WTAR-WTKR Hampton Roads, Virginia Historic News Film Collection

Footage of a local chain of the Virginia National Bank, location unknown. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:29

Footage of the General Assembly's reaction of the Supreme Court decision on Brown vs. Board of Education, which declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The reaction of the General Assembly is not receptive of the court's decision and the suggestion of closing Virginia's schools to prevent integration is made. 0:02:00

Footage from a Virginia Real Estate Association conference at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:33

Brief footage of the 1956 Virginia Republican Convention taking place at the Hotel Roanoke. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:32

Footage from a rally held by the Republican Party of Virginia, regarding the 1964 Presidential Election, and was held at the Golden Triangle Hotel in Norfolk. Featured in the footage is Second Congressional District candidate Wayne Lustig. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:59

Footage of a meeting of members from the Virginia State AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations), at the Golden Triangle Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:30

Footage of academic and student life at Virginia State College, Norfolk Division. The college became Norfolk State College in 1969 and changed its name to Norfolk State University in 1979. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:02:09

Footage from the opening ceremony and ribbon cutting for Virginia State Route 225, which is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The route is also known as Independence Boulevard, and is a heavily traveled route that connects with Interstate 264, Route 58, US Route 13, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:34

Interview with two unidentified from Virginia Transit Company in regard to fare increases for crosstown school busing in Norfolk, Virginia. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:35

Brief footage of a Virginia Transit Company bus riding through Downtown Norfolk and picking up passengers. The Virginia Transit Company later evolved into the Tidewater Regional Transit system (TRT) in 1977. In 1999 Tidewater Regional Transit merged with Peninsula Transportation to become Hampton Roads Transit (HRT). Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:14

Footage of Virginia Transit Company buses picking up passengers throughout the Hampton Roads region. The bus stops located in various locations are also featured. The Virginia Transit Company later evolved into the Tidewater Regional Transit system (TRT) in 1977. In 1999 Tidewater Regional Transit merged with Peninsula Transportation to become Hampton Roads Transit (HRT). Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:16

Footage of an unidentified speaker at a meeting of the Virginia Travel Council, location unknown. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:14

Footage from a press visit to the New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range and its surrounding areas. A demonstration of the Ajax missile defense system is also featured in the footage. The test range is now known as the White Sands Missile Range. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:04:25

Interview with Vivian Carter Mason, Chairman of the Education Committee of the NAACP in Virginia. Mason talks about the problems that black students face in the Norfolk Public Schools. 0:00:51

Footage of the football rivalry game between Virginia Military Institute Keydets and the College of William and Mary Tribe taking place at Foreman Field in Norfolk. VMI defeated William and Mary, 26-7. Former New York Yankees center fielder, Joe DiMaggio is seen during the game's half-time event. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:02:04

Compiled footage from a segment about how city chamber of commerces help their communities thrive in various ways, especially in tourism and education. The Charlotte North Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerces are featured. Compilation of B-roll/outtake footage. Sound cuts off at 23:13 till ending at 28:08. 0:28:10

Footage of a traffic accident involving two cars, with one of them a Volkswagen Beetle. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:48

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on volunteers at St. Mary's Infant Home and Norfolk Municipal Hospital. 0:19:15

Interview with an unidentified political official regarding the vote on the sale of liquor by the ounce. Sound does not begin until 0:18. Segment abruptly ends at 1:40. 0:01:40

Joel Carson interviews Grace Swindell who has just turned twenty-one years old and has registered to vote as part of a Tidewater Viewpoint segment. 0:01:08