TELEVISION COLLECTIONS

The Multimedia Archives preserves decades worth of video from television stations across Louisiana.  See news clips, raw video and even commercials dating back to the 1950's.  View footage of hurricanes, Mardi Gras, Jim Garrison's investigation of the JFK assassination, sports, Vietnam and more.

Click on the links below to view sample footage.  Click on the link at the bottom of the page to search the entire database.

WWL - Channel 4 Collection
(CBS affiliate) from New Orleans

WWL CHANNEL 4 NEW ORLEANS
Tape# WWL 0821 Clip# 00.09.23

Source file date:   5/00/1963

Scenes of Lee Harvey Oswald on the streets of New Orleans handing out leaflet reading "Hands Off Cuba"

KLFY - Channel 10 Collection
(CBS affiliate) from Lafayette
(This collection is still undergoing processing and will be available at a later date.)

Brooks Read Collection
(independent producer)

BROOKS READ COLLECTION
Tape# BR 0162 Clip# 09.40.48

Source file date:  Circa 1964

Lyndon Johnson on Vietnam War. (during 1964 election campaign).

William Delgado Collection
(independent producer)
(This collection is still undergoing processing and will be available at a later date.)

Video from WDSU - Channel 6 (NBC affiliate from New Orleans) and WBRZ - Channel 2 (ABC affiliate from Baton Rouge) is available upon request.  Please contact the multimedia archives via phone at 225.362.5191 or e-mail at multimedia@sos.la.gov for more information.


Click HERE to search the entire multimedia archives database.