Opening Day Ceremonies of Yellow Creek Port on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

Creator

Henry Damon Sr.
Judy Ervin
Jamie L. Whitten
John F. Wall

Identifier

whitten_VHS_19B

Creation Date

5-8-1985

Document Type

Open Access Recording

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Description

Opening day ceremonies of Yellow Creek Port on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Includes pre-program footage of the crowd, the river, and the military band. Unidentified man from the Tennessee Valley Authority welcomes crowd; invocation by Reverend Henry Damon Sr.; singing of the national anthem led by Judy Ervin; address by U.S. Representative Jamie L. Whitten who also introduces guests seated at the podium and serves as master of ceremonies; speech by General John F. Wall of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; speech by Governor Bill Allain; presentation of two plaques to Whitten; Mississippi Speaker of the House Buddie Newman presents resolution to Whitten; welcome by Hoyt Strickland and presentation of plaque to Whitten, followed by more crowd scenes at the end of the ceremony.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority (Miss.); Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Ala. and Miss.); Tennessee Valley Authority; Whitten, Jamie L.

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

47:37

Original Format

VHS

Original Collection

Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00732/

Rights

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Comments

Jamie Whitten Campaign Spots Yellow Creek Port Tenn/Tom-Memorial Day, 1985 lawmakers Public Broadcasting Jamie Campaign Spots-1986 -VHS case spine label; Time marker: 6:22 -- 53:58