MCR-241

Running time: 00:23:40
Film stock: Kodak 16mm - Film
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 24fps
Anamorphic: No
Sound field: Mono - Embedded

Transfer comments: B-Wind; Double Perforation; Single Perforation; Color Reversal; Composite Magnetic Soundtrack; Acetate Base; 24 FPS; Existing Splices; Opening Splices; Existing Repairs; Tramlines; Ektachrome EFB stock with 1968 and 1969 Kodak date codes; Some silent sections;

Originator: The MediaPreserve, a division of Preservation Technologies, LP

Each MCR reel is a compilation of nonrelated news stories that occurred over a period of time, ranging from several weeks to several years. In most instances the exact date is unknown.

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• MCR-241 0:00:10 - RAZORBACK FOOTBALL - HOGS RUN ONTO THE FIELD AT WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM IN LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS JUMPS TO A QUICK LEAD BUT SMU FIGHTS BACK. FINAL SCORE 35-29. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:00:26 - CUTAWAY. ASST COACH RICHARD WILLIAMSON, FRANK BROYLES ON THE SIDELINE. BROYLES TALKS WITH KATV'S GARY WEIR (BOZO). - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:00:34 - GAME ACTION. SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY MUSTANGS AT ARKANSAS. QUARTERBACK BILL MONTGOMERY AROUND THE LEFT SIDE FOR ABOUT FIVE YARDS. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:01:05 - SMU RECOVERS ARKANSAS FUMBLE. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:01:09 - CUTAWAY. FRANK BROYLES ON THE ARKANSAS SIDELINE PLUS CROWD SHOTS IN THE STADIUM. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:01:31 - #33 BILL BURNETT CARRIES FOR A SMALL GAIN. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:01:42 - CUTAWAY. FRANK BROYLES LOOKING AT THE ACTION. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:01:52 - QUARTERBACK BILL MONTGOMERY BACK TO PASS ON THREE PLAYS; COMPLETE, INCOMPLETE, SACK AND THE HOGS TRY FOR A FIELD GOAL. NO GOOD. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:02:14 - CUTAWAY. FRANK BROYLES LOOKING AT THE ACTION. - 11/15/68
• MCR-241 0:02:21 - SHOTS OF THE MISS ARKANSAS PAGEANT FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. THIS QUICK VIDEO IS MOSTLY A SHOT OF MISS NORTH LITTLE ROCK, KAY ALLEN DOING HER TALENT NUMBER. SHE WOULD GO ON TO BE CROWNED MISS ARKANSAS ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF COMPETITION. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:02:30 - BACK TO THE RAZORBACKS. THIS IS PREGAME ACTION WITH SHOTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS BAND, THE MAJORETTES, CHEERLEADERS AND SHOTS OF THE STADIUM CROWD. ALSO VARIOUS ANGLES OF THE HOGS PREGAME WARM-UPS AND MORE VIDEO OF THE CROWD. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:03:07 - AN F4 TORNADO STRUCK JONESBORO, ARKANSAS ON MAY 18, 1968. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE SEVERELY DAMAGED JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL. 34 PERSONS WERE KILLED IN JONESBORO, 8 WERE KILLED IN OIL TROUGH AND ANOTHER THREE WERE KILLED IN BAXTER COUNTY. - 5/18/68
• MCR-241 0:03:56 - IN APRIL OF 1968, AN F4 TORNADO STRUCK THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF GREENWOOD, ARKANSAS KILLING FOURTEEN PEOPLE AND INJURING MANY MORE. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THAT STORM. - 4/19/68
• MCR-241 0:04:50 - THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE JONESBORO HOSPITAL ON THE NIGHT THAT AN F4 TORNADO STRUCK JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. THE VIDEO WAS SHOT BY KATV'S LOU SHORT. - 5/19/68
• MCR-241 0:05:41 - IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN F4 TORNADO THAT STRUCK JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, KATV'S JIM PITCOCK INTERVIEWS A SURVIVOR THE MORNING AFTER. - 5/19/68
• MCR-241 0:07:01 - INJURED BEING CARED FOR IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS FOLLOWING AN F4 TORNADO THAT ROARED THRU THE TOWN CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE AND KILLING 34 PERSONS. - 5/19/68
• MCR-241 0:07:09 - WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN 1968 FROM AN F4 TORNADO THAT RIPPED THRU THE TOWN OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. - 5/19/68
• MCR-241 0:08:10 - DIGNITARIES GATHER FOR THE DEDICATION OF A LOCK AND DAM ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER. CONGRESSMAN WILBUR MILLS INTRODUCES ARKANSAS GOVERNOR WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER WHO MAKES THE DEDICATORY ADDRESS. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:09:01 - IN 1968, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT KENNEDY, U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MAKES A QUICK STOP AT THE SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS AIRPORT. IS MET BY MANY ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENTS FROM NEARBY COLLEGES. - 2/19/68
• MCR-241 0:09:56 - COMEDIAN "BROTHER" DAVE GARDNER APPEARS AT AN EL DORADO RALLY FOR FORMER ARKANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL BRUCE BENNETT WHO HAD SERVED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR TEN YEARS AND WAS ATTEMPTING A COMEBACK BY RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN 1968. HE HAD BEEN DEFEATED TWO YEARS EARLIER WHILE SEEKING ANOTHER TERM AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. BENNETT CAME IN FOURTH IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. - 7/25/68
• MCR-241 0:10:47 - FOLLOWING RACIAL UNREST IN PINE BLUFF IN 1968, ARKANSAS STATE POLICE OFFICER GENE DONHAM TALKS WITH KATV'S JIM PITCOCK. - 1968
• MCR-241 0:11:24 - RACIAL UNREST BREAKS OUT IN LITTLE ROCK. THIS IS VIDEO FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK OF MARCHES DOWN MAIN STREET, DEMONSTRATIONS AT PULASKI COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND MARCHING SOUTH ON BROADWAY FROM WEST MARKHAM. ONE OF THE PROTESTORS IS SHOT BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT AT 00:12:07. MOST OF THIS VIDEO IS NATURAL SOUND. - 8/8/68
• MCR-241 0:14:00 - ABC CORRESPONDENTS, BILL LAWRENCE AND KEN GALE COME TO LITTLE ROCK AND ARE ON A PROGRAM THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE KATV STUDIOS AT 310 WEST 3RD STREET. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:14:45 - THIS IS VIDEO OF THE NEW KATV HOME AT FOURTH AND MAIN IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK. THE STATION MOVED INTO THE BUILDING ON OCTOBER 1ST, 1970. - 10/1/68
• MCR-241 0:14:46 - KATV SPORTS DIRECTOR BUD CAMPBELL AND FRANK BROYLES PREPARE FOR THE BROADCAST OF THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:14:49 - THE KATV PRODUCTION FOLKS PREPARE FOR A LIVE BROADCAST OF "THE FRANK BROYLES SHOW." THE TWO CAMERAMEN ARE RUSTY NAIL AND JAMES DOKES. DOKES WOULD LATER RETIRE FROM KATV IN 2017 AFTER WORKING FOR THE STATION FOR 47 YEARS. ON THE AUDIO BOARD IS LANNIE HALSELL - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:15:02 - KATV'S CLAUDE LOCKE, REPORTER AND NEWS DIRECTOR JIM PITCOCK, IN THE NEWSROOM SHORTLY AFTER THE MOVE TO FOURTH AND MAIN. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:15:04 - THE KATV ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE NEW FACILITY IN 1970. - 1970
• MCR-241 0:15:11 - ENGINEER MADISON JONES, PRODUCTION DIRECTOR DICK STORY, ANNOUNCER CHUCK MACHEN AND FILM PROJECTIONIST MILLER SOUHEAVER. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:15:42 - THE KATV BUILDING LOCATED AT 310 WEST THIRD AS THE WRECKING BALL BEGINS TO TEAR THE STRUCTURE DOWN FOR A PARKING LOT. KATV WAS IN THE BUILDING FROM LATE 1957 - 1970. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:15:53 - KATV SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING AT 310 WEST THIRD STREET. - Date not provided
• MCR-241 0:16:24 - KATV'S FIRST ANNOUNCER WAS DON CURRAN. IN THIS INTERVIEW FILMED IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH FORMER KATV REPORTER LIZ WALKER WHO WORKED AT KRON TV, CURRAN TALKS ABOUT THOSE EARLY DAYS AND REMINISCES ABOUT PUTTING THE STATION ON THE AIR FROM PINE BLUFF IN 1953. - Date not provided