Description: People carry Andre in a cage to the dock, and put him on a boat. He jumps off the boat into the ocean. He swims off toward Rockport, Maine. Additional footage of Andre and on the boat and people watching him swim off. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/26/1974
Description: (B-roll from 72) This is footage from the 1972 Boston Marathon. Footage of Olavi Suomalainen, the male winner, at the finish line. Interview with Suomalainen before the 1973 Boston Marathon (in which he came in 3rd). This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: Story #4817. David Bartley at a podium discusses the budget and the failures of the Governor. A different man seated at a desk discusses the budget and the legislature. Bartley holds up a bumper sticker that reads, "Don't blame me I'm a Deocratic" followed by silent b-roll of both press conferences. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Bill Rodgers, winner of the Boston marathon in 1975, 1978,1979, and 1980, accepting an award in Melrose. Followed by an interview with Rodgers outside. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/07/1976
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
Description: Statement from a man with the work program on how many kids they have and how the program is working, followed by footage of young men and women painting traffic lights. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Film of Reading painting crew featuring women and men state employees..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Story #1456. Silent footage of paintings, woodwork, and sketches on display at an art fair.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/15/1972
Description: Footage of the highway in Portland taken from the inside of a moving car with Elvis Presley playing on the radio. Shots of an Elvis concert ticket, a sign at the box office with hours when they will be open for refunds, people at the box office, and shots around the empty arena. Interviews with two members of the local Elvis fanclub. Shots of Elvis records. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[Elvis] Presley has a concert scheduled for Portland tonight and tomorrow, but [died] yesterday. This is a folo featuring Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center and the president of the local Presley fan club."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1977
Description: Footage taken from the inside of a moving car with a radio station dedication to Elvis Presley playing in the background. Interview with Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center. Some b-roll of the reporter, Jorge Quiroga, talking to the president of the local Presley fanclub. Reporter standup from the seats in the empty arena. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[Elvis] Presley has a concert scheduled for Portland tonight and tomorrow, but [died] yesterday. This is a folo featuring Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center and the president of the local Presley fan club."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1977
Description: People in the State House for a hearing. Shots of logos on shirts from several different gas stations and b-roll of the hearing. Testimony from a service station owners about supplier owned gas stations, and pressures to sell more gas. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/20/1975
Description: Footage includes shot of Gay Community Newspaper, people working in the paper's office, and a pink rhinoceros statue. Interview with a man about how the vote in Florida has succeeded in getting people talking about the issue of gay rights. An interview with a woman who is afraid that lawmakers in Massachusetts may view this as a reflection of public opinion, and an interview with a man about how this has mobilized the community. Shot of Newsweek Magazine with Anita Bryant on the cover, interview cut away. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Gay Vote Folo - Anita Bryant wins against the gays in Florida. This is a folo on how the Boston Community feels it is affected by the vote."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/09/1977
Description: Exterior shots of John Hancock Tower. Some footage of the seated crowd, Governor Michael Dukakis speaking, and another speaker. Ribbon cutting ceremony with choir singing "America the Beautiful in the background and ends with a zoom into the John Hancock signature on a large stone replica of the Declaration of Independence. Sound, heavy popping on the soundtrack. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1976
Description: Night footage of different people carrying body bags on stretchers through the woods. Daytime footage of the coast and the exterior of a house with trees damaged by the crash. Interview with the man who lives in the house and heard parts of the plane hit the roof. Shot of damaged tree and the plane wreckage. Interview with a man about the crash. Reporter standup in front of the plane wreckage. Interview with one of the responders to the crash about the one survivor. Exterior footage of the Penobscot Bay Medical Center, the Downeast Airlines hangar, and a Downeast plane. Silent night footage of responders inspecting the plane wreckage. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "A small plane from Downeast Airlines went down last night killing 17 people, and injuring one."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/31/1979
Description: Edited feature on runners in the Boston Marathon and the special connection that they have with the crowd. Interviews with a runner and a spectator, voice over commentary by reporter Joe Day and footage of runners, the crowd cheering them on, and the finish line. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Along the way- someone has to lose and this is the Neighborhood Joe sidebar."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/18/1977
Description: Close up on Ladies Home Journal Woman of the year 1977 article. B-roll includes Marion Fahey at the dinner table with an older woman and a man, interview cutaway, and Fahey leaving her house and getting in the car. Interview with Fahey. Mix of silent, wild sound, and sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Marion has been named one of the 10 outstanding women in the country by the Ladies Home Journal..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: Women on a balcony with a sign that reads "Thanks for the memories" hanging a string of their uniforms out the window cheering and celebrating. Shot of a dog. Silent shot of a building out of a window. Mix of silent and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Mt. Auburn Nurses... hang their uniforms outside the dormitory windows to let the world know that they've completed their courses and training to become nurses and are ready to assume their places in the world of medicine."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/01/1977
Description: Silent footage of men and teenage boys on phones and switchboards and marking off maps.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/02/1974
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
Description: Blank image with reporter voice over about Rockwell. Interview with a man from Stockbridge. Blank image with reporter voice over about funeral. Interview with David Mackey about what it was like posing for Rockwell. Still image of one of Rockwell's paintings. More interview with the man from before. Silent shot of a house. Mix of sound and silent. This is 3 of 3 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Norman Rockwell dies early this a.m. We go to Stockbridge where he lived and talk with some of the people who knew him, including some of his models."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/09/1978
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: Story number #6978 A. Demonstration outside Boston City Hall and in the snow and then marching to the Massachusetts State House. Demonstrators hold up Pro-Nixon signs including, "Support our President," "God Loves the President," and "God loves America." Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/10/1974
Description: Interview with a gay man about stereotypes, a man about the laws against homosexuality, and a gay man on outward appearances and gay bars, followed by a few shots of transvestites. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/28/1973
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
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
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