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Edison Centennial

Description: Interview with researcher Dave Sicilia who was commissioned to prepare a perspective for the Thomas Edison Centennial. History of Thomas Edison and the early electricity in Boston. Old stock footage of Edison and Boston. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/20/1986

Election Conv. NC

Description: Cuts of a press conference held by mayor Kevin White and deputy mayor Clarence "Jeep" Jones. Jones introduces a newly appointed member of their administration. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976

Elvis Presley, pt. 2

Description: Footage taken from the inside of a moving car with a radio station dedication to Elvis Presley playing in the background. Interview with Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center. Some b-roll of the reporter, Jorge Quiroga, talking to the president of the local Presley fanclub. Reporter standup from the seats in the empty arena. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[Elvis] Presley has a concert scheduled for Portland tonight and tomorrow, but [died] yesterday. This is a folo featuring Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center and the president of the local Presley fan club."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1977

Farmer's Grapes

Description: Story about grocery stores in the Boston area joining the boycott of California grapes called for by the United Farmworker's Union. Footage of people in the produce isle of a grocery store with reporter voice over about the lack of California table grapes in certain grocery store chains. Cut to a man from the American Farm Bureau Federation discussing the harmful tampering of food markets by retailers that are removing a certain product from their inventory for social reasons. Back to footage of people in the produce isle of a grocery store with reporter voiceover about the response from a store executive that they are reacting to requests from customers that the store join in the grape boycott. Reporter standup. Silent b-roll of customers looking at produce, a pan of the produce isle, a woman weighing tomatoes and a close up of a fruit tray with a sign that reads, "This tray contains artificial fruit. If you wish you may order one with real fruit." Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973

Female Guards

Description: Ceremony for new correction officers, including three women. One woman speaks about working with male guard not replacing them. Silent footage of interview with man. Exteriors of the Plymouth County Court House in Brockton. Man speaks about Massachusetts Department of Corrections' position on which jobs women can be assigned. Women correction officers assert their capability to do the jobs and work within the system. Attorney Siskin, who filed a suit against female correction officers, speaks about the differences in physical capability between men and women. Additional silent footage of people speaking to the press and of the ceremony. Additional footage from interview with Attorney Siskin and press conference with after the ceremony with female correction officers and Department of Corrections Commissioner (sound gets a little out of sync in master, but was fixed for web video). Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/22/1974

Foreign Students, pt.2

Description: Interviews with a couple students about the peace agreement in the Middle East. Sound. Slug: Student reactions
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1978

Fort Sumter

Description: Overview of the incident at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina that started the civil war. Footage of the fort and a reporter stand up. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/25/1986

Frank Bellotti Special

Description: Interview with Massachusetts Attorney General Frank Belloti on how politics have changed in Massachusetts. Footage of political events in Massachusetts and older stills and footage of Bellotti. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/10/1986

Frank Manning Obituary

Description: Overview of activist for elderly rights Frank Manning's life and career. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/12/1986

GM Plant

Description: Men working on the line at the General Motors [GM] Plant polishing cars. Reporter voice over about an employee, Tommy White, who was laid off and now works at a service station. Interview with White and footage of him working at the gas station. Reporter voice-over about laid off workers hoping to return to GM. Reporter standup in front of the GM plant in Framingham. Reporter voice over. Interview with a supervisor at the plant. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/20/1975