Description: Silent footage of African American children entering school and in a classroom, with mostly African American children and white teachers. A Mattapan family sits around the kitchen table, parents helping son with math homework. Father and mother speak about the changes caused by court ordered busing and their efforts with parent groups in the community. Reporter reasks questions for cutaway edits. Gerald Ford speech, image goes in and out while audio plays. Interview with man about how busing will affect his daughter and his efforts to keep the Lowell School open. Exteriors of a house, neighborhood environs, and closeup on Colorado St. sign. Footage of a young African American girl walking to school. More b-roll of classroom scenes. Students exiting Phineas Bates School building. Construction site (possibly where new school complex will be built). Closeup on Livermore St. sign and Charles Logue School sign. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974
Description: Story #7608. Cuts from a meeting of the Orientation for Integration program. White substitute teacher discusses conflict with an African American student, and an African American teacher responds. Interview with teacher on her support of desegregation. Reporter standup. Cuts of b-roll from meetings, discussing potential issues of racism and prejudice. Interview with teacher on efforts to keep the peace during turbulent times. Several takes of reporter standup. Interviews with teachers on where they will be teaching in the fall. Teachers discuss the perceived dangers of certain areas of Boston. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/16/1974
Description: Story #7786B. Coverage of an anti-busing rally at the Massachusetts State House. Footage includes crowds outside around the State House with anti-bussing signs, police around the crowd, a small group going into the State House to meet with Governor Sargent, people lounging on the lawn, various shots of people in the anti-busing rally, people getting on busses to go to the rally. Reporter standup. People file in and shake hands with Governor Sargent. A man who met with the Governor is interviewed about the meeting, the size of the crowd, and the Racial Imbalance law. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974
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: A group of students walk through a hall, then shots of them outside marching, and an overhead shot of them marching in a circle. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975
Description: Silent footage of people at a table, speaking to the press. Students sit on couches and chairs around the room.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Ray Flynn comments on the Doyle-Flynn Bill, which cut state funding for abortions, and was being presented to the legislature the following day. According to the Original WCVB Rundown, Flynn called this impromptu news conference on the steps of the State House to defend his bill. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1977
Description: History of racism in the Red Sox and the recent Tommy Harper controversy. Harper was a former player and a coach who sued the Red Sox in 1985 for allowing the Elks Club of Winter Haven, which was segregated, to invite only the team's white players to its establishment. Aerial view of Fenway Park, stock footage of past Red Sox players, interview with Tommy Harper, Winter Haven Elks Club in Florida, interview with Mike Easler and Al Bumbry, and shots of the Red Sox practicing. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/25/1986
Description: Overview of the Red Sox 1986 season. Footage includes highlights of games through the year, interviews with players and coaches, players celebrating when they won the division, a parade, and the Mets celebrating when they won the World Series. Reporter voice over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1986
Description: Interview with National Hockey League referee Red Storey. He talks about the differences between hockey and lacrosse, especially in terms of refereeing the two sports. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1975
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: Footage of people in line at the DMV getting new license plates, cashiers handing the plates to the customers, and a shot of a man holding a new plate. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/01/1977
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: 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: Scenes from the Republican National Convention including Bob Hope performing at Billianare Bunker Hunt's Little Clam Bake, people chanting "Four more years" and "USA" at the convention, the Republican Platform Committee, interview with former RNC Chairperson Mary Louise Smith who is disappointed with the radical changes to the platform, overview of the new platform, interview with Vice President George Bush about how the majority of Americans are conservative, excerpts from Reagan's speech, and balloons falling from the ceiling. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/24/1984
Description: Story #2010. Claiborne Pell campaigns for reelection. Governor John Chafee campaigns for senate seat in a department store with United States Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, and candidate for Rhode Island Secretary of State Paul Maynard. Pell makes a campaign speech. Chaffee and Morton answer questions from the press. Chafee campaign van. Closeup on Pell campaign posters buttons, and pamphlets. B-roll of Pell campaign event. Reporter standup. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/31/1972
Description: Story #1200. Silent footage of the neighborhood around Blackstone Park after several days of riots. The riots began at the annual Puerto Rican Festival in Blackstone Park when the police came in to stop a fight and dozens of people were injured and arrested. Footage includes a building on fire at night, damaged storefronts, the interior of looted stores, police in the street, a woman being interviewed by the police in her damaged apartment, and men boarding up windows.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1972
Description: Silent footage from a women's roller derby bout, with some sections of wild sound. Footage includes women skating, fighting with each other and referees, and medical staff attending to hurt players. Mix of wild sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 1972
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