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Ch. 2 Art Auction

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

Rep Rotenberg on Rape

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

[Daytime Fire]

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

Hancock on Glass

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

Deep Throat

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

Construction Workers Demonstration, pt.1

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

Construction Workers Demonstration, pt.2

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

Worcester Homosexuals

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

Chappaquiddick Five Years Later

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

Wyeth Paintings Recovered

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

Beatles

Description: Silent footage of people with Beatles merchandise, buttons, records, magazines, and t-shirts waiting around a theater or convention room. Banner that reads, "Magical Mystery Tour," hung up behind a podium with a man speaking. Shots of two people wearing shirts that read, "Mystery Tour Staff," and some more footage of fans.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/27/1974

Nixon on street on Impeachment

Description: Interviews with people on the street of Boston about their feelings on the House's impeachment of President Nixon. Mary McKay reporter standup followed by outtakes of more interviews and a couple more takes of the reporter standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/28/1974

Abortion/ Prorogation

Description: The Governor vetoed an abortion bill, and this story is on reactions to the veto. Interview with a woman about abortions being jeopardized in Massachusetts. Man at a press conference speaking about abortion and parental consent, a female doctor discusses problems with the new abortion bill and hospital practices and abortion complications. More of the interview with the pro-choice woman and more from the people at the press conference followed by silent b-roll from the press conference and a meeting. Mix of sound and silent. Slug: "Abortion/ Prorosation"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/02/1974

Days in the Arts

Description: Story #9648. Boston city children at a 4-day art program in the Berkshires. Footage includes children playing the harp, visiting the Norman Rockwell House, the grounds of Daniel French's Chesterwood, Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, children listening to presentations on art and music, sculpting with clay, and picnicking. Interviews with the children about the experience, and with one of the program directors. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1974

Women's Demonstration

Description: Interviews with women on discrimination against women in the Boston workforce, especially by the city government led by Mayor Kevin White. One woman explains the problems with the current state of maternity leave. B-roll of women's lib demonstration held by City Women for Action at Government Center. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/22/1974

Newton Art Robbery

Description: Story #9755. Silent footage of the exterior of a house, a broken door, plain clothed detectives around the house, and an older woman going in the door.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974

Women's Equality Day

Description: Story #9759. Demonstration on the 54th anniversary of women's suffrage at Government Center. Female rock band plays music, women dance. Closeups on feminist literature. Interviews with women on the Equal Right Amendment, the women's liberation movement, and progress towards women's equality. Additional sound and silent footage of band playing to large crowd. Interview with woman on the accomplishments of the League of Women Voters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974

Logan Runaway

Description: Story #9771. Story about plans to build a new runways at Logan Airport, the "Logan Masterplan," and objections from the community with noise and environmental concerns. Footage includes b-roll of press conference, close up shots of runway plans, planes taking off and landing, construction equipment and workers, press conference with concerned citizens and a press conference with governor King about a court order that halted construction, environmental impact studies, and how to continue with the project. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1974

Astros Soccer

Description: Silent footage of the Boston Astros playing a soccer game on the Boston University field.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1974

Needham Civil Defense

Description: Silent footage of men and teenage boys on phones and switchboards and marking off maps.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/02/1974

Cox, Drinan, Kennedy Sargent - on Nixon pardon

Description: Story #9883. Statements by Father Robert Drinan, Governor Sargent Francis, special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal Archibold Cox, and Senator Edward Kennedy on President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon. Mary McKay interview with Father Drinan on the street. Drinan thinks that the pardon is in violation of the spirit of the United State Constitution. Governor Sargent, surrounded by news microphones, does not believe that Nixon should go to jail, but the implications of pardoning him for crimes that an ordinary citizen would go to jail for is concerning. Seated at a desk, Archibald Cox reads a statement in response to the pardon, and believes that it violates the principal of our government to pardon the President in advance of the Grand Jury Hearing. Interview with Kennedy on a pier. He comments on how pardon may signify a pardon for draft evaders, and is concerned that the pardon may have been done too soon.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/08/1974

Urban Renewal

Description: Story #10079. Reel begins with reporter voice over, followed by an interview with Mr. Jacobs, the Executive director of San Francisco's Planning and Urban Renewal Association, about urban renewal in Boston and his view of the city. Silent b-roll of various buildings and signs around the city. Reporter standup, in which he explains that about 2000 housing and development experts from around the country are in Boston for a meeting to discuss urban renewal and the impact of the 1974 Housing and development act on the nation. Silent b-roll of people at the conference (footage is a bit dark and blue), and more silent footage of buildings around the city. Reporter closing voice over. The rest of the reel consists of outtakes. Outtakes include silent footage of the Urban renewal conference meeting, housing and various street shots around Boston. Sound footage includes the rest of the interview with Mr. Jacobs and unused takes of the reporter's voice overs and standups. High contrast, image a little dark in places. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/01/1974

Chelsea Fire Revisited

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

Harvard Lampoon Sports Illustrated Parody

Description: Editors and writers at the nation's oldest college humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon, read newly delivered copies of the Lampoon's Sports Illustrated parody, which was written and photographed during the summer of 1974. Appearing are Lampoon members Mark Magowan (Harvard '76) Lulu Spencer ('76), Jean Barrett ('77), Pam LoRusso ('75), Norman Fleming ('75), Joe Toplyn ('75) and Ted Trimble ('76). Footage shot at the Lampoon Castle on Bow St. in Cambridge, MA.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/16/1974

Center for Women

Description: Opening of the Women's Resource Center, West Suburban YWCA. Sign listing "Barriers to Women's Employment," which opens to reveal the Resource Center. Children playing. Women looking at books in a library section. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/30/1974

Dukakis Endorsement, Blacks endorse Sargent

Description: Story number #10378. Sound footage of a man at a news conference reading an endorsement of Michael Dukakis for governor. Cut to sound footage of an African American man endorsing Governor Sargent. Silent b-roll footage of the man at a podium endorsing Dukakis, while Dukakis sits off to the side. Silent b-roll footage of the Governor Sargent endorsement conference. Shots of table with several African Americans seated at it and people taking notes in the audience. Followed by sound footage of several of the African Americans seated at the table endorsing Governor Sargent as a strong advocate for the African American community. More b-roll of the Dukakis endorsement and sound footage of the man's endorsement of Dukakis. Focus of his speech is Governor Sargent's poor record on Senior Citizen issues.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/31/1974

Sargent - Dukakis, pt. 1

Description: Press conference with Governor-elect Michael Dukakis, Governor Francis Sargent, and Lt. Governor elect Thomas O'Neill. Sound, but most of what is said is cut off by film cuts. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/07/1974

Sargent - Dukakis, pt. 2

Description: Press conference with Governor-elect Michael Dukakis, Governor Francis Sargent, and Lt. Governor elect Thomas O'Neill, followed by a reporter standup. The reporter, Arch MacDonald, does two takes of the wrapup. Silent and sound footage of Dukakis, and O'Neill meeting staff and walking around the state building followed by reporters. Sargent, O'Neill, and Dukakis talking to each other and answering reporter questions. More footage of the press conference, Dukakis and Sargent answer questions. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/07/1974

Female Guards

Description: Ceremony for new correction officers, including three women. One woman speaks about working with male guard not replacing them. Silent footage of interview with man. Exteriors of the Plymouth County Court House in Brockton. Man speaks about Massachusetts Department of Corrections' position on which jobs women can be assigned. Women correction officers assert their capability to do the jobs and work within the system. Attorney Siskin, who filed a suit against female correction officers, speaks about the differences in physical capability between men and women. Additional silent footage of people speaking to the press and of the ceremony. Additional footage from interview with Attorney Siskin and press conference with after the ceremony with female correction officers and Department of Corrections Commissioner (sound gets a little out of sync in master, but was fixed for web video). Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/22/1974

[Christmas Murals]

Description: Artists painting images on windows. Footage of people painting and shots of the different murals. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1974

Women's Restaurant

Description: Interview with Bread and Roses restaurant co-owner on opening a restaurant run by women and for women to be comfortable. Women eat in the restaurant. Women cooking in the kitchen. Closeup on sign "Women Working." Reporter standup. Closeup on Bread & Roses sign and chalkboard with menu. Additional footage of women cooking, doing dishes, eating in the restaurant. Exteriors of the restaurant. Additional footage of interview with co-owner. Several takes of reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/07/1974

Wellesley High School

Description: Footage of the exterior of Wellesley High School and students coming out the doors and getting on the buses. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1974

Anti Racist/Union Women N.C.

Description: Woman speaks at a press conference on the need for the Labor Movement to fight against the institutionalized racism in Boston, especially against those opposed to school integration. She encourages people to attend a rally against racism, to be held the next day on the Boston Common. A man from a labor union notes the endorsement of the rally by several higher up in his union. Woman condemns the Boston School Committee, especially Louise Day Hicks and John Kerrigan, for their anti-busing stance, which she says is racist and unfair for black and Latino children. People continue to speak for school integration, voices heard over blank screen. Women hang banner reading, "End Racist Attacks: Coalition of Labor Union Women." Additional silent footage of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/13/1974

L Street Brownies

Description: Silent footage of the L Street Brownies, one the oldest "polar bear" club in the US, during one of their annual New Year's swims. Shots of older men in swim trunks on a snowy beach in front of the L Street Bathhouse (Curley Community Center) running into the water. Men line up on the beach, throw snow at each other, and splash in the water. Some close-ups of the men. Also couple shots of someone sledding down a hill that looks to be in a different location. Picture is very dark with high contrast at times.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/29/1974

Cabinet Swearing in

Description: Slug: "1/3/75: Gov. Cabinet Swearing in #10931" Several men and women with their hands raised being sworn in followed by close up shots of different men and women. Men and women walk out of chamber to applause and a shot of Governor Dukakis. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/03/1975

John Dean

Description: Former White House Counsel John Dean at Suffolk University speaking in front of students. Footage includes shots of the audience, Dean at the podium, and a few cut off sections of his speech. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1975

State Police Women

Description: Members of the state police academy lined up, two women run out of line and into a building. One of the women driving a police car through a course. Interviews with the two women. One of the women throws a man in a combat drill followed by footage of the recruits marching into the building. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1975

Abortion Hearing

Description: People discussing different methods of abortion. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Auto Theft

Description: A man demonstrates to a room of reporters the ease of stealing a Ford vehicle. B-roll of the press conference, people in attendance, and different tools. Reporter standup about a bill to require car makers to reach certain antitheft standards. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Boston College Campus

Description: Footage of Boston College campus, students walking to class, and reporter standup about a new campus in Newton. Interview with a college official about the expansion. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Cambridge School Fire

Description: Silent footage of a building on fire, firemen fighting the fire, and fire aftermath in the daylight, and footage of a different fire in an urban area with firemen fighting the fire. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Committee on Education

Description: Exterior footage of a school, students walking by buses, people in a committee meeting, and students testifying about a difficult learning environment created by busing. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Edelin Promo

Description: Dr. Kenneth Edelin, who was acquitted of performing an illegal abortion, walking down a hallway surrounded by reporters and exterior shots of hospitals around Boston. Mix of wild sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Gallo Demonstration

Description: Demonstration against Gallo Foods and call to boycott lettuce. Students are calling for the Gallo Corporation to negotiate with their workers. Footage includes people marching and chanting in English and Spanish with signs that read, "Boycott Gallo," and a meeting between activists and Gallo representatives. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

State Employees

Description: Interview with a man advocating for a cost of living increase for state employees. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Unemployment

Description: Interviews with different men about vocational retraining and funding from the state. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

Weather

Description: Silent footage of people walking down the street, a car driving with its top down, and snow melting.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975

St. Patrick's Day Parade

Description: Indoor footage of a luncheon with parade officials and politicians, including Governor Mike Dukakis and Senator William M. Bulger, seated at the front. Footage of the parade includes floats and several groups of people against busing. A band singing Irish songs at the luncheon. More parade footage including marching bands and politicians. Shot of a police motorcycle on fire, followed by more parade footage. Reporter standup. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/16/1975

Abortion Rally

Description: A reproductive rights rally with speakers including Florence Luscomb, who attended her first women's rights conference in 1892, and Gloria Steinem. Banners reads "Defend Dr. Edelin! Defend Abortion Rights!" and "Abortion is a Woman's Right to Choose." Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/20/1975

EPA Hearing

Description: No parking signs, meters, cars in a parking lot, and a subway train going by. Silent footage of EPA Hearing on the Boston Transit Control Plan. Interview with a man who wants to encourage the use of public transportation. Reporter standup. Governor Dukakis speaking about reducing the use of the automobile. Interview with a man who thinks that people will resist mandatory regulations. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/20/1975