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: 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: 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: Footage of traffic on the highway, several shots of a smashed truck, broken sand bins on the side of the road, Police directing traffic. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Interview with the gas station owner about the motivation behind the firebombings and why he is open 24 hours. Interview with another man from the neighborhood. Shot of the gas pumps. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Service Station Firebombings - A Codman Square gas station has been firebombed three times in last three months... racially motivated... the owner is taken to sleeping at the station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1976
Description: Footage includes the exterior of the gas station with a burned sign, fire damage inside, a man pouring water in a radiator, Anchor gas sign, and gas pumps. Mix of silent and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Service Station Firebombings - A Codman Square gas station has been firebombed three times in last three months... racially motivated... the owner is taken to sleeping at the station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1976
Description: Bill Baird News Conference with 3 underage girls who want to have an abortion, but can't get parental permission. The girls have scarves around their heads to protect their identity. Baird and one of the girls speak about the issue. B-roll footage of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Bill Baird produces the 15-year ... who is 11 weeks pregnant and wants an abortion, but her folks say no."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Cars driving down a flooded road. A woman out of her car on the side of the road with a tow truck and several over cars. A police car pulls over. Mix of wild sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Today was rainy and crappy. Film shows puddles and accidents on rte. 128. Car hoods up, people getting soaked."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: The Australian Prime Minister and a man from Harvard each sign an agreement as a crowd applauds. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Australian Prime Minister comes to Harvard to formalize a $1M grant ceremonial and a [news conference]"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
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