Description: Interview with Commissioner Stevens about ongoing investigation of payments abuses and plans to help reduce Medicaid costs. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: A child runs down the street and gets on a bus. Cuts between an interview with Governor Dukakis and woman refuting what the governor says about the Metco program. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Metco [Program] is a hot issue in Newton and Framingham. This is a folo featuring the Metco folk and the [governor] ([yesterday]). Plus [real estate] of [Framingham] and Newton."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Reporter voice over about people from Massachusetts going to New Hampshire to buy liquor, and tax examiners from Massachusetts following them. No image. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: A series of reports by several different reporters about the Democratic Presidential Primary in New Hampshire. Clark Booth reports on the aftermath of the primary and what is left behind. Footage includes reporter standup, campaign headquarters with only trash left, political cartoons, and reporter standup in front of the Galaxy Room, which has a sign calling it "ABC News New Hampshire Primary Headquarters. Mike Taibbi reports on Jimmy Carter and his performance at the Democratic primary. Footage includes celebration at the Carter Headquarters, part of Carter's victory speech, crowd chanting, reporter in the crowd, Carter walking through the crowd shaking hands. Clark Booth reports on Mark Udall. Footage includes Udall and staff eating ice cream, Udall Headquarters the night of the vote, a man proclaiming Udall leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic party, part of Udall's speech. Introduction for a story by Joe Day, but cuts out before the story begins. Very poor quality video. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/24/1976
Description: Long shot of a beach full of people, followed by some closer shots of both nude and clothed people on the beach. Interview with two separate women about the nude beach-goers. Several shots of different men with cameras and binoculars on and around the beach. Reporter voice over with no image. Interview with a nude woman on the beach who had been arrested in the past for indecent exposure. More footage of people on the beach, both clothed and nude. Reporter voice over with no image. Several attempts to interview the men with cameras and binoculars around the beach, but they turn away. Shot of a naked man on the beach surrounded by clothed people and a shot of a naked man on a blanket. Two police officers standing on the beach. Shot of a person getting her leg painted. Reporter voice over with no image. Sound. Unedited story.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1976
Description: Albert Leo "Dapper" O'Neil speaking in front of a council about Judge Garrity. Silent b-roll of other council members. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Black screen with reporter voiceover with an overview of the story. A resident, Arthur Greenberg, was at a public hearing regarding neighbor complaints about his dog kennels when he said that he would sell his home to "undesirables." Councilor Frank Saraceno then responded by asking who an undesirable might be and used a racial slur. Sound footage of Peabody policeman Harry Gardner at the NAACP press conference calling for Saranceno's resignation. Silent b-roll of reporter Joe Day talking to Saranceno. Back to Gardner saying that he does not accept Saranceno's explanation. B-roll of the people speaking at and attending the NAACP press conference. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/03/1976
Description: Caterpillars infesting the homes and yards of people on Plum Island. Footage of caterpillars and interviews with residents. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Interview with a man from the Foxhollow school, which is closing, about the history and grounds of the school. Footage of the school grounds, the estate, a woman riding a horse, people playing tennis, and closing reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "The Foxhollow school goes under from the onslaught of inflation- making it about the fifth or sixth such institution to folk in Lenox."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Mostly b-roll footage of a demonstration by R.O.A.R. (Restore Our Alienated Rights), an anti-busing organization. People gathered in the Boston Common as a man speaks over a load speaker. Silent footage of a man speaking and people in the crowd watching. Signs and flags. An interview with James M. Kelly about the demonstration. Shots of the crowd sitting and standing in the park. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/12/1976