Description: Interview with a woman about art stolen from Hammond Castle. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Interview with Kevin Harrington about remolding at the state house to create an executive conference room. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Interview with on the police work that went into arresting a woman who was setting fires in Haverhill. The arrestee exits the police station with blanket over her face to hide from the press. They get into a police car, which drives off. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Footage of cheerleaders, crowd, game play, and the sidelines. Silent
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1976
Description: Close-up on a hand in a bucket, camera pulls out to show Michael Dukakis drawing out a piece of paper. Dukakis walks to the microphone. Cut to the audience applauding, Dukakis also clapping for a woman in a blue coat (maybe a teacher). More footage of the audience. B-roll footage, mix of sound and silent. Only sound is of applause.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Representative of Hyde Park High School speaks about efforts to reopen the school after a violent incident the previous day. A parent lists demands that must be met before the children will return to school. Meeting of Hyde Park High School teachers. Reporter standup. Interview with African American students on the violence at the school. Mix of silent, sound, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
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: Silent footage of a junkyard in the rain.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Silent footage of Michael Dukakis and others walking down an aisle to a podium. A man speaks about the Justice system. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Reporter standup in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington D.C. where presidential candidate Jimmy Carter is meeting with democratic Senate candidates, including Ted Kennedy. Interview with Kennedy about his meeting with Carter. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Frederick Langone press conference on Supreme Court case about the authority of a federal judge. Albert "Dapper" O'Neil sits next to Langone. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Footage of a train on the tracks. Pull out of the Lechmere sign at the station to a train arriving. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Plane takes off from Logan Airport. Man speaking about the planning process for Logan Airport. Footage from a meeting on the Logan Airport plan. Shots of the Logan runways. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Press conference about land use and an open space plan. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Talking about space left vacant in cities and towns and development thereof."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Footage of the artist and others by the mural and close up shots of the mural. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: ""T" unveils a 24' x 4' mural done by a teacher and it will hang at the Beaconsfield station..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/26/1976
Description: Students and faculty process in the MIT commencement ceremony. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Women softball teams practices. Interview with man who plays on the women's softball team. Mix of wild sound and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/06/1976
Description: Close up on Ladies Home Journal Woman of the year 1977 article. B-roll includes Marion Fahey at the dinner table with an older woman and a man, interview cutaway, and Fahey leaving her house and getting in the car. Interview with Fahey. Mix of silent, wild sound, and sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Marion has been named one of the 10 outstanding women in the country by the Ladies Home Journal..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: Interview with Marion Fahey. Reporter standup in front of the Joseph Lee School and b-roll of school and Fahey working and talking with teachers and students. Mix of silent and sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Marion has been named one of the 10 outstanding women in the country by the Ladies Home Journal..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: News conference with Martin Luther King, Sr. and others regarding voter registration. Footage includes shots of King and others at the press conference, the insides of a damaged church, and b-roll of the press conference. Mix of silent and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Interview with Commissioner Stevens about ongoing investigation of payments abuses and plans to help reduce Medicaid costs. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Footage of a demonstration against psychiatrists and mental health practices. Background noise.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: A child runs down the street and gets on a bus. Cuts between an interview with Governor Dukakis and woman refuting what the governor says about the Metco program. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Metco [Program] is a hot issue in Newton and Framingham. This is a folo featuring the Metco folk and the [governor] ([yesterday]). Plus [real estate] of [Framingham] and Newton."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Night footage of emergency vehicles on the street. Close up on a burned and crushed car. People walk around the car. Police officers looking at car and talking. Silent. B-roll. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Fiery crash leaves mangled, scorched cars on Route Nine in Natick."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1976
Description: Reporter voice over about people from Massachusetts going to New Hampshire to buy liquor, and tax examiners from Massachusetts following them. No image. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: A series of reports by several different reporters about the Democratic Presidential Primary in New Hampshire. Clark Booth reports on the aftermath of the primary and what is left behind. Footage includes reporter standup, campaign headquarters with only trash left, political cartoons, and reporter standup in front of the Galaxy Room, which has a sign calling it "ABC News New Hampshire Primary Headquarters. Mike Taibbi reports on Jimmy Carter and his performance at the Democratic primary. Footage includes celebration at the Carter Headquarters, part of Carter's victory speech, crowd chanting, reporter in the crowd, Carter walking through the crowd shaking hands. Clark Booth reports on Mark Udall. Footage includes Udall and staff eating ice cream, Udall Headquarters the night of the vote, a man proclaiming Udall leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic party, part of Udall's speech. Introduction for a story by Joe Day, but cuts out before the story begins. Very poor quality video. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/24/1976
Description: Long shot of a beach full of people, followed by some closer shots of both nude and clothed people on the beach. Interview with two separate women about the nude beach-goers. Several shots of different men with cameras and binoculars on and around the beach. Reporter voice over with no image. Interview with a nude woman on the beach who had been arrested in the past for indecent exposure. More footage of people on the beach, both clothed and nude. Reporter voice over with no image. Several attempts to interview the men with cameras and binoculars around the beach, but they turn away. Shot of a naked man on the beach surrounded by clothed people and a shot of a naked man on a blanket. Two police officers standing on the beach. Shot of a person getting her leg painted. Reporter voice over with no image. Sound. Unedited story.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1976
Description: Albert Leo "Dapper" O'Neil speaking in front of a council about Judge Garrity. Silent b-roll of other council members. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Footage of a kids marching in the Memorial Day Parade and a couple floats. Followed by footage of people in a graveyard. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Edited footage of the 8/6/1976 football game between the New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers. Sections of the game with cutaways to the scoreboard, crowd, and coaches. Wild Sound. (Leader: Game from 8/6)
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/08/1976
Description: Black screen with reporter voiceover with an overview of the story. A resident, Arthur Greenberg, was at a public hearing regarding neighbor complaints about his dog kennels when he said that he would sell his home to "undesirables." Councilor Frank Saraceno then responded by asking who an undesirable might be and used a racial slur. Sound footage of Peabody policeman Harry Gardner at the NAACP press conference calling for Saranceno's resignation. Silent b-roll of reporter Joe Day talking to Saranceno. Back to Gardner saying that he does not accept Saranceno's explanation. B-roll of the people speaking at and attending the NAACP press conference. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/03/1976
Description: Footage of men and women in the airport boarding a plane, and an interview with one of the Pearl Harbor survivors. Sound and wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "250 [Pearl Harbor Survivors] with their families & friends head to Hawaii for a reunion with about 3000 other survivors."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/26/1976
Description: Caterpillars infesting the homes and yards of people on Plum Island. Footage of caterpillars and interviews with residents. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Footage of people marching with signs and chanting "stop police attacks against the black community." Wild Sound. Description from Assignment sheet: "...March sponsored by Black Caucus from the Common to BPD HQ [Boston Police Department Headquarters]-- about 200 folk... protesting treatment of blacks in Eastie."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/16/1976
Description: Interview with a man from the Foxhollow school, which is closing, about the history and grounds of the school. Footage of the school grounds, the estate, a woman riding a horse, people playing tennis, and closing reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "The Foxhollow school goes under from the onslaught of inflation- making it about the fifth or sixth such institution to folk in Lenox."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Mostly b-roll footage of a demonstration by R.O.A.R. (Restore Our Alienated Rights), an anti-busing organization. People gathered in the Boston Common as a man speaks over a load speaker. Silent footage of a man speaking and people in the crowd watching. Signs and flags. An interview with James M. Kelly about the demonstration. Shots of the crowd sitting and standing in the park. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/12/1976
Description: Footage of different crew teams and individuals rowing in the Head of the Charles Reggata. Men and women teams. Wild sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/17/1976
Description: Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles set up a checkpoint on a road in Stoughton and pull people over to check their registry stickers. Reporter voice overs and a reporter standup. Interview with one of the registry inspectors, and with a young man who got a ticket. Footage of cars being pulled over, people warning each other over CB radio about the checkpoint, and officers talking to drivers. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/16/1976
Description: Silent footage of press conference. Man speaks on problems of not having rent control. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Rose Kennedy Afternoon Campaign Tea Party. Ted Kennedy's wife Joan, their children, and campaign manager Joseph Kennedy on stage in front of a cheering crowd. Ted Kennedy Jr. introduces Rose Kennedy onto stage and she speaks to the crowd. Reporter voice over with no image. Footage of Ted Kennedy speaking in front of a crowd in a tent. Shot of Michael Dukakis in the crowd. Ted Kennedy on the stage with Rose Kennedy at the Tea Party event. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/12/1976
Description: B-roll of flooded streets and people around the flooded area and a reporter standup. Interview with man about the water main break and if the water is safe.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Silent footage of a house on fire at night and firemen fighting the fire.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Crowd gathers to attend Boston School Committee meeting. Louise Day Hicks is seen in the audience. Parents address the Committee about their concerns on the safety of their students. Superintendent Marion Fahey responds to their accusations, especially addressing the violence incident at Hyde Park High School the previous day. A woman recites the procedure under which Hyde Park will be reopened. Mix of wild sound and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: School Committee meeting during which some parents are calling for the dismissal of a particular principal, accusing him of child abuse. Committee member David Finnegan responds. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Reporter standup about recent bombings and particularly a bomb that went off at the Seabrook post office the night before. Silent b-roll of police inspecting damage to the building. Interview with a police officer about arriving at the post office after a bomb went off. Interview with a man about what it is like to look for a bomb after you have received a warning and how big it was. Reporter voiceover about a temporary trailer that is to be used as a post office. Interview with a man about what postal services will be provided while the building is being rebuilt. Confirms that no mail was destroyed in the blast and no people were injured. Interview with a man who received the bomb warning. Shot of post office with reporter voice over about the damage. B-roll of reporter interviewing people, and people using the new mail trailer. Reporter closing standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Reporter voice over about the town of Seabrook. Interview with a man who says that a majority of the residents of Seabrook favor the nuclear power plant. Footage of the town, traffic on the road, entering Seabrook sign, businesses throughout town, trucks on the road, entrance to the construction site, interview cutaway, and construction work. Reporter voice-over with black image. Interview with a man from the town who believes that most people in town don't want the plant. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "This is a neighborhood report about the town that doesn't want the nuclear power plant."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Interview with New England Aquarium representative about their efforts to help baby seals and release them back into the wild. A woman tries to feed a baby seal from a bottle. People hold a baby seals outside in front of the Aquarium. A baby seal learns how to crawl. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Interview with a man, Richard Bates, about the recent bombings and calling for citizens to keep an eye open and let the FBI or some police agency know if they see or hear anything. Silent b-roll of the JFK federal building, a closed entrance sign, police patrolling a building, police at the Charlestown Navy Yard. People having to open their purses and bags before going onto a ship, tourists around the ship. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Reporter voiceover about the killing of a cop over a year ago. Reporter standup in front of police station about a witness who came forward. Shot of a wanted poster with a look alike pictured. Interview with a detective about the break in the case. Footage of police working at night. Reporter voice over, more of the interview with the detective, interview cutaways, and a closing reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976