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High School Basketball Tournament

Description: Silent footage of several games in High School Basketball tournament. One game is the Amesbury Indians vs. Jamaica Plains Knights. Footage of games, crowd, and cheerleaders.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/05/1974

Imbalance Protest

Description: Parents attend State Board of Education meeting. Reporter standup. Conversation between a parent and a representative of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Exteriors of the Maurice J. Tobin School. Young students walk to school at the Tobin. Another take of reporter standup. Additional silent and sound b-roll of Board of Education meeting. Interview with Mrs. Jamed from the Tobin district on her concerns about the racial balancing plan. Additional footage of the conversation between parent and Board of Education representative. Several takes of reporter standup. Interview with Massachusetts Commissioner of the Board of Education. Interview with parents whose children attend the Tobin. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/13/1974

Imbalance Tour

Description: Interviews with women school integration policy. A group tried to get Massachusetts legislators to tour Boston's schools, but only one Representative showed up. Women talk with the Representative. Ray Flynn in State House corridor. Woman discusses schools having specialized programs to attract students based on interest. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/10/1974

John Hancock Building Glass

Description: Zoom into the John Hancock Tower and footage of men moving a glass window pane through the building. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/17/1974

L Street Brownies

Description: Silent footage of the L Street Brownies, one the oldest "polar bear" club in the US, during one of their annual New Year's swims. Shots of older men in swim trunks on a snowy beach in front of the L Street Bathhouse (Curley Community Center) running into the water. Men line up on the beach, throw snow at each other, and splash in the water. Some close-ups of the men. Also couple shots of someone sledding down a hill that looks to be in a different location. Picture is very dark with high contrast at times.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/29/1974

Logan Runaway

Description: Story #9771. Story about plans to build a new runways at Logan Airport, the "Logan Masterplan," and objections from the community with noise and environmental concerns. Footage includes b-roll of press conference, close up shots of runway plans, planes taking off and landing, construction equipment and workers, press conference with concerned citizens and a press conference with governor King about a court order that halted construction, environmental impact studies, and how to continue with the project. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1974

Martin Luther King Day, pt. 1

Description: Silent b-roll of people sitting at a table speaking to an audience in a small basement room and various men and women at a podium in a church speaking to a crowd. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974

Martin Luther King Day, pt. 2

Description: A man speaking about urban homesteading, poverty and Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974

Needham Civil Defense

Description: Silent footage of men and teenage boys on phones and switchboards and marking off maps.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/02/1974

Newton Art Robbery

Description: Story #9755. Silent footage of the exterior of a house, a broken door, plain clothed detectives around the house, and an older woman going in the door.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974

Nixon Tapes Folo

Description: Interview with a local Boston professor about the technical analysis of the Nixon Tapes and the missing 18 minutes. Followed by b-roll of the interview. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974

Nixon on street on Impeachment

Description: Interviews with people on the street of Boston about their feelings on the House's impeachment of President Nixon. Mary McKay reporter standup followed by outtakes of more interviews and a couple more takes of the reporter standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/28/1974

Obscenity debate

Description: A woman, Miss Tuttle, at a podium speaking about the loss of protection for schools, libraries, and book sellers with the new Obscenity bill. A man at a podium discussing the negativity of new obscenity legislation and how it should be dealt with. Another man, Quentin de Streel, speaking at the podium about the new Obscenity bill and it's affect on schools and libraries, followed by him answering a reporter's question. Cut to Miss Tuttle speaking again and answering reporter questions. Shot of a man in the street dancing. Silent b-roll of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/30/1974

Pro Nixon Demo

Description: Story number #6978 A. Demonstration outside Boston City Hall and in the snow and then marching to the Massachusetts State House. Demonstrators hold up Pro-Nixon signs including, "Support our President," "God Loves the President," and "God loves America." Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/10/1974

Pro-Medicare

Description: Story #6979A. Interview with a man (sound cuts in and out) and with a doctor about how Medicare oversight should be done by other doctors. Silent b-roll footage of exterior of a house with "Thomas B. Haynes - Surgeon" sign and press conference with doctors about medicare. Another doctor speaks about cost control in medicine, more from the first doctor, and a third doctor speaks about managerial problems in Medicare. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/10/1974

Racial Harmony Meeting

Description: Story #7473. Interview with one of the organizers of the Racial Harmony group, Mrs. McCleod, about the upcoming forced bussing. Silent b-roll of people sitting in chairs (parents and children) at a meeting. Shot of a map of elementary school districts. More b-roll of people in attendance at a meeting. A woman in a red dress talks to the gathered parents. Interview with a white man, Steve, who thinks that there are legitimate critiques of the Racial Imbalance Law, but people's injection of racist language and attitudes into the issue isn't helpful. Interview with an African American woman, Glory, who wants to inform the public about the law. Start of outtakes which includes silent cutaways of reporter interviewing people, more of the interviews with Mrs. McCleod, Steve, and Glory. Interview with the woman in the red dress about the goals and role of the federally funded program Orientation for Integration. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1974

Racial Imbalance Hearing

Description: The Massachusetts Legislature Joint Committee on Education, including Mel King and Joseph Timilty, holds a hearing on racial imbalance. Board with student statistics in Boston versus the suburbs. Mr. Parks addresses hearing on the differences between urban and suburban communities on school integration. Boston School Committee Chairman John Kerrigan addresses the hearing on racial isolation. Woman addresses the hearing about costs of busing. B-roll of audience at the hearing. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1974

Racial Imbalance Hearing, pt.1

Description: Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, Kevin White, Joseph Timilty, Louise Day Hicks speak at the racial imbalance hearing held by the Massachusetts legislature. B-roll of audience, closeups on some anti-busing buttons and armbands. Silent footage of Royal Bolling Sr. speaking. Police standing guard outside State House. B-roll of preparations for the hearing. Closeup on Mel King on the panel. B-roll of demonstration in front of the State House. Several Boston residents come up to the podium to speak. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974

Racial Imbalance Series, pt.1-3

Description: Silent footage of African American children entering school and in a classroom, with mostly African American children and white teachers. A Mattapan family sits around the kitchen table, parents helping son with math homework. Father and mother speak about the changes caused by court ordered busing and their efforts with parent groups in the community. Reporter reasks questions for cutaway edits. Gerald Ford speech, image goes in and out while audio plays. Interview with man about how busing will affect his daughter and his efforts to keep the Lowell School open. Exteriors of a house, neighborhood environs, and closeup on Colorado St. sign. Footage of a young African American girl walking to school. More b-roll of classroom scenes. Students exiting Phineas Bates School building. Construction site (possibly where new school complex will be built). Closeup on Livermore St. sign and Charles Logue School sign. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974

Racial Imbalance Series, pt.4

Description: Story #7608. Cuts from a meeting of the Orientation for Integration program. White substitute teacher discusses conflict with an African American student, and an African American teacher responds. Interview with teacher on her support of desegregation. Reporter standup. Cuts of b-roll from meetings, discussing potential issues of racism and prejudice. Interview with teacher on efforts to keep the peace during turbulent times. Several takes of reporter standup. Interviews with teachers on where they will be teaching in the fall. Teachers discuss the perceived dangers of certain areas of Boston. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/16/1974