Description: Silent footage of police (maybe bomb squad) on the street outside the John Hancock Tower measuring area around a bundle. Police cars and crowd shots. Silent footage.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1973
Description: Silent b-roll footage of Mike Taibbi interview with a man from the John Hancock Company (believe it to be Vice President Albert E. Prouty). Sound footage of the interview about the damage to the Trinity church caused by construction of the John Hancock Tower. Followed by outtakes which include more silent footage of Prouty's office and more of the interview. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/11/1972
Description: Silent footage of men installing a window into the John Hancock Tower at ground level with a crowd watching.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/14/1975
Description: Zoom in and out from a missing window on the John Hancock Tower. Shot of a man with binoculars looking up. Wild sound and an unstable image.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/23/1978
Description: Zoom into missing window on the John Hancock Tower. Pedestrian traffic redirected on the sidewalk, a man looking up, and another shot of the missing window from the exterior of the building. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/23/1979
Description: Silent footage of men moving a large glass window pane. Interview with Walter Gallagher of the John Hancock company about embarrassment that the company has experienced due to the breaking windows on the John Hancock building. Footage of men installing a window. Interview with another man. Reporter standup followed by outtakes. Outtakes include silent footage of men moving a glass window and installing it, more interview footage with the two men from the final story, and several reporter standup takes. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/29/1974
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
Description: Reporter standup in front of the John Hancock Tower. Some clips of the dedication ceremony including Governor Francis Sargent speaking and a choir singing "America the Beautiful." Shots of the city from the upper levels of the John Hancock Tower. Sound. This in 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1976
Description: Exterior shots of John Hancock Tower. Some footage of the seated crowd, Governor Michael Dukakis speaking, and another speaker. Ribbon cutting ceremony with choir singing "America the Beautiful in the background and ends with a zoom into the John Hancock signature on a large stone replica of the Declaration of Independence. Sound, heavy popping on the soundtrack. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1976
Description: Exterior shot of the John Hancock Tower, zooms into one window. Shot of the window as the glass is broken and removed from the inside is innercut with shots of people on the sidewalk looking up. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Another [Hancock Tower window] is in trouble, this time on the 23rd floor. It's discolored and cracked, so Hancock folk remove it from the inside while Sumner films from the outside."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/09/1977