Description: Slug reads, "UMass Homos." Exterior footage of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Shot of a hallway, cut to close up of men's room door. Interview with a gay student. Silent shot of a hallway. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "A letter to the school alleges male professors are harassing male students in men's room at Herter Hall."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/14/1978
Description: Interview with Football League executive Upton Bell. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/13/1972
Description: Story #10079. Reel begins with reporter voice over, followed by an interview with Mr. Jacobs, the Executive director of San Francisco's Planning and Urban Renewal Association, about urban renewal in Boston and his view of the city. Silent b-roll of various buildings and signs around the city. Reporter standup, in which he explains that about 2000 housing and development experts from around the country are in Boston for a meeting to discuss urban renewal and the impact of the 1974 Housing and development act on the nation. Silent b-roll of people at the conference (footage is a bit dark and blue), and more silent footage of buildings around the city. Reporter closing voice over. The rest of the reel consists of outtakes. Outtakes include silent footage of the Urban renewal conference meeting, housing and various street shots around Boston. Sound footage includes the rest of the interview with Mr. Jacobs and unused takes of the reporter's voice overs and standups. High contrast, image a little dark in places. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/01/1974
Description: Silent footage of a woman in an office on a phone, followed by footage of John Verani, the secretary of consumer affairs, on a phone, and then anothrwomen on a phone. Interview with Verani during which he discusses a plan for rationing oil and prioritizing the use of oil for heating different public buildings, like schools. Silent b-roll of Verani and reporter in his office. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Written on tape: "Vice Presidental Debate." Overview of Vice Presidential debate between George H.W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro and how it is covered by the press and its importance. Footage includes montage of different pundits, excerpts from the Vice Presidential debate, polls on who won, and people watching the debate. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/11/1984
Description: Different men speaking at a Richard Nixon rally, including Governor Sargent and John Volpe. B-roll of people in a gymnasium before and during the rally, different politicians mingling with the crowd, Volpe and other politicians talking to people on the street. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/15/1972
Description: People gathered in the street. A woman at a table helping a man fill out a form. Signs in English and Spanish that read, "Register to vote here" and "Inscripcion De Votantes Aqui" by a table on the sidewalk where people are helping others fill out forms. Silent. B-roll. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "State-wide drive to sign 'em up... We focus on Roxbury/South End where worst need."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1976
Description: Silent b-roll footage of camels and some llamas in the snow. Some wild sound in the middle.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Footage includes a zoom in and out to snow shovels on a porch, a boat on blocks in a yard partially covered with snow, and a playground partially covered in snow. Silent
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/01/1977
Description: Silent footage of people enjoying nice weather includes shots of people sitting on a pier, a young girl on her father's shoulders, crowds walking by the water, and people lined up at a street cart.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/12/1976
Description: Footage of a neighborhood covered in snow, a man with a snowblower on the sidewalk, and a close up to snow on trees. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Silent footage of people walking down the street, a car driving with its top down, and snow melting.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975
Description: Silent footage of a snow sculpture of Peanuts characters Snoopy and Woodstock on top of a dog house. "Bryant" is written in the snow.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/08/1977
Description: Neighborhood scenes after a snowstorm. Cars drive on the roads. Plow comes through. People walk down the sidewalk and scrape ice off their cars. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: B-roll from a meeting of the Alliance for Economic Justice on Massachusetts budget cuts and welfare proposals. A woman speaks at the meeting on the poor treatment of the elderly. A man says the tax cuts will benefit the white suburbs, not the urban minorities. A state official addresses a crowd, asking for the people to give the government a chance to perform before criticizing. A man speaks against Governor Dukakis's proposed economic plans. Another man speaks against State Senator Kelly. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1975
Description: Footage of the exterior of Wellesley High School and students coming out the doors and getting on the buses. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1974
Description: Shot of a map, seismograph and other equipment, a man explains some data, and an interview with the man about the history of earthquakes in New England and the Chinese's ability to predict earthquakes. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Last night, in Candia, NH, there was a small quake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale/this is a head with someone from the Weston Observatory about this second quake within a week."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Footage of police lined up and awaiting orders, construction workers on the job, and police marching down the road. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "More than 100 cops showed up at the site of the recent trouble because they expected more. It never happened. However, there was a court hearing today in conjunction with this story."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Silent footage of different drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/30/1979
Description: Kevin White press conference. Interview with James W. Hennigan, former Chairman of the Boston School Committee, who speaks against busing for school integration. Kevin White speaks about the failure of the Racial Imbalance Law and the Boston Public School System. Hennigan sitting at his desk in the chambers of the Boston School Committee, and cutaways from the interview. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
Description: Silent b-roll of house and a neighborhood. Interview with a woman, Mrs. Todd, about how living in an integrated neighborhood is a value to her children, so she is staying. Sound footage of her son, Steve Todd, playing the piano. Silent b-roll of Mrs. Todd and her family. Interview with Jim Todd, who also wants to stay in Dorchester. Interview with 8 year old Steve. He sees advantage in black and white children attending the same school. Silent footage of children walking down the sidewalk. Interview with Louise Day Hicks. She says her office has been receiving several calls from people who say that they will move if their kids will be bussed out of the neighborhood. Silent footage of neighborhood streets, and cutaways to Mike Taibbi. Footage of the neighborhood with reporter voice over about people selling their homes in Hyde Park. Interview with a woman who is against bussing and says she will move or home school. Silent shot of Taunton Ave. sign. Shot of road sign at corner of Fairmont Ave and Summit St. in Hyde Park with reporter standup about homes for sale in this area. Reporter voiceover about Hyde Park parents who wish to move. Interview with a realtor in Hyde Park. Silent shots of "For Sale" signs, and a moving shot down a street, a group of children walking, some children playing, several shots of street signs, shots of houses and schools. Interview with a man who is against bussing, but doesn't want to move. Silent b-roll of reporter at table with man, his wife, and son. Interview with man's son, Richard, who in 10 years old and will have to be bussed in the fall. Silent shots of family around the table. Reporter standup about parents who plan to stay and defy the bussing law. Silent b-roll of family around the table, shots of Richard and his sister. Interview with Richard's mom. More silent b-roll of family, houses, and a school. Mix of sound and silent. Reel 1of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1974
Description: Interview with Mrs. Todd about the Racial Imbalance law, why she agrees with it, how it will affect her family, and organizations around Boston that are concerned about racial tension in the city. Interview with Jim Todd about how White flight may affect real estate values, how the changes with bussing will affect his family. Interview with Steve Todd, 8-years old, about how he feels about being bussed to another school in the fall. Footage of Steve Todd playing the piano. Reporter standup. Interview with a man in Hyde Park who is against bussing and plans to defy the law. Interview with his wife, Nancy, about talk around the neighborhood about plans to move to avoid bussing and her personal opposition to the law. Silent shots of the family. Mix of sound and silent. Reel 2 of 2
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/25/1974
Description: This is footage of Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem speaking in a panel format to a crowded theater. Some snippets of the dialog can be heard, but this is an edited peice and the women are cut off mid-sentence throughout. Mix of sound and silent. High contrast. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Women for economic justice - Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem on women in the business world."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1979
Description: Interviews with women on discrimination against women in the Boston workforce, especially by the city government led by Mayor Kevin White. One woman explains the problems with the current state of maternity leave. B-roll of women's lib demonstration held by City Women for Action at Government Center. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/22/1974
Description: Story #9759. Demonstration on the 54th anniversary of women's suffrage at Government Center. Female rock band plays music, women dance. Closeups on feminist literature. Interviews with women on the Equal Right Amendment, the women's liberation movement, and progress towards women's equality. Additional sound and silent footage of band playing to large crowd. Interview with woman on the accomplishments of the League of Women Voters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974
Description: Footage of two different women putting and playing golf and some shots of the crowd. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "These are the finals in Concord. They play to a tie at 18 holes. One has a bad back. The other is pregnant... The [one with the] bad back wins."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/21/1978
Description: Silent b-roll of women's lib demonstration, with many feminist signs, including some demanding free childcare and abortions. Woman speaks to the press about women's lib causes. She argues that the women's movement is against the involvement of corporations, like those who held the fair their demonstrating against. In an unrelated section of the film, a man makes statement about his petition against energy policy that allow oil prices in Massachusetts skyrocket. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/18/1974
Description: Governor Sargent speaks at Women's Lib hearing, promising to work to end discrimination against women in the workforce. Woman addresses hearing, explaining pay discrimination she witnessed and experiences at the Boston Redevelopment Authority before she quit and began working at the Municipal Women's Project. Silent b-roll of audience at hearing. Other people address the hearing condemning discrimination against women. Additional footage of Governor Sargent's speech. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/10/1974
Description: Story #6427. A man giving a speech about distinguishing the Democratic party from Richard Nixon and the Republican party. Silent b-roll of audience, which is made up of women. A few clips of an older woman speaking at the podium inter cut with the audience clapping. Silent b-roll of the audience and other presenters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/02/1973
Description: Interview with Bread and Roses restaurant co-owner on opening a restaurant run by women and for women to be comfortable. Women eat in the restaurant. Women cooking in the kitchen. Closeup on sign "Women Working." Reporter standup. Closeup on Bread & Roses sign and chalkboard with menu. Additional footage of women cooking, doing dishes, eating in the restaurant. Exteriors of the restaurant. Additional footage of interview with co-owner. Several takes of reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/07/1974
Description: Reporter voiceover with black image about why the people are protesting. Interview with a couple of the protesters. B-roll of people in the museum. Reporter voiceover with black image followed by reporter standup in front of the museum. Sound. 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "There are pickets outside in front of the museum because the museum charges artists a fee to allow their works to be shown and the museum also collects a 20% fee for whatever is sold."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/25/1977
Description: Story #9371. Council hearing on a Gay Rights Bill, which was defeated. Interview with a lesbian, Ellen, about why many gay people have not come forward with evidence of discrimination. Silent b-roll of a council hearing. Interview with Councilor George Wells, who thinks that a discrimination ordinance is unnecessary and condoning an illegal act. More of the interviews with Ellen and Mr. Wells. Reporter voice over, different takes, followed by silent b-roll of the hearing. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/16/1974
Description: Sign for Wrentham State School, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. Exteriors of the school. Trainees exercise and play in the school. People tour the school grounds. Cuts of footage of a press conference about the plans for Wrentham State School. Interview with a doctor about whether the additional funding will improve the lives of the trainees. Mix of wild sound and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Silent footage of paintings that had been recovered in an FBI sting. Several paintings were recovered including some by Andrew and N.C. Wyeth after being stolen from the Woolworth Estates in Maine the previous May. This is silent edited footage of the paintings followed by outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/19/1974
Description: A man interviewed about the agreement that Judge Charles Wyzanski had signed the day before which was aimed at reducing discrimination against minorities in the Police civil service exam. Reporter standup summarizing the controversy and compromise. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973
Description: Silent footage of the exterior of Fenway Park. Closeup on Yawkey Way street sign.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/01/1977
Description: Silent footage of plane and Carl Yastrzemski walking off the plane. Followed by Yastrzemski in the airport answering questions about a recent injury and whether he was considering retirement. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/10/1972
Description: Special summarizing several top news stories from 1975. Topics include budget cuts, desegregation policies, Carson Beach racial violence, Mayor Kevin White's re-election, fire deaths, Mohammand Ali at Harvard, Governor Dukakis, Charlestown busing demonstrations, Susan Saxe, Dr. Kenneth Edlein. Footage includes traffic driving through flooded roads and rain, baseball, workers trying to dig out flooded drains and plow flooded roads, riots in Carson beach, police and hurt people, reporters crowding around Susan Saxe being arrested, Dr. Edelin walking through the courthouse, Muhammand Ali speaking at Harvard, stills of a man, aerial view of the countryside, shot of a city street, reporter stand-ups, shots of research equipment, prescription bottles, a welfare demonstration, Mayor White speaking, fire damaged homes, shots of politicians and personalities, a large ship, a barking dog, Princess Ann on a Horse, boxes of Coors beer, cars in the snow. Damaged mag track causes volume to drop or sound to drop out completely in sections. Edited footage, but sound and picture are separate. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Slug: "1/1/75: Year Ender 1975, Taibbi for 1/1/75 air". [Airdate on slug 1975, but all of the footage is from 1975 so airdate should be 1/1/76]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1976
Description: Slug: "1/1/74: Year End Chelsea Fire". Footage includes, several buildings on fire, firemen fighting the fire, national guard leaving a truck and walking through the fire aftermath, Ted Kennedy and others tour the aftermath, interview with a woman (Charlene) who lost her house, more shots of the fire and firemen, a man asking people to leave the area, a red cross shelter, aerial view of the fire, people in a shelter and a nun sorting through donated goods, Charlene walking down the street, bulldozers clearing the wreckage of buildings, People loading belongings into a station wagon and driving away, army trucks, National Guard men assembled on the sidewalk and marching into the Massachusetts National Guard building (which is being used by the Red Cross), more of the interview with Charlene about her experience the day of the fire. Mix of sound, silent, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974
Description: (12/26/73) - Slug - "12/26/73: Year End Fuel Energy" Footage includes rocks and a man holding them, fire, cars lined up at a gas station, montage of gas prices, a closed down gas station, people filling cars with gas, men changing the speed limit sign, coal being poured onto a ship, men in a control room at a power plant, gas station attendants talking to customers in cars, and Governor Sargent. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/26/1973
Description: Slug: "12/25/73: Year End - Troy" Overview of the dismissal and disbarment of Judge Jerome P. Troy due to multiple charges of corruption. Footage includes Troy speaking at a hearing, Governor Francis announcing Judge Troy's dismissal, reporter voice over, silent b-roll of the hearing and the Governor's dismissal. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1973
Description: Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." Overview of the events at Walpole prison from the beginning of the year until the end of summer. John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the beginning of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison guards went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the guards returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a nonviolent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison guards, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973
Description: Mix of different stories and footage from the year This is most likely the "Year-ender" that aired on 12/28/77 based on the few stories that can be identified. Silent footage of snow covered houses, streets and roads. A bulldozer pushing ice out of a flooded road and cars driving down a snowy and flooded highway. Waves crashing against the shore and shots of snow covered train and tram tracks. Bulldozers moving snow at Logan airport. New story. Footage of a docked Coast Guard boat. Aerial footage of a coast guard boat and shots of the boat and crew on the water. Sunrise and more aerial footage and shots of Coast guard in smaller boats. Close up of a map and a man talking about a distress call and plan for a search with boats and helicopters. New story. Cut to a different map of Massachusetts with sound of a man discussing redistricting. Shot of a street. Shot of a person holding a sign that reads, "Nantucket Vote to Secede, 1725-Yes, 404-No." B-roll of people at secession meeting? Shot of a house by the shore. New Story. Shot through a fence of a group of people. Shots of people behind a fence and a man catching a Frisbee thrown from the enclosure outside while a man shots through the fence about arrest times, appeals, and court. Indoor footage of a man in handcuffs led by police through a group of reporters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/01/1977
Description: Story about how Walter Mondale was able to gain the support of Jesse Jackson and the Black Caucus. Jesse Jackson speaking, audience, Mondale and Jackson talking, Andrew Young speaking in August, Jackson's endorsement of Mondale, and Young on how most "Black issues" are the same as "White issues." Some video problems. Reporter voice-over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/18/1984
Description: Man speaking from the Department of Youth Services on plans to install more intensive care units in their Rosindale facility. Answers question about their recidivism rate. Footage includes press conference, a hallway and cells, exterior of the Division of Youth Service building. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Story on Russian author and activist Alexander Solzhenitsyn who was exiled from the Soviet Union and now lives in Cavendish Vermont. Footage of Solzhenistyn's home, Cavendish and the surrounding countryside, town meeting, interview with townfolk about Solzhenintsyn, and reporter standup. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/1986
Description: Story about a football player from Harvard, Andrew Poupolo, who was stabbed in a fight over a wallet that was stolen by prostitutes. He went into a coma and died one month later. The police has cracked down on the Combat Zone since the murder. Footage of the alley where he was stabbed, the hospital he was brought to, the Combat Zone at night, and police patrolling the street. Interview with a man about why this homicide case is getting priority. Reporter voice-overs, and reporter standups. Poor image quality. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Written on tape: "Arch-Law Abortion." Story on the Catholic Church and abortion. Footage of a Pro-life rally, Arch Bishop O'Connor speaking about abortion, and Archbishop Bernard Law speaking to Harvard students. Interview with Law on O'Connor's statements on abortion, the Catholic Church's views of abortion, and how the topic should not be a partisan issue. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1984
Description: B-roll of painters Karen Ross, a Teacher, and Mary Krause, a museum student painting a mural called "Leaves and Links." Interview with a man about why the art was comissioned. Interview with Ross about the artwork. Reporter stand-up. Sound and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1978
Description: This is a reporter voiceover about public art sponsored by the MBTA over unrelated image of the street. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1978