Description: This reel an interview with the dog's handler. This is reel 1 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "...Silas, the german shepard attached to the Plymouth County Sheriff's office...is buried in Foxboro with full military honors" after dying in the line of duty.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/17/1978
Description: Footage of a house and cages with dogs inside. A man holds up two puppies for the camera. Interviews with police man and police woman about how many dogs were in the house and the living conditions. Reporter standup explains that 8 dogs escaped and most of the ones captured are in very poor condition. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/20/1978
Description: Foreign students crowded together in a hall for registration. Silent. Slug: "Northeastern Students"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1978
Description: Interviews with a couple students about the peace agreement in the Middle East. Sound. Slug: Student reactions
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1978
Description: Silent footage of comedian Frank Fontaine presenting presenting a check and goofing off for the camera. Close up on check and men talking. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Frank Fontaine leaves the hospital and gives money for research."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Zoom in and out from a missing window on the John Hancock Tower. Shot of a man with binoculars looking up. Wild sound and an unstable image.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/23/1978
Description: Student demonstration protesting Harvard University's South African Investments while officials from the University meet to discuss whether they should keep these investments or divest. Footage of a large crowd of students chanting and holding signs, including one that reads, "Harvard profits from Apartheid." Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1978
Description: Student demonstration protesting Harvard University's South African Investments while officials from the University meet to discuss whether they should keep these investments or divest. Footage includes a student in the crowd, shots of the crowd, a man speaking at the demonstration, pull out to shot of the crowd cheering, and closing reporter standup. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1978
Description: Footage of a man carving a swan out of ice, and some people watching. Some shots are in fast motion. Silent and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1978
Description: Reel begins with a voice over track (with no picture) by the reporter about the arrowheads and other artifacts that were found, followed by an interview with archeologist Michael Roberts. Reporter closing standup. This reel is 2 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Harvard n.c. [news conference] / Marlboro Indians - During routine excavation work for new road construction, the state DPW uncovered and ancient Indian burial ground."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/08/1978
Description: Reel begins with a reporter standup about how archeologists found an ancient Indian campground. B-roll of artifacts displayed on tables at the Peabody museum. This reel is 1 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Harvard n.c. [news conference] / Marlboro Indians - During routine excavation work for new road construction, the state DPW uncovered and ancient Indian burial ground."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/08/1978
Description: This is silent footage of a building.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/21/1978
Description: John Markey Announces for Paul Tsongas seat in the House. John Markey at a podium on the street speaking to some people gathered around. Image is dark. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/06/1978
Description: Footage of crowds at the Medford fair. Children playing games and a potato chips eating contest. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1978
Description: Footage of different cartoon characters painted on the wall, a woman paints while children watch, a little girl leaving the ward looks at the paintings, reporter interviews a man who had organized the painting, followed by more footage of people painting. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[People] paint disney characters on walls in St. Elizabeth's Pediatrics Ward."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/09/1978
Description: B-roll Footage of Stockbridge streets and people. Shot of Norman Rockwell art for sale. People gathered outside the church, the casket arrives and is carried in past onlookers. More footage of people and the town. Shot of the hearse. End shot a close-up of one of Rockwell's paintings. Wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/12/1978
Description: Blank image with reporter voice over about Norman Rockwell's funeral and the town he lived in. Brief shot of people lined up outside the church as the casket is carried in and a shot of the church bells as they ring. Followed by blank image with reporter voice over. Sound drops out for a few seconds near the end. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/12/1978
Description: Silent b-roll footage of buildings and streets around Stockbridge. This is 1 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: Footage of houses around Stockbridge and the town. B-roll of reporter interviewing a man. Blank image with reporter voice over. Interview with one of the townspeople, Ed Lock, who posed for one of Rockwell's paintings. Blank image with reporter voice over. Sound. This is 2 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: 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