Description: Reel begins with cuts. Interviews with runners and spectators about why runners with no chance of winning compete in the race. Footage of the winner from the previous year, Olavi Suomalainen, with his laurel wreath and trophy. Silent b-roll footage of runners in various places along the race route. Edited story taken from the above footage. Reporter standup, interview with runners and spectators, and silent footage of runners during the race. Goes back into cuts with footage of runners preparing at the starting line. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: Story #943. Story about the international 24 hour pilot strike over hijacking concerns, and how this strike has affected travel at Logan Airport. Footage includes interviews with pilots, reporter voice over, b-roll of flight attendants updating cancellation boards, empty seating areas, closed check-in counters, parked planes, people boarding planes and checking into flights with carriers that are still operating. Interviews with pilots from Eastern airline (who joined the strike) about the issue behind the strike, personal hijacking stories, public perception, and why pilots from all of the airlines did not join the strike. Edited story followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/19/1972
Description: Story #1534. Footage from a hearing about a Methadone program in the city. Testimony from drug addicts who use the Methadone program, people who work with the Methadone users, a man who thinks that the Methadone clinic in the hospital is creating an unsafe environment, a man who is against the use of methadone to treat drug addicts. One of the members of the committee listening to testimony gets into an argument with the man who is against the use of methadone. Followed by silent b-roll footage of the courtroom during the proceedings. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/23/1972