Description: Story #8304. Silent footage of people looking at paintings and other art in the Channel 2 building, close-ups of the art, a man being interviewed, and exterior shots of the Channel 2 building. Edited footage followed by cuts.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/21/1974
Description: Story #8308. State Representative Jon Rotenberg calls for new measures to help fight sexual assault. Excerpts of Rotenberg speaking at a press conference mixed with b-roll of the audience. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/21/1974
Description: Story #8310. Silent daytime footage of a residential building on fire, firemen fighting the fire, crowd on the street watching, and the fire aftermath.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/21/1974
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: Silent footage shot from the outside of the Pru Cinema at 903 Boylston St. of signs and the marquee for the movie "Deep Throat." Some footage of men leaving the theater and shots of the lobby taken through the lobby doors.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/26/1974
Description: Story #1024. Story on construction workers demonstrating outside of the State House. They are upset because of delays in the Park Plaza Project. Footage includes construction workers leaving a work-site, cut to groups of workers marching down the street. Large protest of construction workers in front of the State House. Silent footage of Governor Sargent in a meeting room. Followed by more silent footage of the demonstration. A man climbs a flag pole and a shot of another man on a statue. Sound footage of Governor Sargent seated at a desk. He says that he will be meeting with several people to discuss how they are trying to resolve the issue. Interview with one of the Labor leaders who says that they will be meeting with the Governor to determine who is "lying" about Park Plaza plan and why it is not going forward. More silent b-roll of the protest. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/28/1974
Description: Story #1024. Story on construction workers demonstrating outside of the State House. They are upset because of delays in the Park Plaza Project. Silent footage of the protest including a large crowd, a man climbing up flag pole, men with signs on the stairs of the building, police surrounding the flag pole and removing men from walls. Sound footage of some of the leaders of the protest inside the state building. One man interviewed by a group of reporters. He says that they met with political leaders to "straighten out" difficulties with projects in "Park Plaza, the West End, and the airport." Governor Sargent makes a statement about the protest and his meeting about the Park Plaza Project with some of the labor leaders, and answers reporter's questions. Sound footage of the demonstration including shots of the protesters chanting "We want jobs" and "We want Sargent", Governor Sargent yelling into a bullhorn and fighting with the crowd, and protesters hanging a straw-man from a crane. Some footage of the labor leaders walking into the meeting room with Governor Sargent. B-roll of men working in a construction site, leaving the site, and marching to the State House. More sound footage of the demonstration. Mix of sound and silent footage. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/28/1974
Description: Story #9371. Council hearing on a Gay Rights Bill, which was defeated. Interview with a lesbian, Ellen, about why many gay people have not come forward with evidence of discrimination. Silent b-roll of a council hearing. Interview with Councilor George Wells, who thinks that a discrimination ordinance is unnecessary and condoning an illegal act. More of the interviews with Ellen and Mr. Wells. Reporter voice over, different takes, followed by silent b-roll of the hearing. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/16/1974
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: Silent footage of paintings that had been recovered in an FBI sting. Several paintings were recovered including some by Andrew and N.C. Wyeth after being stolen from the Woolworth Estates in Maine the previous May. This is silent edited footage of the paintings followed by outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/19/1974