Description: Court case between a wife who wants an abortion and her husband, who is trying to stop the abortion. The Massachusetts State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the wife. These are interviews with the lawyers representing both side, followed by interview cutaways. Mix of sound and silent. Slug read "Abortion Decision Gold."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/14/1974
Description: B-roll includes exterior footage of Boston City Hospital, women speaking at a news confernce, and audience of news conference, and a legislative hearing. Women at press conference speak about politicians and right to life groups creating regulations that are making abortions costly and difficult to obtain, legislation that goes against the Supreme Court's abortion ruling, and consent requirements that require unmarried women to have consent of her parents. Reporter stand-up in front of Boston City Hospital. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/13/1974
Description: The Governor vetoed an abortion bill, and this story is on reactions to the veto. Interview with a woman about abortions being jeopardized in Massachusetts. Man at a press conference speaking about abortion and parental consent, a female doctor discusses problems with the new abortion bill and hospital practices and abortion complications. More of the interview with the pro-choice woman and more from the people at the press conference followed by silent b-roll from the press conference and a meeting. Mix of sound and silent. Slug: "Abortion/ Prorosation"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/02/1974
Description: Footage of people marching with signs and flags, a van with "African Liberation Month" signs tapes to the side, and people gathered in the street. Edited footage followed by cuts. Silent. Slug: (midday) story #8296B.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/20/1974
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: Woman speaks at a press conference on the need for the Labor Movement to fight against the institutionalized racism in Boston, especially against those opposed to school integration. She encourages people to attend a rally against racism, to be held the next day on the Boston Common. A man from a labor union notes the endorsement of the rally by several higher up in his union. Woman condemns the Boston School Committee, especially Louise Day Hicks and John Kerrigan, for their anti-busing stance, which she says is racist and unfair for black and Latino children. People continue to speak for school integration, voices heard over blank screen. Women hang banner reading, "End Racist Attacks: Coalition of Labor Union Women." Additional silent footage of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/13/1974
Description: Story #8212. Silent footage of an outdoor craft market followed by sound footage of the 4th annual "Great Animal Day" in Cambridge Park. People with dogs and other animals sit around an area where people can bring their pets into to showcase their talents. Interview with the man running the animal festival about the need for a day to celebrate animals and reporter standup. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/11/1974
Description: Story #7626. Robbery at the Pucker Safrai Gallery during which several Picasso, Braque, and Matisse pieces were stolen. Footage includes paintings, interview cutaway, b-roll of the showroom and back room of the gallery, and an interview with the curator about robbery. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/18/1974
Description: Reporter interviews two new Boston Astros soccer players. Silent footage of a press conference, and then some sound footage of the same press conference where one new player speaks.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/11/1974
Description: Silent footage of the Boston Astros playing a soccer game on the Boston University field.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1974
Description: Silent footage of people with Beatles merchandise, buttons, records, magazines, and t-shirts waiting around a theater or convention room. Banner that reads, "Magical Mystery Tour," hung up behind a podium with a man speaking. Shots of two people wearing shirts that read, "Mystery Tour Staff," and some more footage of fans.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/27/1974
Description: Silent footage of Governor Sargent speaking at a podium. Shots of the crowd and an African American choir singing. Sargent, a woman, and an African American man looking at photos in an exhibit.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/11/1974
Description: Interview with Bobby Orr about a recent leg injury followed by footage of him practicing on the ice. Edited story followed by outtakes. Mix of silent and sound. Pops and cracks in the soundtrack. (Leader: "Sports - Bobby Orr")
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974
Description: Opening of the Women's Resource Center, West Suburban YWCA. Sign listing "Barriers to Women's Employment," which opens to reveal the Resource Center. Children playing. Women looking at books in a library section. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/30/1974
Description: Story #8304. Silent footage of people looking at paintings and other art in the Channel 2 building, close-ups of the art, a man being interviewed, and exterior shots of the Channel 2 building. Edited footage followed by cuts.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/21/1974
Description: Story #9377. Feature about Ted Kennedy's incident in Chappaquiddick. Footage of the town, ferry, and the bridge and interviews with tourists who had come to see the bridge where the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne occurred. Aerial shots of the island. Edited Footage followed by cuts. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1974
Description: Interview with a tenant about the landlord and the condition of the housing. Silent footage of the building owner, Moris Tulman, in his office and being escorted through protesters. People get off a bus and go door to door with flyers about the poor housing conditions. Interview with another tenant and silent footage of the housing from the outside and the inside of different apartments. Followed by outtakes, which include more silent footage of the crowd getting off the bus and putting flyers up, the crowd at the landlord's office and meeting with Tulman, more interviews with the two women included in the final piece and with a child, and more shots around and inside the apartments. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/06/1974
Description: Followup on how Chelsea is recovering on the first anniversary of the Great Chelsea fire of 1973. Footage of fire hydrant, empty lots, buildings, and the streets around Chelsea. Reporter voice over about the damage caused by the fire. Interview with a man who owned business that was ruined by the fire. Reporter voice over. Interview with another man who was affected by the fire. Reporter standup, followed by cuts. Cuts include more b-roll footage of empty lots, the streets around Chelsea, fire hydrants, reporter standup outtakes, and more from the resident interviews. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/14/1974
Description: Silent footage of Boston City Council chambers during a meeting. City Councilors Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, J.M. Connolly, Frederick C. Langone, Louise Day Hicks address the meeting about court-ordered busing. Stenographer records the meeting. Massachusetts State Representative Ray Flynn sits in the audience. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/04/1974
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