WTAR-WTKR Hampton Roads, Virginia Historic News Film Collection

Segment on 1000 mile swimmer and sixty year old H. L. Thornton receiving recognition from the American Red Cross. Segment may be B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:24

The 100th SACLANT (Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic) episode for Tidewater Viewpoint, featuring performances from the SACLANT Fleet Headquarters Band and a cake to celebrate the episode. Film from footage has a fiber appearing throughout. Footage jumps at 10:58-59. 0:12:44

Brief footage of a thirteen stars and stripes yacht ensign flag being hoisted atop a pole at a unidentified location. The design for this flag was first seen in 1848 when Congress officially designated the design for use on non-commercial American sailing vessels. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:27

Footage of the United States Army 159th Transportation Battalion homecoming at Langley Air Force Base, in Hampton, Virginia. The Fort Eustis Based battalion returned after a three and a half month deployment to the Dominican Republic. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:44

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the 17th Century Art exhibit on how China influenced European Art at the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (Chrysler Museum of Art). 0:10:39

Footage of 1960 Azalea Festival Queen Paula Layton Pace, cutting a cake at the Garden Club of Norfolk and landing at Norfolk Municipal Airport to great fanfare, including a bouquet of azaleas from Mayor Fred Duckworth. Miss Pace is the daughter of former Secretary of the Army, Frank Pace. Footage has no sound until 1:15. Footage is not in chronological order. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:42

Footage of 1960 Azalea Queen Paula Layton Pace, being awarded the Norfolk Mace by Mayor W. Fred Duckworth. Footage also includes United States Naval officers trying to sing, a Lady in Waiting/Princess being crowned, and a Lady in Waiting being treated for heat exhaustion. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:36

Footage of 1960 Azalea Queen Paula Layton Pace presented along with her court of ladies-in-waiting to dinner function hosted by Mayor W. Fred Duckworth. Footage also includes the ladies-in-waiting getting off the plane at Norfolk Municipal Airport, being awaited by Pace. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:02:02

Footage of 1960 Azalea Queen Paula Layton Pace, visiting Fred Heutte, Director of Norfolk Botanical Gardens, who is staying at a local hospital. Footage begins with slight sound, then no sound for the rest of the duration. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:24

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the 1960 United States Census, taking place in the Hampton Roads area. 0:06:11

Footage from a WTAR-TV 1960 Election coverage promo featuring Joel Carlson and Clayton Edwards. B-roll/outtake footage. Footage consists of bloopers. 0:02:32

Footage of the 1961 Azalea Festival, featuring U. S. Navy chorus members singing "Anchors Away" and Azalea Queen Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of United States Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Footage is not spliced in exact order. Footage abruptly stops at 1:05. 0:01:05

Footage of redevelopment in downtown Norfolk, with new roads and construction. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:47

Footage of voter registration for the upcoming 1964 Presidential Election across Hampton Roads. Footage has no sound. 0:00:48

Footage from the 1965 International Azalea Festival in Norfolk, Virginia. Footage includes festival princesses and their escorts, as well as Luci Baines Johnson being crowned queen by her father, President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:28

Complied footage regarding the political campaigns for the year 1966, featuring United States Senate candidates, Harry F, Byrd, Jr., William B. Spong, Jr., John W. Carter, F. Lee Hawthorne, and James P. Ould. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:03

Segment regarding potential candidates for the 1969 Virginia Gubernatorial election. William C. Battle. Battle, a former United States Ambassador to Australia and T. Marshall Hahn, Jr., President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, are the candidates featured. 0:02:10

Tidewater Viewpoint segment regarding the upcoming 350th Anniversary of Jamestown's Founding and the preparations being made for it. 0:27:46

Footage of the outdoor exhibit for the fiftieth anniversary of United States Naval aviation at Naval Base Norfolk, which features a variety of aircraft including the "Translucent Turtle," the Regulus turbojet, and the F-8 Crusader. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:46

Footage of the A. J. Legum Furniture Store and the Downtown Norfolk redevelopment surrounding it. The Greyhound bus station is also featured in the footage. Today, the furniture store is no longer standing and its land is now a park and gathering area for the NEON Arts District. The Greyhound station was demolished in 1961 to make way for the widening of Brambleton Avenue, and had to move to a new location on Monticello Avenue. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:28