MCR-538

Date range: 1969/1970

Running time: 00:58:56
Film stock: Kodak 16mm - Film
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Frame rate: 24fps
Anamorphic: No
Sound field: Mono - Embedded

Transfer comments: Color Reversal; Acetate Base; B-Wind; Single Perforation; Composite Magnetic Soundtrack; Existing Splices; 24 FPS; Double Perforation; Tramlines; 1969 Ektachrome date code

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-538 0:01:10 - FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MCMATH SPEAKING BEFORE A GROUP THAT INCLUDED RETIRED AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE MARINE CORPS. SISTERS OF MERCY ALSO PRESENT. MCMATH TALKS ABOUT TEACHERS. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:01:39 - FOOTAGE OF MURRAY LOCK AND DAM AT LITTLE ROCK ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER. LITTLE ROCK MAYOR HACO BOYD AND PULASKI COUNTY JUDGE FRANK MACKEY ARE GIVEN A TOUR OF THE FACILITY BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:02:40 - COLONEL CHARLES STEEL OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TALKS ABOUT CLOSING THE GATES AT MURRAY LOCK AND DAM. HE IS INTERVIEWED BY KATV'S BOB GILMARTIN. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:03:37 - KATV PROMOTION FOOTAGE. WEATHER MAN CAL DRING VISITS THE WEATHER BUREAU TO PREPARE FOR THE NIGHTLY WEATHER REPORT. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:04:04 - BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN ARKANSAS, - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:04:32 - B-58 HUSTLER BOMBERS AT LITTLE ROCK. THIS WAS A BASE OF THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND FROM WHEN IT OPENED IN 1955 TO 1970 WITH B-47S FROM '55 TO '64 AND THEN HAD THE HUSTLER. THE BASE WAS PUT IN THE TACTICAL AIR COMMAND IN 1970 AND C-130S BEGAN TO TRANSFER TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:06:00 - PICKETS IN DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFF MARCHING ON MAIN STREET. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:06:37 - THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMMITTEE MEETING IN LITTLE ROCK. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:07:00 - SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAYES MCCLERKIN IN 1969, SAYS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEED FOR NEW REVENUE IN STATE GOVERNMENT PROBLEM AREAS. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:07:42 - IN 1969, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARKANSAS AFL-CIO, J. BILL BECKER OF LITTLE ROCK SAYS, "WE NEED TO LOOK AT EXEMPTIONS AND LOOPHOLES IF WE'RE PLANNING ON TAX INCREASES." - 1969
• MCR-538 0:08:35 - 1969 - THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE "LUM 'N ABNER" STORE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS NEAR PINE RIDGE AND MENA. IT IS PATTERNED AFTER "JOE HUDDLESTON'S" STORE WHICH WAS OFTEN FEATURED ON THE RADIO BROADCAST. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:09:35 - PINE BLUFF MAYOR AUSTIN FRANKS SAYS POLICEMEN WILL GET A RAISE AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR IN 1970. - 1970
• MCR-538 0:11:01 - GOVERNOR WINTHROP IN THE STATE CAPITOL CONFERENCE ROOM WITH B.J. SAMS OF KATV AND SYLVIA SPENCER OF UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL. ALSO THERE, ROBERT SHAW OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND BILL LEWIS OF THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE. A MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY JIM BLAIR OF FAYETTEVILLE SPEAKS WITH KATV'S JIM PITCOCK AND DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES TO GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER'S TAX PROGRAM. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:12:18 - THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BUSINESSMEN ANNOUNCES JOBS PROGRAM FOR LITTLE ROCK. LITTLE ROCK BUSINESSMAN CHARLES MEYER IS AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE BUT DOES NOT SPEAK. MEYER IS HEAD OF THE PROGRAM IN ARKANSAS. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:12:58 - PRESENTATION - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:13:21 - 1969 - GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER IS AT A VIET NAM PROTEST RALLY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. MANY OF THE ATTENDEES ARE WEARING BLACK ARM BANDS. A PRIEST MAKES A STATEMENT AND GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER RESPONDS. PROTESTORS BEGIN READING NAMES OF SOME OF THOSE FROM ARKANSAS KILLED IN THE WAR. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:14:43 - 1969 - THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LITTLE ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FLOYD PARSONS IS INTERVIEWED BY KATV'S BOB GILMARTIN. PARSONS DISCUSSES THE "UNITARY" PLAN FOR LITTLE ROCK SCHOOLS. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:16:30 - PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY AT RAZORBACK STADIUM IN FAYETTEVILLE FOR NATIONAL TELEVISED GAME ON ABC-TV. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:16:50 - ABC TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JOHN ALLEN WHO IS ORIGINALLY FROM LEWISVILLE, ARKANSAS BUT NOW LIVES IN LOS ANGELES ADJUSTS KATV CAMERAS WHICH WILL BE USED ON THE TELECAST. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:17:06 - KATV REMOTE UNIT PARKED AT RAZORBACK STADIUM. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:17:10 - THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ARKANSAS, CHARLES MATTHEWS OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK AT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH B.J. SAMS. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMS, MATTHEWS TALKS ABOUT FUND-RAISING. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:18:22 - FOLK SINGER JIMMY DRIFTWOOD OF MT. VIEW COMES TO LITTLE ROCK IN 1969 TO PERFORM AT ONE OF THE CITY'S SCHOOL. DRIFTWOOD WAS BEST KNOW FOR HIS LATE '50S HIT, "THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS." - 1969
• MCR-538 0:20:19 - THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF WORTHEN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, ED PENNICK SPEAKS TO A GROUP IN LITTLE ROCK. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:20:57 - MAJOR PROBLEMS AT UNION NATIONAL BANK AT DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK. SHORTLY AFTER THE BANK OPENED IN THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BANK BUILDING, WINDOWS BEGAN FALLING FROM THE HIGH RISE. SIDEWALKS WERE BLOCKED AND MANY OF THE WINDOWS HAD TO BE REPLACED. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:21:49 - THIS IS RARE FOOTAGE OF LITTLE ROCK ATTORNEY EDWARD WRIGHT, SENIOR PARTNER OF THE FIRM WRIGHT, LINDSEY AND JENNINGS, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST PROMINANT FIRMS IN THE CITY. IN 1970-71, WRIGHT WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. IN PARTS OF THIS ADDRESS, WRIGHT ADDRESSES ETHICS FOR LAWYERS. - 1970
• MCR-538 0:22:00 - FISHING AT THE GAME AND FISH POND AT THE STATE CAPITOL. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:23:01 - 1970 - CATHOLIC SISTERS LISTENING TO AN ADDRESS BY FORMER GOVERNOR SID MCMATH, "EFFORTS BEING MADE TO UNDERMINE THE MORALE OF OUR COUNTRY." - 1970
• MCR-538 0:23:58 - GROUNDBREAKING FOR AFCO METALS NEW LOCATION NEAR THE PORT IN LITTLE ROCK. FRED BROWN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AFCO IS THERE ALONG WITH MAYOR HACO BOYD AND PULASKI COUNTY JUDGE FRANK MACKEY. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:24:24 - THIS IS FOOTAGE OF A BUILDING BEING TORN DOWN AT THIRD AND LOUISIANA IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK. THAT WOULD BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BUILDING WHICH HOUSED THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE. THE DEMOLITION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE REVEALED THE SIDES OF TWO OTHER BUILDINGS WHICH HAD BEEN PAINTED. ONE IS A COCA COLA ADVERTISEMENT FOR NICKEL SODAS AND THE OTHER A PAINTING FOR SPEARMINT GUM. A THIRD SIGN IS DIFFICULT TO READ. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:25:09 - THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARKANSAS AFL-CIO IN ARKANSAS, J. BILL BECKER SAYS HE IS OPPOSED TO INSURANCE RATE INCREASES IN THE STATE BECAUSE IT IS UNFAIR TO THE CONSUMER. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:26:00 - 1969 - LITTLE ROCK CITY MANAGER JACK MERIWETHER COMMENTS ON INCREASED TAXES. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:26:43 - PULASKI COUNTY PROSECUTOR RICHARD ADKISSON MEETS WITH REPORTERS. JOHN BENNETT OF THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL IS THERE ALONG WITH KLRA'S HERBIE BYRD. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:27:10 - BOB HOPE COMES TO LITTLE ROCK. THIS IS PART OF HIS LIVE SHOW AT ROBINSON AUDITORIUM. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:27:10 - THIS IS FOOTAGE OF PART OF THE OPENING OF UNION NATIONAL BANK. IT WAS CALLED THE UN-BANK GRAND OPENING. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:28:12 - WALTER CARRUTH OF LEXA IS PRESENT AT A MEETING OF THE GOP. JUSTICE JIM JOHNSON IS AMONG THOSE PRESENT. (AT 00:28:47) - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:28:51 - GROUNDBREAKING FOR A CATHOLIC SCHOOL. LOTS OF PRESENTS AND TEACHERS AND ALSO INCLUDING THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ARKANSAS, ALBERT FLETCHER. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:29:29 - TELEVISION STAR KEN KURTIS WHO PLAYS "FESTUS" ON THE CBS SERIES "GUNSMOKE IS IN LITTLE ROCK AND BECOMES AN HONORARY LITTLE ROCK POLICEMAN AS THE BADGE IS PENNED ON BY POLICE CHIEF GAYLE WEEKS. FESTUS THEN MOUNTS HIS HORSE AT 5TH AND MAIN IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK AND TALKS WITH MOTORISTS IN THE AREA. HE WAS IN TOWN FOR APPEARANCES AT THE ARKANSAS STATE FAIR AND LIVESTOCK SHOW AT LITTLE ROCK. 1969 - 1969
• MCR-538 0:30:11 - ADRIAN WILLIAMSON SWORN IN BY JUDGE ROSE SMITH OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:30:35 - UNKNOWN MEETING - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:30:59 - GOVERNOR WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AND TALKS ABOUT GOOD RELATIONS IN FIVE AREAS AND ALSO MENTIONS SONNY WALKER, A WR APPOINTEE TO HIS ADMINISTRATION. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:31:54 - LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FLOYD PARSONS TALKS WITH REPORTS ABOUT INCIDENTS IN LITTLE ROCK SCHOOLS IN RECENT MONTHS, - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:33:03 - SENATOR STROM THURMOND OF NORTH CAROLINA COMES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN FAYETTEVILLE TO SPEAK AT SYMPOSIUM 69. HE DISCUSSES THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND RECENT DECISIONS. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:33:53 - COMEDIAN BOB HOPE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN LITTLE ROCK. ART PEARROW AND JIM PITCOCK THERE FROM KATV. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:35:20 - THIS IS FOOTAGE OF THE NEW WORTHEN BANK SHOT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL CENTER AND SOME FOOTAGE OF THE MEDICAL CAMPUS IS ALSO INCLUDED. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:35:34 - A NEWS CONFERENCE FOR SENIORS HELD AT THE MARION HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK. LEWIS "RED" JOHNSON IS THERE AND HE SAYS, "WE HAVE TURNED OUR BACK ON OUR SENIOR CITIZENS." - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:37:08 - - 1969
• MCR-538 0:39:12 - THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COMMENTS ON "UNITARY" SCHOOL DISTRICTS. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:40:17 - DALE COWLING ENTERS THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO COWLING'S LEFT IS MRS. PAT MOSHER. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:41:12 - ROTC MEETING AT UAPB - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:42:14 - GROUNDBREAKING - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:43:05 - THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STERLING COCKRILL. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:43:15 - THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ARKANSAS CHARLES MATTHEWS PRESENTS AN AWARD TO KATV'S GARY WEIR (BOZO) AND KATV'S GENERAL MANAGER TOM GOODGAME. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ARKANSAS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ADRIAN WILLIAMS PRESENTS AN AWARD TO KATV'S TOM GOODGAME. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:44:06 - SCHOOL EVENT - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:45:04 - GOVERNOR WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER NEWS CONFERENCE. THE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:45:52 - ARKANSAS CONGRESSMAN BILL ALEXANDER FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT SPEAKS TO A LEGISLATIVE MEETING AND TALKS ABOUT THE NEW FACILITY AT HELENA WHICH WILL HOUSE A MARINE SCHOOL FOR TUGBOAT CREWS AND CAPTAINS. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:47:08 - DEDICATION OF A NEW BRIDGE AT MORRILTON ACROSS THE ARKANSAS RIVER. CORPS OF ENGINEERS COLONEL CHARLES STEEL, MISS ARKANSAS KAY ALLEN AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WARD GOODMAN. KATV'S LARRY MCADAMS REPORTS FROM MORRILTON. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:49:12 - LITTLE ROCK BUSINESSMAN W.F. "BILLY" RECTOR WITH GEORGE MILLER. RECTOR WAS THE GUIDING FORCE BEHIND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PULASKI ACADEMY, A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN LITTLE ROCK. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:49:13 - CONGRESSMAN BILL ALEXANDER IN WASHINGTON TALKS ABOUT ARKANSAS' WATER RESOURCES. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:50:15 - LITTLE ROCK CITY OFFICIALS IN 1969. - 1969
• MCR-538 0:50:34 - MISS LILLY PETER, POET LAUREATE OF ARKANSAS , FROM FARM COUNTRY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS PRESENTS A CHECK TO DR. DAVID MULLINS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:51:50 - THE PRSIDENT OF THE ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU, ARNOLD BERNER TALKS ABOUT THE FARM BUREAU AND HOW IT HELPS THE STATE. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:52:35 - RARE FOOTAGE OF OPERATIONS AT LITTLE ROCK'S OLD ADAMS FIELD, THE CITY'S MAIN AIRPORT UNTIL 1972. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:52:37 - WORK IS UNDERWAY ON THE OLD MAIN STREET BRIDGE IN DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:54:05 - LITTLE ROCK CITY BOARD MEETING WITH MAYOR HACO BOYD, ALDERMEN CHARLES BUSSEY, WARREN "BUD" BALDWIN, AND ATTORNEY CHARLES BROWN - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:54:49 - PULASKI COUNTY JUDGE FRANK MACKEY DISCUSES FLOOD MAPS WITH LITTLE ROCK MAYOR HACO BOYD. CORPS OF ENGINEERS COLONEL CHARLES STEEL ALSO PRESENT. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:56:32 - LITTLE ROCK POLICE CHIEF R.E. BRIANS ADDRESSES A MEETING AT THE MARION HOTEL AND DISCUSSES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND POLICE OPERATIONS. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:57:40 - GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER COMMENTS ON JUSTICE JIM JOHNSON. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 0:58:17 - LITTLE ROCK CITY BOARD MEETING. - Date not provided
• MCR-538 00:19::09 - NEW KC-135 JET TANKERS AT LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE AS A B-58 HUSTLER BOMBER TAKES OFF AND MAKES ITS FINAL FLIGHT FROM THE BASE. THE BOMBERS HAD TRANSFERRED TO THE BASE IN JACKSONVILLE IN 1964 FROM CARSWELL AIR FORCE BASE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THIS VIDEO WAS FROM APRIL OF 1970. - Apr-70