Description:
MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
30' sound on film
10' silent
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
02/05/1971
1 - 77 of 77
Description:
Interiors of the Cambridge City Council chambers during the draft hearing.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
02/22/1971
Description:
Woman speaks against the Vietnam War draft, during the Cambridge City Council draft hearing.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
02/22/1971
Description:
Election commission
1:41 sof
:37 sound on film
[Card lists cans 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108]
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
07/29/1971
Description:
Election commission
1:41 sof
:37 sound on film
[Card lists cans 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108]
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
07/29/1971
Description:
Election commission
1:41 sof
:37 sound on film
[Card lists cans 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108]
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
07/29/1971
Description:
Election commission
1:41 sof
:37 sound on film
[Card lists cans 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108]
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
07/29/1971
Description:
Election -- Liberal city Council
35' sound on film
15' silent
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
11/06/1971
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
09/19/1971
Description:
Need for reform in county government
10' silent
25' sound on film
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
11/29/1971
Description:
Election commission
1:41 sof
:37 sound on film
[Card lists cans 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108]
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
07/29/1971
Description:
Churches -- discussing school problems
20' sound on film
25' silent
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
02/21/1971
Description:
Action in the streets. TPF arrive and rough up a woman.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
02/12/1971
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/02/1971
Description:
Cambridge School Levitt stand-up
[Card reads "3/71"]
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/1971
Description:
Confrontation between Cambridge residents and Harvard over the need for the latter to expand housing which would jeopardize the residents
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
01/15/1971
Description:
Cambridge Mayor [Alfred Vellucci] discusses recent disturbances in the schools
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
02/13/1971
Description:
Exteriors of the Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive) taken over by members of the Women's Liberation Movement. Banners hanging off the front of the building that read, "Boston Women's Center" and "Liberated Building." There is also feminist graffiti and signs. Women entering and exiting the building.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/07/1971
Description:
Women's Liberation Movement takes over Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive), renaming it the "Women's Center." Exteriors of the building, with banners hanging on it. Crowd of children in front of the building. Interiors of the building, with women singing. A woman makes a statement about the women's programs set up and the lack of facilities for them. Crowd of people are gathered of Harvard Square and march through the streets towards the Women's Center. The crowd yells war cries. Harvard University police car outside the building, making an announcement over the megaphone that bans congregations of students that disrupt normal campus activities. Women in the building look down through second floor windows. Reporter standup on the public reaction to these events.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/14/1971
Description:
Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive) takeover. Exteriors of building with feminist graffiti on walls. Men outside of the building. Women entered building.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/08/1971
Description:
Compilation of footage on multiple women's rights protests. Women bundled up sitting outside the Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive) they took over and renamed the "Boston Women's Center." A group of young men walk to the building with signs reading "Liberate Women Not Buildings. A man speaks as a representative of the Harvard Republican Club for Equality and Economic, Political, and Social Opportunities for Women, and he criticizes the women's methods of protest because they include breaking the law. The women make noise over his speech, and some of the women shout responses. The men picket in front on the building. Further exchanges between the two groups. Women hold a press conference three days after the takeover where they discuss their demands and the support of the women in the community. Another press conference on March 14, a week after the takeover. Women move out of the building. They hang a new banner on the outside of the building. People gather to watch the women moving out. Harvard police patrol the outside of the building and break open the front door. Interview with a man in the crowd. Press conference held by Boston College students on their petition demanding Ann Flynn be reinstated as Dean of Women and the sit in of Boston College students in administration offices. Another young man at the press conference also addresses the issue of military recruiting on college campuses. They discuss the involvement of Father Seavey Joyce, President of Boston College. Students gathered at a rally.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/1971
Description:
Sound goes in and out. Members of the Women's Liberation Movement leave the Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive) which they took over, renaming the "Boston Women's Center." The police enter the building. Interview with a man on the state of the building after the women left.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/15/1971
Description:
Compilation of footage concerning women's liberation. People parachuting. A ceremony honoring servicewomen. Auditorium full of people. Exteriors of Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive) taken over by women and renamed the "Boston Women's Center." Crowd of children outside the taken over building. People outside the door to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Gallery. Governor Frank Sargent outside of the State House, with women addressing crowd about women's liberation. Older people eating meals in a cafeteria. Friends of Louise Bryun Walk for Peace gathered at Copley Square and march through downtown Boston. Louis Bruyn is a woman who walked from her home in Newton, Mass. to Washington, D.C. to protest the Vietnam War in 1971. Exteriors of the Boston Public Library. People on benches at the Boston Common. Women, and a few men, at a banquet. Riverside community resident holds a press conference. Dormitory, possibly a women's prison. Press conference in front of "Boston Women's Center." Exteriors of Old Cambridge Baptist Church. Exteriors of Lyons Hall and other campus environs at Boston College. Women march out of "Boston Women's Center" with banners. Women wrapped in blankets guard the door. Closeups on the electric box outside the building. International Women's Day demonstration on Boston Common in front of the State House. Women speaking at an event.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
03/1971
Description:
Women in Harvard building (888 Memorial Drive) that they took over and renamed the "Boston Women's Center." Men outside the building trying to talk to the women and get in the building. Huge crowd of students outside the building offer support. Harvard Square environs. Rally at Holyoke Center and Harvard Yard. Group of students criticize the women's building takeover. Harvard police break up a rally outside the taken over building and make announcements over megaphone. Harvard administration official leaves papers at the building. Riverside resident holds press conference about her connection to the takeover and her complaints against the city, especially police violence. People getting food from a lunch truck. Several takes of reporter standup. Women go in and out of building. loading things into vans. Two women kiss in front of building. Mailman tries to deliver mail, women refuse it, and discuss it with him. Outtake of reporter standup. Friends of Louise Bruyn Walk for Peace on the Cambridge Common and Beacon Hill. Louis Bruyn is a woman who walked from her home in Newton, Mass. to Washington, D.C. to protest the Vietnam War in 1971. Priest prays with the crowd. Massachusetts legislators address the crowd in support of their cause.
Collection:
WHDH
Date Created:
1971
