Description: News Conference with Dr. Kenneth Edelin after he was acquitted of performing an illegal abortion, which had done in 1973. Reporter standup in front of the Suffolk County courthouse. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Cuts of a press conference held by mayor Kevin White and deputy mayor Clarence "Jeep" Jones. Jones introduces a newly appointed member of their administration. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Footage of traffic on the expressway. Shots of a semi truck on its side and a crushed car. Interview with the driver of the truck. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: B-roll of a park, some buildings, traffic, and people walking down the sidewalk in a neighborhood. Interview with a woman about the community. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Cuts from fire fighter awards ceremony. Fire fighter in dress uniform walk on stage. Man recounts heroic deeds of honorees. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Interview with the gas station owner about the motivation behind the firebombings and why he is open 24 hours. Interview with another man from the neighborhood. Shot of the gas pumps. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Service Station Firebombings - A Codman Square gas station has been firebombed three times in last three months... racially motivated... the owner is taken to sleeping at the station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1976
Description: Footage includes the exterior of the gas station with a burned sign, fire damage inside, a man pouring water in a radiator, Anchor gas sign, and gas pumps. Mix of silent and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Service Station Firebombings - A Codman Square gas station has been firebombed three times in last three months... racially motivated... the owner is taken to sleeping at the station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1976
Description: Interview with a man who works at Ron Clancy's gas station in Brookline about customers who don't buy gas. Reporter standup. Reporter voiceover about a call to protest self-serve gas stations that have no oil, air, restrooms, or other perks and therefore have lower overhead and cheaper gas. Independent dealers are asking for people to protest the self-serve stations. Reporter closing standup in front a gas station about the protests failure. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Interview with a detective about the marijuana plants found in a community garden in Jamaica Plain. Footage of detectives in the garden and carrying plants to an evidence truck. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Cuts from a Boston School Committee meeting with the Health, Education, and Welfare board. Those in attendance include Superintendent Marion Fahey, and Committee members Elvira "Pixie" Palladino and Kathleen Sullivan. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Interview with a woman about art stolen from Hammond Castle. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Interview with Kevin Harrington about remolding at the state house to create an executive conference room. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Interview with on the police work that went into arresting a woman who was setting fires in Haverhill. The arrestee exits the police station with blanket over her face to hide from the press. They get into a police car, which drives off. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Footage of cheerleaders, crowd, game play, and the sidelines. Silent
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1976
Description: Close-up on a hand in a bucket, camera pulls out to show Michael Dukakis drawing out a piece of paper. Dukakis walks to the microphone. Cut to the audience applauding, Dukakis also clapping for a woman in a blue coat (maybe a teacher). More footage of the audience. B-roll footage, mix of sound and silent. Only sound is of applause.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Representative of Hyde Park High School speaks about efforts to reopen the school after a violent incident the previous day. A parent lists demands that must be met before the children will return to school. Meeting of Hyde Park High School teachers. Reporter standup. Interview with African American students on the violence at the school. Mix of silent, sound, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Reporter standup in front of the John Hancock Tower. Some clips of the dedication ceremony including Governor Francis Sargent speaking and a choir singing "America the Beautiful." Shots of the city from the upper levels of the John Hancock Tower. Sound. This in 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1976
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: Silent footage of a junkyard in the rain.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Silent footage of Michael Dukakis and others walking down an aisle to a podium. A man speaks about the Justice system. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976