Corrupt Practices Act, which regulated corporate donations to political campaigns; the first two issues resulted in filibusters. Presented by George Mitchell, WSFA-TV News.
0:30:00: John Chancellor and David Brinkley open an NBC Nightly News segment about social security on March 2, 1977.
0:30:26: Promotion for the premiere of the television program "Seventh Avenue."
0:31:13: Promotion for the world premiere of the television movie "Night Terror."
0:32:19: Promotion for the television series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams."
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