WTAR-WTKR Hampton Roads, Virginia Historic News Film Collection

Footage of a windy day in Downtown Norfolk. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:39

Segment on increasing wine and fine food (i. e. caviar) import prices. 0:02:31

Footage of an unidentified woman giving a speech at the Overhaul and Repair Department-Main Offices, at Naval Base Norfolk. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:30

Women's fashion show featuring fur coats and elegant evening wear. WTAR morning show host, Mildred Alexander is heard narrating the fashion show. 0:22:46

Women's fashion show featuring winter coats and elegant evening wear, which was featured in the Mildred Alexander Show. 0:19:31

Women's fashion show footage featuring ready to wear dresses, coats, outfits, and evening wear. The footage may have been part of a segment for the Mildred Alexander Show. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. Footage is spliced together. 0:16:31

Footage of a Women's liberation/feminism convention taking place at Old Dominion University. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:37

Footage from a meeting or conference mostly consisting of women, taking place at the Hotel Monticello in Norfolk, Virginia. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:46

Footage from a women's swimsuit show held at the Old Dominion College gymnasium, which was sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:41

Women's fashion show featuring ready to wear dresses, outfits, and evening wear designed by Jerry Silverman that make creative use of materials such as silk and cotton. The show was featured as a segment for the Mildred Alexander Show. 0:21:44

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the physically handicapped who work at the Naval Supply Center in Norfolk. No sound from 4:37 to 6:46. 0:06:46

Brief interview with an unidentified bicyclist who has ridden across the world since 1951 and has stopped over in Norfolk. The reporter is unidentified. Interview ends at 1:28 to feature footage of the bicyclist. 0:01:41

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the 12th Annual World Trade Conference, focusing on economic development in developing countries (i.e. India). Footage is spliced together. 0:29:00

Footage of wrecked automobiles being loaded onto a flatbed barge to be transported for possible salvaging of parts and recycling of scrap metal. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:33

Footage of the WTAR 40th anniversary celebration taking place at the Hotel Monticello. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:23

Featured segment on the WTAR 40th Anniversary Show, about the station's "Go Patrol" that reports traffic conditions in the Hampton Roads area. 0:01:41

Footage of the crash site of a WTAR Radio Helicopter crash near Lynnhaven Inlet off of Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The three occupants, included reporter Jim Oliver and his ten year-old cousin David Messina, escaped with minor injuries. The cause of the crash was a mechanical error in the tail of the helicopter. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:19

Footage of school children taking rides on the WTAR radio helicopter, which is used for traffic reporting. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:43

Brief segment from Tidewater Viewpoint, in regard to needed blood donations at the Tidewater Regional Blood Center. The staff of WTAR-TV and radio are seen giving blood. 0:03:47

Footage of a talk-show taking place at WTAR television studios and footage of the WTAR 95.7 FM radio station. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:55