Description: This is footage from the 1972 Boston Marathon. Footage of Nina Kuscsik, the first female finisher, at the finish line. The 1972 marathon was the first year that women were officially allowed to run. Footage of people running the race. Interview with Olavi Suomalainen, the first male finisher, and an interview with Kuscsik at the finish line. More footage of Suomalainen running and at the finish line. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: A hearing on the opening of the Crittenton-Hastings House, the first free standing abortion clinic in Massachusetts. Footage includes exterior shots of the building, protesters, and people speaking at the meeting. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Governor Sargent meets with group of people. He consults a book called, "The Arts: A Priority for Investment." They hold a press conference. A man speaks about the need for state funding for the arts. Governor Sargent explains that institutions can no longer survive on private funds alone. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
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: Story #4816. Mel King, representing the black and Hispanic citizens of Massachusetts, gives a statement about his groups disappointment with the Democratic party, and the possibility of switching allegiance to the Republican party. Bill Owens, Royal Bolling, Sr. and others stand with King at the podium. Intercut with silent b-roll of the audience and other attendees of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Man at a press conference representing the Black Caucus giving a statement about the need for minorities on the Governor's task forces and their call to nationalize the oil industry. Bill Owens sits next to him during press conference. Silent b-roll of press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/18/1973
Description: Silent footage of police (maybe bomb squad) on the street outside the John Hancock Tower measuring area around a bundle. Police cars and crowd shots. Silent footage.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1973
Description: Silent footage of a press conference. Mary E. Curley Children's Building Pediatric Service sign. B-roll of children's hospital rooms and children being treated. Man explains reduction of pediatric services because of declining use of the facilities. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Story #6429. Interview with a doctor discussing his volunteer work abroad and how the Egyptians and Israelis reacted to his presence. Silent b-roll of the interview. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/02/1973
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: Exterior of Boston State College Administration building. Interview with women who have locked themselves in the switchboard office in protest of gender discrimination within the school. Interview with a man from the university. Interview with a student that thinks there should be a Man's Center if there is a Woman's Center. Reporter standup. Interview cutaways, a list of the women's demands, a meeting with university officials and students, interviews with a woman and a man who don't agree with the protest. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Silent footage of women sitting around a kitchen table, planning a meat boycott. Closeup on "Nix On Meat" sticker. Interview with women on boycotting meat because of the prices. They encourage housewives to start gardens. Reporter standup. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Interview with Fred Stanfield on being traded by the Bruins to the Minnesota North Stars. Silent footage of Gilles Gilbert. Press conference with Bruins general manager Harry Sinden, sitting with Gilles Gilbert, who they acquired from the North Stars. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Locker room interview with Vic Hadfield of the New York Rangers on beating the Boston Bruins in the 5th game of the NHL quarterfinals. He notes that Boston Bruins general manager Harry Sinden's comments in the newspaper riled up the Rangers players and spurred them on to victory. Locker room interview with Jim Neilson on the Rangers' reaction to winning. Footage of goals scored during the game. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Story #6671A. Silent footage of Celtics vs. Bulls basketball game. Footage includes sections of the game, some filmed in slow motion, and shots of the crowd and scoreboard.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/01/1973
Description: Slug: "10/15/73: Chelsea 1908 Fire." Footage includes external shots of Lynch Bros. auto repair on Essex street, b-roll of an old man inside typing, interview cutaways, shot of a keystone with "1908" on it pull out to a building destroyed by fire. Interview with the man who witnessed the Chelsea fire in 1908 who compares the that fire to the most recent one and describes what he remembers of the 1908 fire and the rebuilding of the neighborhood. Mix of silent, sound, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/15/1973
Description: Story #6827. Silent footage of men speaking and holding up maps in front of a room followed by outdoor shots of a construction site and construction equipment.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/19/1973
Description: Silent footage of damaged buildings and cars, burnt trees, and a bulldozer moving junk around. Reporter standup. House Bill 6611 recently approved, which states that housing will begin going up in this area within the year. Reporter summarizes different government initiatives to begin rebuilding this section of Chelsea. Cut to Governor Sargent talking about the continued rebuilding of Chelsea and aid provided by the government. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Silent footage of a helicopter moving a large air conditioner from the roof of a building. Shots include workers attaching the line from the helicopter to the air conditioner, the helicopter hovering over the building, and a new air conditioner placed on the roof.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973
Description: Story #4809. Arial footage of buildings (the Christian Science Center in Boston), followed by exterior footage from the ground of the same buildings and gardens around them. Reporter standup. Interior footage of the buildings, and an interview with a man from the Christian Science Center. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Footage of various booths and exhibits at the Computer Caravan, a traveling computer and technology show that was traveling on to 27 other cities and 6 other countries. Reporter closing standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Silent footage of two men walking into a building, followed by police escorting a handcuffed man into a State Police car, which then drives away. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Crane stuck under overpass. Footage of highway traffic. Footage of a train. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Story #4808. Silent footage of women and democratic politicians, including Michael Dukakis, Kevin White and Kevin Harrington, having breakfast and talking at a long table and mingling after the meal. Interview with a woman about women in politics. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Footage includes people on the street, close up on shopping bags, cars in a lot, and shoes in a store window. Interview with a man about how the devaluation of the dollar will effect different merchants. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Man speaks at the a meeting of the Walpole Chamber of Commerce. He talks about prison security at Walpole prison, and criticizes Governor Sargent and the Department of Corrections. Silent b-roll of the meeting. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Footage of children and older women at tables doing art projects with fabric. Women cutting fabric and giving them to the children. Interview with an 87 year-old woman about how she enjoys being with the children. Interview with several children about how they like working with the older women. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Story about grocery stores in the Boston area joining the boycott of California grapes called for by the United Farmworker's Union. Footage of people in the produce isle of a grocery store with reporter voice over about the lack of California table grapes in certain grocery store chains. Cut to a man from the American Farm Bureau Federation discussing the harmful tampering of food markets by retailers that are removing a certain product from their inventory for social reasons. Back to footage of people in the produce isle of a grocery store with reporter voiceover about the response from a store executive that they are reacting to requests from customers that the store join in the grape boycott. Reporter standup. Silent b-roll of customers looking at produce, a pan of the produce isle, a woman weighing tomatoes and a close up of a fruit tray with a sign that reads, "This tray contains artificial fruit. If you wish you may order one with real fruit." Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Story #6670. Footage of football game, the band on the sideline, and scoreboard. Wild Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/01/1973
Description: A man speaks about a message from Governor Sargent regarding reorganization. He states that although the governor said he consulted state officials, that these people had not actually being consulted. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Several men speak at a hearing. They enumerate problems caused by gay bars, such as prostitution, violence, and noise. A woman angrily asserts that she lives above the bar and she can sleep. Silent b-roll of the hearing. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Story on the indictment of Anthony Jackson, also known as the "Hitchhiker Murderer." He was indicted for the murder of Synge Gillespie, but 7 other girls were believed to be victims as well. Footage of the woods, some people on the street, some one from the District Attorney office making a statement. Mary McKay closing standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Governor Francis Sargent talking about a degree of skepticism across the country and mentions tapes (possibly referring to Nixon tapes?). Silent footage of Sargent and other men entering his office and standing behind a desk. Footage of reporters and others around the room. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Reporter standup on Governor Sargent's search for a new commissioner of department of corrections, to replace Commissioner Boone. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Interviews with several different women about the women's movement and how it has affected the lives of modern women. Topics include politics and laws that affect women, a woman's identity, equality, children and gender roles, changing ideas about marriage, motherhood, and education for women, and what mothers want for their daughters. Interviews intercut with b-roll of the reporter interviewing women, policewomen on the street, men eating in an office cafeteria, children playing at a daycare/preschool, photos of women working, women at a meeting. Also includes footage of young boys telling the reporter what they want to be when they grow up, and an interview with a man about how his wife's changing ideas have affected their lives and marriage. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 3 reels related to this series of stories.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/02/1973
Description: Interview with a woman pilot about who she thinks the "New Woman" is and footage of her flying a small plane. Reporter standup about the "New Woman" including the reporter reading a segment of the novel "John Livingston Seagull" over footage of seagulls. Interview with a businesswoman about the balance between career and family and how education affected her goals in life compared to her mother's goals. B-roll of illustrations from a childrens book, children playing outside at recess, interview cutaways, a man watering the garden, and exterior shot of a home. Mix of sound and silent. This is 3 of 3 reels related to this series of stories.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/02/1973
Description: #Story #6668. Footage includes b-roll of band and crown at ceremony, people welding the keel, keel being moved, still image of a boat, and a man speaking at the ceremony about the merchant marine program. Soft focus in some shots and some popping in the studio. Mix of sound and silent
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/01/1973
Description: Interview with Kevin Harrington about the Racial Imbalance law. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Overview of the crash of Delta flight 723 July 31, 1973 as the plane was landing at Logan airport. All 89 passengers were killed in the crash. Footage includes b-roll from Logan airport, shots of a Delta plane, interview with a man who heard the crash, bodies lined up in a building, men walking around the plane wreckage, funeral service during which a woman is given a flag, airplanes taking off, very quick cuts of wreckage and the aftermath of the plane crash, body being wheeled away on a stretcher, firemen dousing the wreckage , ambulances arriving at the hospital, a military funeral. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/31/1973
Description: Police cars with flashing lights on the scene. Closeup on car wreckage. Police making a report. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Hearing on a subway crash that occurred on 2/6/1973. Silent b-roll of the meeting, statements by different people at the hearing about how employees handled the crash. Silent b-roll of firemen rescuing a woman on a stretcher. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Silent footage of man addressing an audience at the Parker House. Reporter standup on the Massachusetts Group's attack on environmentalists. Man speaks about the necessity of continuing to build in Massachusetts. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Interview with Mike Andrews about whether he wants to stay in baseball after his poor performance in the World Series and his relationship with Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finely before the Series. Followed by silent cutaway of the reporter interviewing Andrews. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Sound footage of men at the State Police Academy in Framingham walking up to a police officer and reporting in, followed by recruits doing pushups, and recruits filing inside. Footage of a man getting a haircut. Interview with a man getting his haircut, he tells the reporter that pushups are going to be the hardest part of the program. Men in a classroom answering to roll call, followed by men getting ID photos taken and more haircuts. Reporter standup by Roger Goodrich about minority police recruitment. Sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/05/1973
Description: Story #6811. External footage of Boston State College. Woman at a press conference gives a statement about discrimination against African Americans and women at Boston State College. Reporter standup. Silent b-roll of press conference. Interview with a man from Boston State College about equal pay for women and the development of an Affirmative Action policy which will hopefully remedy the problems with the College's hiring policies. Silent b-roll of Boston College campus and the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/18/1973
Description: Excerpts from an ice hockey game. The New England Whalers vs. the Quebec Nordiques. Wild Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973
Description: Slugs mixed throughout the reel read, "New Woman Part I 4/30/73 #4441," New Woman part II 5/1/73," "New Woman part 3 5/2/73," & "New Woman part 4 5/4/73." Footage of a woman sitting in a chair in her living room, a girl getting off her bike, a boy and a girl playing chess, woman gathered around long tables at a meeting, children playing at a daycare/kindergarten. Montage of several young girls answering the question of what they want to be when they grow up. The reporter asks the last girl why she said a nurse instead of a doctor. Silent moving shot of men eating in an office cafeteria ending on a close up of a business woman who works there. A series of talking heads with women describing the "new woman." Silent closeups of illustrations from a Dick and Jane book, followed by series of women discussing motherhood, the balance between a career, marriage, and childcare. Footage of a statue, a painting, old photos of women working. B-roll of the business woman in her office and female factory workers on the job. Interview with an older woman about her views on the women's liberation movement. A couple men discussing "the new woman." Interview with a woman in a studio about job discrimination. Silent b-roll of woman in the grocery store and women in a room typing. Interview with the business woman. B-roll of women walking down the street with groceries,and women working in the Registry of Probate office, including the files on divorce. Interviews with several women about identity and the troubles that women face after divorce. B-roll of women sitting outside filling out a form. Footage of woman in a meeting, children playing, women at typewriters, policewomen, the business woman at work, more footage of the divorce section in the Registry of Probate office, an airplane taking off. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 3 reels related to this series of stories.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/30/1973, 05/01/1973, 05/02/1973, 0604/1973
Description: Sign for Frankvale Convalescent and Nursing Home. Interview with man life safety codes nursing homes are required to meet to receive federal funding. Interview with man on the poor quality of most nursing homes. Silent b-roll of older women in nursing homes. Crest of the Massachusetts Federation of Nursing Homes. Reporter standup. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Silent footage of Picasso paintings, sketches, and other art at "Picasso: Selections from Suite 347" art exhibit. Interviews with two curators about their memories of Picasso and his impact on the art world, followed by more b-roll of art and interview cutaways. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973