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Preview: Presidential Candidates Debate

Description: Written on tape: "Preview/ Debate Pres. Candidates." Analysis of what Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan need to do in the upcoming debate to win, and how they currently stand in the election campaign. Footage from the previous debate, Mondale and Reagan on the campaign trail, and newspaper articles on whether Reagan is senile. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/19/1984

[Presidential Debate Analysis]

Description: Written on tape: "Analysis Debate." Summary of highlights from the debate and an analysis of how Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale performed. Footage from the debate and excerpts of statements from the candidates, followed by a statement from Reagan Campaign Director Ed Rollins and a piece of Mondale's post-debate speech to his supporters. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/22/1984

Grenada

Description: A review of the invasion of Grenada on the one-year anniversary, what precedent it may have set, and the present situation in the country. Footage from the invasion of Grenada one-year previous, reporter standup, interview with Professor Robert Marr about the invasion, and shots of Grenada present day. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/25/1984

Edison Centennial

Description: Interview with researcher Dave Sicilia who was commissioned to prepare a perspective for the Thomas Edison Centennial. History of Thomas Edison and the early electricity in Boston. Old stock footage of Edison and Boston. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/20/1986

Phillipines

Description: History of the Philippines and how Ferdinand Marcos ruined early hopes for democracy in the country. Footage of elections and the USA ceding sovereignty after WWII, Ronald Reagan speaking, rally for Corazon Aquino the Philippines, people praying, Clark Air Base and US military in the Philippines, and a statue of Marcos. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/24/1986

Phillipines Analysis

Description: Story about the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, how the United States is dealing with the transition, and an overview of the history of the United States propping up dictators in countries like Cuba, Iran, Vietnam, and Nicaragua. Footage of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, US official speaking about Marcos, Ronald Reagan, historical images of Cuba, Iran, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Haiti, and Corazon Aquino in the Philippines. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1986

[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]

Description: Story on Russian author and activist Alexander Solzhenitsyn who was exiled from the Soviet Union and now lives in Cavendish Vermont. Footage of Solzhenistyn's home, Cavendish and the surrounding countryside, town meeting, interview with townfolk about Solzhenintsyn, and reporter standup. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/1986

Marcos Corruption

Description: Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos's residence is opened up to the public in the Philippines. Footage of the inside and outside of the mansion, an interview with volunteer Maria Teresa Roxas about the opulence, a statement from representative Stephen Solarz of New York, treasures found in the home, interview with investigator Juan Frivaldo, properties Marcos owns in America, and statement from Aquino Cabinet Member Jovito Salonga. Some video problems. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/13/1986

Tip O'Neil lRemembers

Description: Overview of Tip O'Neill's career. Interview with O'Neill on President Lyndon Johnson, the Vietnam War, Watergate and Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the Contras in Nicaragua. Some static in the soundtrack. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/17/1986

Checkpoint: Nicaragua

Description: Overview of the Contras in Nicaragua and the question over whether the United State should get involved. Contras training in Nicaragua, different politicians (including TIp O'Neil and Ronald Reagan) comment on support for the Contras, Pro-Contra TV commercials, reporter standup, interview with historian Hugh Ryan about previous United States military involvement in Nicaragua, and footage of people in Nicaragua. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/19/1986