Description: Interview with the man who shot the deer and b-roll of him climbing up to a tree stand and of the woods. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Filming with man who killed largest deer in state's history- with a bow."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/11/1976
Description: Aerial footage of a beach, a man walking through the wood and then on the beach with a bow, and interview with the man who shot the deer. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Filming with man who killed largest deer in state's history- with a bow."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/11/1976
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
Description: This is a reel of cuts or outtakes from the St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston. Silent footage of the crowd watching the parade includes a young girl with a camera, children with balloons, babies in strollers, a group of people on a roof, children waving, and a woman with an Irish flag. Footage of the parade taken from a roof along the route, from the front of the crowd, and moving from within the parade. Sound footage of people heading towards the parade. People on the side of the road with signs selling "Irish freedom badges." More shots of people in the parade, including Governor Francis Sargent, a groups with an "England out of Ireland" banner, and a woman in a green coat. Reporter standup outtakes. Mx of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/18/1972
Description: "7:30pm Clean [See Collection Folder for partial transcript]: New healthcare bill, Commonwealth Care.” Direct feed from the Capital building. This footage is unedited and contains the entire State of the State ceremony from a few minutes before Governor Romney enters the room through adjournment about 20 minutes after the end of the speech. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/13/2005
Description: "7:30-8pm Aircheck [See Collection Folder for partial transcript]: New healthcare bill, Commonwealth Care." This is the coverage of the State of the State address that aired on WCVB including commentary by reporters Janet Wu and Anthony Everett. State of the State address by Governor Mitt Romney when he first introduced his healthcare bill, Commonwealth Care, which the national Affordable Care plan was modeled after several years later. This footage covers Romney's speech and the singing of God Bless America afterwards. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/13/1995
Description: Story on the Statue of Liberty and the history of immigration to the United States. Old footage of immigrants, workers building a railroad, and workers in factories. Shots of the statue of Liberty, old stills and footage, reporter standup, and a man commenting on immigration. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1986
Description: Standup with reporter Jim Boyd in front of the Revere Beach Parkway followed by footage of cars stuck in snow and driving slowly down the road. Interview with a man in his car who is trying to get home. More footage of people stuck and trying to drive in the snow. Two more interviews with people who are stuck. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/20/1978
Description: Story on a proposed expanded student loan program for public and private institutions in Massachusetts. Reporter standup. John Silber addresses hearing, speaking in favor of private institutions. Reporter standup. Another man addresses the hearing on the banks' role in the current student loan program. Silent b-roll of Wellesley College and Holy Cross College. B-roll of the hearing at the State House. Reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Shot of a street with reporter voice over about finding summer jobs. Interview with a woman, Simone, about why the Greater Boston Area Chamber of Commerce is involved in a student summer job program. Silent footage of a girl, 17 year old Caroline Lawhorn, working on a typewriter at the Charles Draper Laboratories in Cambridge. A young man, Jim Wong, counting money and working as a teller in Suffolk Franklin Savings Bank, exteriors of the bank. Reporter voiceover, followed by interview with Caroline Lawhorn. Reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975
Description: Footage from the opening night of the Berklee Performance Center. B-roll of patrons entering the Center and mingling in the lobby, tickets being taken, programs being handed out, and the audience seated in the auditorium. Michael Dukakis opening speech, followed by a speech by a representative from the Berklee Performance Center introducing the night's Jazz program. More footage of both speeches. Part of one of the Jazz performances, and a reading about drums, Africa, and slavery while a man plays bongo drums. Picture is shaky and unsteady throughout. The problem appears to be printed in. The picture and soundtrack were separated on the reel, but synced for the clip. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 1972...1979
Description: Reporter standup about making it easier for citizens to change their name. Footage of books of records in the Brookline office and a woman at the Vital Statistics desk. Reporter voiceover. Man discusses why it would create chaos if anyone can change their name at any time. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Reporter standup about an increase in taxes for large gifts or estates. Interview with an accountant and interview cutaways. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Reporter voice over about a Massachusetts crackdown on people from Massachusetts going to New Hampshire to buy liquor. Interview with a man from New Hampshire who says that they are cracking down on out of state tax officials. Reporter voice over. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Footage of taxis driving down a street in Boston. Boston Police Commissioner Robert DiGrazia speaking about taxi upkeep in the city. Shots of taxis with external damage. Cut back to DiGrazia speaking about new regulations for taxi cabs. More footage of taxis sitting, shots from inside a cab, and cabs driving down the street. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Ted Williams and others outside by a baseball field. Williams walks into a building. Interview with Williams about hitting in baseball. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Boston neighborhood scenes. Reporter standup on the battle between the public housing tenants, Boston Housing Authority, and the Massachusetts legislature on who is responsibly for complying with Judge Garrity's law. Women at a press conference talk about cost of living. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Story #4279. Joseph Timilty speaks about the likelihood of racial imbalance plan passing. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
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
Description: Footage of women swimming laps in pool, and women playing volleyball. Interview with woman from Harvard on the importance of Title IX. Interview with woman from Boston State on students who play sports while in college. B-roll of men and women swimming laps, swimming coaches at the side of the pool, big timer. Additional footage from interviews and silent cutaways of Natalie Jacobson. Footage of women rowing on the Charles river. Mix of silent, sound, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/15/1975
Description: Slug: "12/28/73 - Tobin Bridge Feature by Bob Clinkscale." Overview of the Mystic River Bridge, also known as the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge, collapse in 1973. Footage includes shots of the collapsed section of the bridge, traffic backed up, construction crews working on the bridge, a train and a bus, aerial views of the highway, a man making a statement about weight permits for trucks, silent b-roll of cars and trucks at the bridge toll booth and on the road, shots of the gravel truck which crashed into a support causing the bridge collapse, police and firemen removing the driver's body and carrying the body bag away, aerial view of the bridge, more shots of the collapsed area of the bridge, trucks on various roads. Mix of sound, silent, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/28/1973
Description: Story about Tom Seaver coming to the Red Sox. Seaver at a press conference, older footage of Seaver playing baseball, excerpts from Red Sox games. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/30/1986
Description: Story on the United States Football League and a controvery over television contracts. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/29/1986
Description: Interview with Football League executive Upton Bell. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/13/1972
Description: Written on tape: "Vice Presidental Debate." Overview of Vice Presidential debate between George H.W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro and how it is covered by the press and its importance. Footage includes montage of different pundits, excerpts from the Vice Presidential debate, polls on who won, and people watching the debate. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/11/1984
Description: Different men speaking at a Richard Nixon rally, including Governor Sargent and John Volpe. B-roll of people in a gymnasium before and during the rally, different politicians mingling with the crowd, Volpe and other politicians talking to people on the street. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/15/1972
Description: Shot of a map, seismograph and other equipment, a man explains some data, and an interview with the man about the history of earthquakes in New England and the Chinese's ability to predict earthquakes. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Last night, in Candia, NH, there was a small quake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale/this is a head with someone from the Weston Observatory about this second quake within a week."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Kevin White press conference. Interview with James W. Hennigan, former Chairman of the Boston School Committee, who speaks against busing for school integration. Kevin White speaks about the failure of the Racial Imbalance Law and the Boston Public School System. Hennigan sitting at his desk in the chambers of the Boston School Committee, and cutaways from the interview. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Silent b-roll of house and a neighborhood. Interview with a woman, Mrs. Todd, about how living in an integrated neighborhood is a value to her children, so she is staying. Sound footage of her son, Steve Todd, playing the piano. Silent b-roll of Mrs. Todd and her family. Interview with Jim Todd, who also wants to stay in Dorchester. Interview with 8 year old Steve. He sees advantage in black and white children attending the same school. Silent footage of children walking down the sidewalk. Interview with Louise Day Hicks. She says her office has been receiving several calls from people who say that they will move if their kids will be bussed out of the neighborhood. Silent footage of neighborhood streets, and cutaways to Mike Taibbi. Footage of the neighborhood with reporter voice over about people selling their homes in Hyde Park. Interview with a woman who is against bussing and says she will move or home school. Silent shot of Taunton Ave. sign. Shot of road sign at corner of Fairmont Ave and Summit St. in Hyde Park with reporter standup about homes for sale in this area. Reporter voiceover about Hyde Park parents who wish to move. Interview with a realtor in Hyde Park. Silent shots of "For Sale" signs, and a moving shot down a street, a group of children walking, some children playing, several shots of street signs, shots of houses and schools. Interview with a man who is against bussing, but doesn't want to move. Silent b-roll of reporter at table with man, his wife, and son. Interview with man's son, Richard, who in 10 years old and will have to be bussed in the fall. Silent shots of family around the table. Reporter standup about parents who plan to stay and defy the bussing law. Silent b-roll of family around the table, shots of Richard and his sister. Interview with Richard's mom. More silent b-roll of family, houses, and a school. Mix of sound and silent. Reel 1of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1974
Description: Interview with Mrs. Todd about the Racial Imbalance law, why she agrees with it, how it will affect her family, and organizations around Boston that are concerned about racial tension in the city. Interview with Jim Todd about how White flight may affect real estate values, how the changes with bussing will affect his family. Interview with Steve Todd, 8-years old, about how he feels about being bussed to another school in the fall. Footage of Steve Todd playing the piano. Reporter standup. Interview with a man in Hyde Park who is against bussing and plans to defy the law. Interview with his wife, Nancy, about talk around the neighborhood about plans to move to avoid bussing and her personal opposition to the law. Silent shots of the family. Mix of sound and silent. Reel 2 of 2
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1974
Description: This is footage of Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem speaking in a panel format to a crowded theater. Some snippets of the dialog can be heard, but this is an edited peice and the women are cut off mid-sentence throughout. Mix of sound and silent. High contrast. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Women for economic justice - Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem on women in the business world."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1979
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
Description: Silent b-roll of women's lib demonstration, with many feminist signs, including some demanding free childcare and abortions. Woman speaks to the press about women's lib causes. She argues that the women's movement is against the involvement of corporations, like those who held the fair their demonstrating against. In an unrelated section of the film, a man makes statement about his petition against energy policy that allow oil prices in Massachusetts skyrocket. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/18/1974
Description: Governor Sargent speaks at Women's Lib hearing, promising to work to end discrimination against women in the workforce. Woman addresses hearing, explaining pay discrimination she witnessed and experiences at the Boston Redevelopment Authority before she quit and began working at the Municipal Women's Project. Silent b-roll of audience at hearing. Other people address the hearing condemning discrimination against women. Additional footage of Governor Sargent's speech. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/10/1974
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
Description: Reporter voiceover with black image about why the people are protesting. Interview with a couple of the protesters. B-roll of people in the museum. Reporter voiceover with black image followed by reporter standup in front of the museum. Sound. 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "There are pickets outside in front of the museum because the museum charges artists a fee to allow their works to be shown and the museum also collects a 20% fee for whatever is sold."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/25/1977
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
Description: A man interviewed about the agreement that Judge Charles Wyzanski had signed the day before which was aimed at reducing discrimination against minorities in the Police civil service exam. Reporter standup summarizing the controversy and compromise. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973
Description: Silent footage of plane and Carl Yastrzemski walking off the plane. Followed by Yastrzemski in the airport answering questions about a recent injury and whether he was considering retirement. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/10/1972
Description: Special summarizing several top news stories from 1975. Topics include budget cuts, desegregation policies, Carson Beach racial violence, Mayor Kevin White's re-election, fire deaths, Mohammand Ali at Harvard, Governor Dukakis, Charlestown busing demonstrations, Susan Saxe, Dr. Kenneth Edlein. Footage includes traffic driving through flooded roads and rain, baseball, workers trying to dig out flooded drains and plow flooded roads, riots in Carson beach, police and hurt people, reporters crowding around Susan Saxe being arrested, Dr. Edelin walking through the courthouse, Muhammand Ali speaking at Harvard, stills of a man, aerial view of the countryside, shot of a city street, reporter stand-ups, shots of research equipment, prescription bottles, a welfare demonstration, Mayor White speaking, fire damaged homes, shots of politicians and personalities, a large ship, a barking dog, Princess Ann on a Horse, boxes of Coors beer, cars in the snow. Damaged mag track causes volume to drop or sound to drop out completely in sections. Edited footage, but sound and picture are separate. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Slug: "1/1/75: Year Ender 1975, Taibbi for 1/1/75 air". [Airdate on slug 1975, but all of the footage is from 1975 so airdate should be 1/1/76]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1976
Description: Slug: "1/1/74: Year End Chelsea Fire". Footage includes, several buildings on fire, firemen fighting the fire, national guard leaving a truck and walking through the fire aftermath, Ted Kennedy and others tour the aftermath, interview with a woman (Charlene) who lost her house, more shots of the fire and firemen, a man asking people to leave the area, a red cross shelter, aerial view of the fire, people in a shelter and a nun sorting through donated goods, Charlene walking down the street, bulldozers clearing the wreckage of buildings, People loading belongings into a station wagon and driving away, army trucks, National Guard men assembled on the sidewalk and marching into the Massachusetts National Guard building (which is being used by the Red Cross), more of the interview with Charlene about her experience the day of the fire. Mix of sound, silent, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974
Description: Slug: "12/25/73: Year End - Troy" Overview of the dismissal and disbarment of Judge Jerome P. Troy due to multiple charges of corruption. Footage includes Troy speaking at a hearing, Governor Francis announcing Judge Troy's dismissal, reporter voice over, silent b-roll of the hearing and the Governor's dismissal. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1973
Description: Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." Overview of the events at Walpole prison from the beginning of the year until the end of summer. John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the beginning of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison guards went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the guards returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a nonviolent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison guards, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973
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: Man speaking from the Department of Youth Services on plans to install more intensive care units in their Rosindale facility. Answers question about their recidivism rate. Footage includes press conference, a hallway and cells, exterior of the Division of Youth Service building. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
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
Description: Story about a football player from Harvard, Andrew Poupolo, who was stabbed in a fight over a wallet that was stolen by prostitutes. He went into a coma and died one month later. The police has cracked down on the Combat Zone since the murder. Footage of the alley where he was stabbed, the hospital he was brought to, the Combat Zone at night, and police patrolling the street. Interview with a man about why this homicide case is getting priority. Reporter voice-overs, and reporter standups. Poor image quality. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Written on tape: "Arch-Law Abortion." Story on the Catholic Church and abortion. Footage of a Pro-life rally, Arch Bishop O'Connor speaking about abortion, and Archbishop Bernard Law speaking to Harvard students. Interview with Law on O'Connor's statements on abortion, the Catholic Church's views of abortion, and how the topic should not be a partisan issue. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1984
Description: B-roll of painters Karen Ross, a Teacher, and Mary Krause, a museum student painting a mural called "Leaves and Links." Interview with a man about why the art was comissioned. Interview with Ross about the artwork. Reporter stand-up. Sound and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1978
Description: This is a reporter voiceover about public art sponsored by the MBTA over unrelated image of the street. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1978