Description: Slug: "10/15/73: Chelsea 1908 Fire." Footage includes external shots of Lynch Bros. auto repair on Essex street, b-roll of an old man inside typing, interview cutaways, shot of a keystone with "1908" on it pull out to a building destroyed by fire. Interview with the man who witnessed the Chelsea fire in 1908 who compares the that fire to the most recent one and describes what he remembers of the 1908 fire and the rebuilding of the neighborhood. Mix of silent, sound, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/15/1973
Description: Story #6827. Silent footage of men speaking and holding up maps in front of a room followed by outdoor shots of a construction site and construction equipment.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/19/1973
Description: Interview with a tenant about the landlord and the condition of the housing. Silent footage of the building owner, Moris Tulman, in his office and being escorted through protesters. People get off a bus and go door to door with flyers about the poor housing conditions. Interview with another tenant and silent footage of the housing from the outside and the inside of different apartments. Followed by outtakes, which include more silent footage of the crowd getting off the bus and putting flyers up, the crowd at the landlord's office and meeting with Tulman, more interviews with the two women included in the final piece and with a child, and more shots around and inside the apartments. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/06/1974
Description: Silent footage of damaged buildings and cars, burnt trees, and a bulldozer moving junk around. Reporter standup. House Bill 6611 recently approved, which states that housing will begin going up in this area within the year. Reporter summarizes different government initiatives to begin rebuilding this section of Chelsea. Cut to Governor Sargent talking about the continued rebuilding of Chelsea and aid provided by the government. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Followup on how Chelsea is recovering on the first anniversary of the Great Chelsea fire of 1973. Footage of fire hydrant, empty lots, buildings, and the streets around Chelsea. Reporter voice over about the damage caused by the fire. Interview with a man who owned business that was ruined by the fire. Reporter voice over. Interview with another man who was affected by the fire. Reporter standup, followed by cuts. Cuts include more b-roll footage of empty lots, the streets around Chelsea, fire hydrants, reporter standup outtakes, and more from the resident interviews. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/14/1974
Description: Interview with Mr. Jedry, whom the house is being rebuilt for. Footage of the family watching as workers move the house into place. Reporter voiceover about the Jedry family, followed by silent footage of a house on fire with firemen. Footage of the empty lot, reporter voiceover about the new house. Interview with the Jedry daughters, Debbie, Theresa and Elizabeth. The girls talk about what it was like to lose the old house and how excited they are about the new house. More footage of the house being moved into place. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Chelsea Home Rebuilt -Last November, a fire destroyed a home on Eastern Ave. in Chelsea. The house was rebuilt in a matter of hours today (it's on of those modular types)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Silent footage of a helicopter moving a large air conditioner from the roof of a building. Shots include workers attaching the line from the helicopter to the air conditioner, the helicopter hovering over the building, and a new air conditioner placed on the roof.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973
Description: Story #4809. Arial footage of buildings (the Christian Science Center in Boston), followed by exterior footage from the ground of the same buildings and gardens around them. Reporter standup. Interior footage of the buildings, and an interview with a man from the Christian Science Center. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Frank Church press conference during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. He talks about the successes and limits of his campaign so far. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: A "place to run dirty movies masquerading as a church"* was raided the day before and the people arrested went to the Boston Municipal court for arraignment. Silent footage of two people in a hallways, a couple women leave a room and then hide their faces, and a shot of a court sign. *quoted from the Original WCVB Rundown
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976