Description: Story #9377. Feature about Ted Kennedy's incident in Chappaquiddick. Footage of the town, ferry, and the bridge and interviews with tourists who had come to see the bridge where the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne occurred. Aerial shots of the island. Edited Footage followed by cuts. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1974
Description: Story #9883. Statements by Father Robert Drinan, Governor Sargent Francis, special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal Archibold Cox, and Senator Edward Kennedy on President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon. Mary McKay interview with Father Drinan on the street. Drinan thinks that the pardon is in violation of the spirit of the United State Constitution. Governor Sargent, surrounded by news microphones, does not believe that Nixon should go to jail, but the implications of pardoning him for crimes that an ordinary citizen would go to jail for is concerning. Seated at a desk, Archibald Cox reads a statement in response to the pardon, and believes that it violates the principal of our government to pardon the President in advance of the Grand Jury Hearing. Interview with Kennedy on a pier. He comments on how pardon may signify a pardon for draft evaders, and is concerned that the pardon may have been done too soon.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/08/1974
Description: Footage of people addressing the Massachusetts legislature Racial Imbalance Hearing. School Committee President John Kerrigan speaks against forced busing and "snob zoning." He blames Governor Sargent and Senators Ted Kennedy and Ed Brooke, and also comments on the flip of Mayor Kevin White's support. Louise Day Hicks speaks against the Racial Imbalance Law. State Rep. Royal Bolling, Sr. speaks against the procedure of having separate hearings for proponents and opponents, and gets in an argument with the Committee Chairman. Kevin White speaks in favor of integration, but against forced busing. B-roll of audience at the hearing. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974
Description: Slug: "1/1/74: Year End Chelsea Fire". Footage includes, several buildings on fire, firemen fighting the fire, national guard leaving a truck and walking through the fire aftermath, Ted Kennedy and others tour the aftermath, interview with a woman (Charlene) who lost her house, more shots of the fire and firemen, a man asking people to leave the area, a red cross shelter, aerial view of the fire, people in a shelter and a nun sorting through donated goods, Charlene walking down the street, bulldozers clearing the wreckage of buildings, People loading belongings into a station wagon and driving away, army trucks, National Guard men assembled on the sidewalk and marching into the Massachusetts National Guard building (which is being used by the Red Cross), more of the interview with Charlene about her experience the day of the fire. Mix of sound, silent, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974