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Electronic
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WSFA Collection
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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The following segments are included (due to tape deterioration, the screen sometimes flashes black in the video):
0:00:01: Brief clip of a session of the Alabama Senate (the narration mentions the Alabama Power Company just before the segment ends).
0:00:09: Public Service Commission hearing on the Alabama Power Company and consumer power and fuel adjustment rate increases.
0:04:17: Dry cotton field during the drought of the summer of 1977.
0:05:10: Lieutenant General Raymond B. Furlong, commander of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, speaks at a dinner ceremony about nuclear weapons, the Soviet threat, and military technology and aircraft.
0:08:02: Councilman Luther Oliver leads a city council holds a public hearing on July 26, 1977, to discuss a proposed ordinance to require lifeguards at motel and apartment swimming pools. Includes a statement by Gwendolyn Givens, whose three-year-old son Gerald drowned in the pool at Amesbury Apartments on July 13, 1977.
0:10:33: 1977 Future Masters Golf Tournament at the Dothan Country Club in Dothan.
0:11:56: Trucks racing on a mud track.
0:14:28: Interview about a South Central Bell representative about the possibility of a nationwide telephone workers strike as their union, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), negotiates for salary increases, cost of living adjustments, and job security. Presented by George Mitchell, WSFA-TV News.
0:17:35: Montgomery Fire Department medics and EMTs begin to use new UHF (ultra high frequency) radios on July 27, 1977, to communicate between ambulances and hospitals. Presented by Bill Weaver, WSFA-TV News.
0:19:13: Interviews with residents of Elmore County who criticize the proposed construction of a new prison. Also includes an interview with Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley on a special meeting of the Board of Corrections to address the prison plans. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:22:34: The Sunset Committee discusses several state agencies to determine whether they should be abolished during the 1978 legislature.
0:25:03: A prison task force meets to discuss inmates' work and prison capacity and conditions.
0:26:44: WSFA-TV editorial on the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon. For the 6:00 p.m. report.
0:28:41: Commercial for a sidewalk sale at Fabric World textiles stores in Montgomery.
0:29:11: Commercial for TV Guide magazine and an upcoming article about violence on television.
0:29:31: Commercial for Luxury brand spaghetti.
0:29:31: WSFA-TV station identification.
0:29:48: Clip of the Match Game PM, hosted by Gene Rayburn and featuring Dick Martin, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Debralee Scott, Richard Dawson, and Joyce Bulifant.
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WSFA_A031_0004WSFA audiovisual item A031.0004The following segments are included (due to tape deterioration, the screen sometimes flashes black in the video):
0:00:01: Brief clip of a session of the Alabama Senate (the narration mentions the Alabama Power Company just before the segment ends).
0:00:09: Public Service Commission hearing on the Alabama Power Company and consumer power and fuel adjustment rate increases.
0:04:17: Dry cotton field during the drought of the summer of 1977.
0:05:10: Lieutenant General Raymond B. Furlong, commander of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, speaks at a dinner ceremony about nuclear weapons, the Soviet threat, and military technology and aircraft.
0:08:02: Councilman Luther Oliver leads a city council holds a public hearing on July 26, 1977, to discuss a proposed ordinance to require lifeguards at motel and apartment swimming pools. Includes a statement by Gwendolyn Givens, whose three-year-old son Gerald drowned in the pool at Amesbury Apartments on July 13, 1977.
0:10:33: 1977 Future Masters Golf Tournament at the Dothan Country Club in Dothan.
0:11:56: Trucks racing on a mud track.
0:14:28: Interview about a South Central Bell representative about the possibility of a nationwide telephone workers strike as their union, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), negotiates for salary increases, cost of living adjustments, and job security. Presented by George Mitchell, WSFA-TV News.
0:17:35: Montgomery Fire Department medics and EMTs begin to use new UHF (ultra high frequency) radios on July 27, 1977, to communicate between ambulances and hospitals. Presented by Bill Weaver, WSFA-TV News.
0:19:13: Interviews with residents of Elmore County who criticize the proposed construction of a new prison. Also includes an interview with Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley on a special meeting of the Board of Corrections to address the prison plans. Presented by Norman Lumpkin, WSFA-TV News.
0:22:34: The Sunset Committee discusses several state agencies to determine whether they should be abolished during the 1978 legislature.
0:25:03: A prison task force meets to discuss inmates' work and prison capacity and conditions.
0:26:44: WSFA-TV editorial on the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon. For the 6:00 p.m. report.
0:28:41: Commercial for a sidewalk sale at Fabric World textiles stores in Montgomery.
0:29:11: Commercial for TV Guide magazine and an upcoming article about violence on television.
0:29:31: Commercial for Luxury brand spaghetti.
0:29:31: WSFA-TV station identification.
0:29:48: Clip of the Match Game PM, hosted by Gene Rayburn and featuring Dick Martin, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Debralee Scott, Richard Dawson, and Joyce Bulifant.1977 July 22 - July 281970-1979Moving imageVideocassette; U-maticWSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)WSFA collectionBox A031, Item 0004Alabama 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/_-RcSK9pL6shttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/60
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WSFA audiovisual item A031.0004
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WSFA audiovisual item A031.0004
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WSFA audiovisual item A031.0004
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http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/60
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ADAHwsfa60
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http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/wsfa/id/60
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