Description: Story on political polls and why they are inaccurate. Footage includes Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, poor poll predictions from the last year, 1984 Democratic Convention, and a shot of John Glen. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1984
Description: Story about the controversy surrounding John Zaccaro's, Geraldine Ferraro's husband, finances. Reporter believes that Ferraro and Zaccaro have done no wrong and are being lynched by the media. Footage of Ferraro and Zaccarro, and an interview with Lyn Nofziger, a consultant to Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Video problem. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/1984
Description: Short look back at the Vietnam War on the 20th Anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Footage of a celebration of the Invasion of Normany, stock footage from the Vietnam War, and of Lyndon B. Johnson. Reporter summarizes the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and questions it's validity. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/02/1984
Description: Story about how Walter Mondale was able to gain the support of Jesse Jackson and the Black Caucus. Jesse Jackson speaking, audience, Mondale and Jackson talking, Andrew Young speaking in August, Jackson's endorsement of Mondale, and Young on how most "Black issues" are the same as "White issues." Some video problems. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/18/1984
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: Review of the liberation of Paris in 1944 during World War II. Stock footage from WWII with reporter voice-over explaining the history of the event. Footage of the 40th Anniversary celebrations in Paris. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1984
Description: Overview of Pope John Paul's recent tour in Canada. Footage of the Pope in parades, surrounded by people, speaking in churches and outside, during ceremonies, on a boat, and in a stadium. Reporter voice over about the tour and the subjects that the Pope addressed throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/1984
Description: One year anniversary of the Soviet Union shooting down a South Korean airplane. Overview of the incidents and theories about the United States involvement in the incident. Some video problems. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/01/1984
Description: Overview of the history of presidential debates in advance of the debate between Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan. Footage of debates between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, Reagan and Carter, and Mondale and Gary Hart. Interview with a man about televised debates. Some video problems. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/06/1984
Description: Elliot Richardson loses the Republican primary to replace Paul Tsongas Senate seat race to Ray Shamie. Overview of his career and why he doesn't fit in the new Republican Party. Footage of Richardson on the campaign trail and at the Republican National Convention, interview with Shamie, and Richardson campaign primary night party. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/19/1984