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MIT Explosion

Description: Silent footage of police and fire trucks in front of a building, men talking, a firefighter taking a hose off the truck, students walking through clouded halls, a room covered in ash, and people getting into an ambulance.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975

Obsession with Hancock tower

Description: Many camera moves on Hancock tower. Pan from top of older Hancock building to newer one. Close-up on sheer plane of windows. Glass monolith isolated against sky. At street level, Trinity Church and Copley Square concrete park.
Collection: Evening Compass, The
Date Created: 10/23/1975

Prostitutes

Description: A police official at a press conference talking about the arrest of Johns, and the high amount of prostitution around LaGrange Street. Silent footage of cars driving down a street, street signs for LaGrange and Newbury streets, cars driving down the road. A police officer at a press conference discussing law enforcement involving prostitution. Silent footage of people in a hallway, shot of "Good Time Charlie's" bar. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975

Racism Demonstration

Description: A group of students walk through a hall, then shots of them outside marching, and an overhead shot of them marching in a circle. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975

Red Storey

Description: Interview with National Hockey League referee Red Storey. He talks about the differences between hockey and lacrosse, especially in terms of refereeing the two sports. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1975

Roxbury Employment

Description: Ribbon cutting ceremony at a building on Warren St. in Roxbury. Men enter the building. Interview with a man on the efforts of the Circle Venture Capital Fund to address the unemployment problem in Roxbury. Footage of a meeting. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1975

Saia Hearing

Description: Footage of a City Council Hearing on Police Commissioner DiGrazia having demoted Deputy Superintendent Joseph V. Saia. Silent footage of people sitting in a city council room. People at a table testifying. One woman and several men testify, mostly on Siai's behalf. One man says that the Knights of Columbus are not the mafia. More silent b-roll of people in the room. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975

South Boston High School

Description: No audio at the beginning. The first day of school at South Boston High School during Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Helmeted members of the Tactical Patrol Force and US Marshals are present in the school yard and on the street. Exteriors of the South Boston High School building. Headmaster William Reid (Headmaster, South Boston High School), Charles Barry (Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department), Peter Meade (Mayor's Office) and others confer on the street outside of the school. White students approach on foot. Buses carrying African American students arrive with a police motorcycle escort. Two groups of press photographers are cordoned off behind ropes in front of the school. African American students exit buses. A police helicopter circles the area.
0:00:37: Visual: Two police officers stand on a street corner in South Boston. 0:01:17: V: Helmeted police officers from the Tactical Patrol Force line up in front of South Boston High School. Police radios are audible. Shots of South Boston High School. Media and onlookers are gathered on sidewalk. US Marshals and small groups of officials are in the schoolyard and on G Street in front of the high school. Police question a student as he enters schoolyard. 0:04:04: V: A group of police officers walk into the street and continue down the hill on East 6th Street. Three African American students exit a police car and walk into the schoolyard. William Reid (Headmaster, South Boston High School), Peter Meade (Mayor's Office), Charles Barry (Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department), and others converse in the street in front of the school. Two white students enter the schoolyard. Police are stationed at entrance of school; students enter. 0:06:06: V: Police line the streets. A group of three white students enters the schoolyard. 0:06:46: Helicopter noise is audible. V: Schoolbuses with police motorcycle escort are visible down East 6th Street, making their way toward the school. A station wagon arrives; three women and a police officer help a student out of the wagon. Four school buses with a police escort pull up in front of the school. Shots of the news media cordoned off behind a rope on either side of the entrance to the schoolyard. Several African American students enter schoolyard. A group of students exit a bus prematurely. The students are told to get back on the bus by an official. Shots of buses lined up; of helicopters overhead. Officials converse on street. African American students exit buses and enter schoolyard. Shot through a crowd of the front entrance of the school.
Collection: Evening Compass, The
Date Created: 09/08/1975

Sports - Larry King

Description: Interview with tennis player Larry King about money problems with their league and draft issues. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/20/1975

St. Patrick's Day Parade

Description: Indoor footage of a luncheon with parade officials and politicians, including Governor Mike Dukakis and Senator William M. Bulger, seated at the front. Footage of the parade includes floats and several groups of people against busing. A band singing Irish songs at the luncheon. More parade footage including marching bands and politicians. Shot of a police motorcycle on fire, followed by more parade footage. Reporter standup. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/16/1975