| Summary: | The following segments are included (due to tape deterioration, the screen sometimes flashes black in the video):
0:00:08: Women and children at a swimming pool and men at a construction site during a heat wave.
0:00:52: City officials discuss the construction of a central morgue for the city and county, which would improve communication between the coroner's office and the police in cases like murder. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:03:45: Police investigate the death of Ethyl Gardner, who was found shot dead at the home of her brother-in-law, Sherman Casey, on June 13, 1977. She was the ex-wife of Charles Edward Smith, who escaped from the Montgomery County jail after his involvement in the Bernard Whitehurst case in January of 1977. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:04:37: Press conference for Larry Chapman, the new head basketball coach and athletic director at Auburn University Montgomery (AUM), on July 8, 1977.
0:05:47: Men's gymnastics team performing on the mat, beam, and rings.
0:07:27: EMTs at the scene where Jasper Thornton shot Johnny Easterly, who had bumped into Thornton's car with his motorcycle while the two were driving on Eastern Boulevard. (Easterly later died in surgery. Police suspected a domestic motive for the killing, as Thornton was married to Easterly's ex-wife.)
0:08:22: Interview with Charlie Kinsaul, director of the Montgomery Civic Center, and a woman about the effect that the closure of the Jefferson Davis Hotel will have on conventions at the center. Presented by Dick Byrd, WSFA-TV News.
0:11:47: Opening ceremony for the new softball complex opens at Lagoon Park on July 11, 1977.
0:12:51: The State Board of Education holds a meeting on how schools for the handicapped would be operated.
0:15:02: A meeting on the budget, pensions, securities, and grants.
0:17:16: Construction of the new WSFA broadcast tower.
0:18:03: Montgomery Rebels baseball team during a game at Paterson Field.
0:18:39: New York City skyline, including the Twin Towers, bridges, and homes.
0:19:10: South Montgomery Transmission Substation and other energy sites owned by the Alabama Power Company.
0:21:20: Teenagers and children on skateboards in a parking lot.
0:22:35: Commercial for the Total breakfast cereal from General Mills.
0:22:39: B-roll footage of the Alabama River.
0:25:00: A croquet tournament, including interviews with croquet expert Catherine Tankoos and players. Presented by Richard Hunt, NBC News.
0:27:14: Commercial for Weed Eater.
0:27:20: Commercial for Cool Whip.
0:27:38: Commercial for Elmer's Glue-All.
0:27:44: Commercial for Alka-2 Chewable Antacid tablets to treat heartburn.
0:28:11: NBC Saturday Night News signoff and promotions for the television shows "Police Woman" and "Rockford."
0:29:00: Promotions for the television shows "The Rockford Files" and "Quincy."
0:30:34: Promotion for the television program "NBC Forum: Choosing Our Government."
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