Date range: 1975/1977

Running time: 00:41:52
Film stock: Kodak 16mm - Film
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 24fps
Anamorphic: No
Sound field: Mono - Embedded

Transfer comments: B-Wind; Color Reversal; Composite Magnetic Soundtrack; Acetate Base; 24 FPS; Opening Splices; Perforation Damage; Tramlines; 1975 and 1976 Kodak date codes; Sections held together with masking tape; Processing stains; Built-in camera lens spots;

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.

Because of the technology at the time, some footage contains audio, and some does not.

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• MCR-2488 0:00:11 - VANDALISM AT CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN LITTLE ROCK. MAJOR DAMAGE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:01:21 - LITTLE ROCK BLACK ACTIVIST, ROBERT "SAY" MCINTOSH BACKS HIS PICKUP TRUCK TO THE STEPS OF LITTLE ROCK CITY HALL AND DUMPS A LARGE LOAD OF GARBAGE. MCINTOSH EXPLAINS TO REPORTERS WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SHOW. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:02:51 - AUTO ACCIDENT. A-1 AMBULANCE THERE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:03:13 - AUTO OVERTURNS NEAR GOLF COURSE AND SMALL LAKE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:04:17 - STATE REPRESENTATIVE ART GIVENS OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK TALKS WITH KATV'S PAM MARTIN AND COMMENTS ON A POSSIBLE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT IN THE 1976 ELECTION. - 1976
• MCR-2488 0:05:06 - WYOMING FOOTBALL COACH FRED AKERS TALKS WITH KATV'S RAY TUCKER. AKERS WOULD LATER BECOME UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEAD COACH. AKERS IS ORGINALLY FROM ARKANSAS AND PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR THE RAZORBACKS. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:05:55 - BASKETBALL GAME AT CUMMINS PRISON WITH INMATES. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:06:32 - JOHN ROBERT STARR AT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. STARR HAD ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING AP. FEATURE STORY BY KATV'S STEVE BARNES - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:08:08 - CHANGE TO SOME ONE-WAY STREETS IN COLONY WEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN WESTERN LITTLE ROCK. CITY SPOKESMAN TALKS WITH KATV'S BILL STANTON AND EXPLAINS REASONING FOR CHANGE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:09:30 - ARKANSAS FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN BILL ALEXANDER OF OSCEOLA SPEAKS TO A GROUP IN SEARCY, ARKANSAS. SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JIM GUY TUCKER IS THERE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:10:32 - FOOTAGE AT FIFTH AND MAIN IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK. A BUILDING IS BEING TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR A MCDONALDS' FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT. KATV'S FRANK THOMAS TALKS WITH LITTLE ROCK BUSINESSMAN HANK VAN ROSSUM WHO WILL HAVE THE FRANCHISE FOR THE NEW LOCATION. A MCDONALD'S STORE AT THIS LOCATION LASTED ONLY A FEW YEARS. A NEW LOCATION WAS OPENED NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON BROADWAY. THE 5TH AND MAIN LOCATION IS NOW A PARKING LOT (2019). - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:12:27 - THE INTERSTATE 430 BRIDGE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF LITTLE ROCK OPENS TO TRAFFIC. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:12:46 - INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN LITTLE ROCK AND BENTON, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE "NEW BENTON HIGHWAY" IS RESURFACED. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:13:20 - JOHN ROBERT STARR TALKS TO KATV'S STEVE BARNES ABOUT NEWS COVERAGE. STARR HAD ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING AP TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE AND EARN AN ADVANCED DEGREE AND TEACH. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:15:15 - ATTORNEY GENERAL JOE PURCELL HANDS OUT PICTURES. KATV'S PAM MARTIN IS THERE ALONG WITH ERNIE DUMAS OF THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE, SYLVIA SPENCER OF UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL AND JOHN BENNETT OF THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL. PURCELL COMMENTS ON THE PICTURES. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:16:08 - ACTIVITY IN A FARM FIELD WITH DEPUTIES AND AN AMBULANCE. THERE IS A BODY IN THE FIELD WITH ESCAPED PRISONER CLOTHES. AIR FORCE PERSONNEL ARE CALLED IN. A BODY IS REMOVED IN A BODY BAG. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:17:15 - THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ARKANSAS, CRAIG DOUGLAS OF LITTLE ROCK SPEAKS WITH KATV'S BECKY HARTMAN REGARDING THE JIMMY CARTER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN ARKANSAS. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:18:04 - ARKANSAS GOVERNOR DAVID PRYOR SPEAK TO KATV'S BOB STEEL ABOUT THE UPCOMING 1977 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. - 1977
• MCR-2488 0:18:37 - IT'S 1975 AND THE CITIZENS BAND RADIO CRAZE IS IN FULL SWING. THIS IS FOOTAGE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF CB EQUIPMENT AND THE PROBLEMS WITH STOLEN CB RADIOS. - 1975
• MCR-2488 0:19:33 - REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, LYNN LOWE OF TEXARKANA SPEAKS WITH FRANK THOMAS AND HE SAYS THE 1976 RACE BETWEEN PRESIDENT FORD AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE JIMMY CARTER, WILL BE COMPETITIVE IN ARKANSAS. - 1976
• MCR-2488 0:20:19 - KATV'S BOB STEEL REPORTS FROM TCU IN FORT WORTH WHILE ON THE 1976 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE TOUR FOR SPORTSWRITERS AND BROADCASTERS. STEEL INTERVIEWS TCU HEAD COACH JIM SHOFFNER. - 1976
• MCR-2488 0:21:42 - GOVERNOR DAVID PRYOR IS ASKED ABOUT THE BI-CENTENNIAL MONUMENT PLANNED FOR ARKANSAS. PRYOR SAYS THE STATE NEEDS SOMETHING SMALLER AND LESS EXPENSIVE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:22:48 - NORTH LITTLE ROCK MAYOR EDDIE POWELL COMMENTS ON NLR ELECTRIC BILLS. POWELL SAYS APPARENTLY MANY WERE TOO HIGH BECAUSE OF A MISCALCULATION. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:22:41 - NORTH LITTLE ROCK ATTORNEY JOHN HARMON COMMENTS ON THE ELECTRIC RATE INCREASE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:24:23 - PLAYGROUND AT LITTLE ROCK BOYS CLUB AT EIGHTH AND SCOTT NEAR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. FRANK THOMAS TALKS WITH LITTLE ROCK BUSINESSMAN JAMES PENNICK REGARDING A FUND DRIVE FOR THE BOYS CLUB. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:26:04 - KATV'S PAM MARTIN AT A NEWS CONFERENCE BY ACORN. THE CONSUMER GROUP FAVORS FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACTIONS TO REDUCE THE COST OF EYEGLASSES THROUGH AN ACTION THAT WOULD ALLOW EYEGLASS ADVERTISING. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:26:55 - INSURANCE COMMISSION MEETING AND INTERVIEW WITH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER LEE WOODYARD. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:28:17 - CANDIDATE FOR PULASKI COUNTY PROSECUTOR CLIFF JACKSON, HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE "WE NEED LONGER PRISON SENTENCES." - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:29:24 - THE PRESIDENT OF ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT, ARCH PETIT TALKS WITH PAM MARTIN IN 1976. PETIT SAYS THE COMPANY IS REDUCING ITS WORKFORCE. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:30:11 - GOVERNOR PRYOR APPEARS BEFORE CIVIC CLUB WITH A PRESENTATION ON THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FINANCES. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:30:50 - KATV'S LIZ WALKER IS WITH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PAUL FAIR WHO TALKS ABOUT A SALARY INCREASE FOR CAFETERIA WORKERS IN THE LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:31:46 - ARKANSAS GOVERNOR PRYOR IS ON THE BACK PORCH AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION AND ANNOUNCES THAT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JIMMY CARTER WILL BE COMING TO ARKANSAS TO CAMPAIGN. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:32:29 - KATV'S PAM MARTIN INTERVIEWS THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE LITTLE ROCK FBI OFFICE, JOHN KELLY. KELLY TALKS ABOUT REPEAT OFFENDERS. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:33:18 - SENATOR DALE BUMPERS ON NOMINATIONS TO THE FEDERAL BENCH. SHEFFIELD NELSON IS THERE WITH A LARGE GROUP OF REPORTERS INCLUDING KATV'S BILL STANTON. ALSO THERE IS JIM GUY TUCKER, CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN ARKANSAS' SECOND DISTRICT. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:36:07 - STEVE BARNES TALKS WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUREAU CHIEF FOR ARKANSAS, JOHN ROBERT STARR. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:37:41 - KATV'S PAM MARTIN TALKS WITH JUDY PETTY WHO COMMENTS ON THE CANDIDACY OF RONALD REAGAN. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:39:17 - SENATOR BUMPERS ON THE U.S. SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:40:10 - CONSTRUCTION CEREMONY FOR EXPANSION OF THE LEO LEVI HOSPITAL IN HOT SPRINGS. - Date not provided
• MCR-2488 0:40:50 - HEAD COACH FRANK BROYLES IN WHAT WOULD HIS LAST YEAR OF COACHING (1976) SAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD QUARTERBACK. IN THE RUNNING WERE RON CALCAGNI AND HOUSTON NUTT. - 1976
• MCR-2488 0:41:39 - ACORN NEWS CONFERENCE FOOTAGE - Date not provided