Description: Editors and writers at the nation's oldest college humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon, read newly delivered copies of the Lampoon's Sports Illustrated parody, which was written and photographed during the summer of 1974. Appearing are Lampoon members Mark Magowan (Harvard '76) Lulu Spencer ('76), Jean Barrett ('77), Pam LoRusso ('75), Norman Fleming ('75), Joe Toplyn ('75) and Ted Trimble ('76). Footage shot at the Lampoon Castle on Bow St. in Cambridge, MA.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/16/1974
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: Story #7407A. Footage of some sections of the game. Cutaways to cheerleaders, scoreboard, and players benches. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/24/1974
Description: Footage of a high school basketball game. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/17/1977
Description: Footage of cheerleaders, crowd, game play, and the sidelines. Silent
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1976
Description: Silent footage of several games in High School Basketball tournament. One game is the Amesbury Indians vs. Jamaica Plains Knights. Footage of games, crowd, and cheerleaders.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/05/1974
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: Footage of a swam on the water and a closeup of the swan on land. Background sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "This is the tale of a swan who loses its mate in Manchester and is very lonely."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/16/1977
Description: Interview with a man about where to get a mate for the swan. Reporter standup with the swan in the background. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "This is the tale of a swan who loses its mate in Manchester and is very lonely."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/16/1977
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: 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: Parents attend State Board of Education meeting. Reporter standup. Conversation between a parent and a representative of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Exteriors of the Maurice J. Tobin School. Young students walk to school at the Tobin. Another take of reporter standup. Additional silent and sound b-roll of Board of Education meeting. Interview with Mrs. Jamed from the Tobin district on her concerns about the racial balancing plan. Additional footage of the conversation between parent and Board of Education representative. Several takes of reporter standup. Interview with Massachusetts Commissioner of the Board of Education. Interview with parents whose children attend the Tobin. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/13/1974
Description: Interviews with women school integration policy. A group tried to get Massachusetts legislators to tour Boston's schools, but only one Representative showed up. Women talk with the Representative. Ray Flynn in State House corridor. Woman discusses schools having specialized programs to attract students based on interest. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/10/1974
Description: Story on David A. Yallop's book "In God's Name," which claims that Pope John Paul I was murdered. Clark Booth summarizes it's argument, reviews the book, and questions it. Footage of the Pope, the Vatican, church services, Pope John Paul the first's funeral, still images of people that Yallop claims were part of the conspiracy, and Booth in the studio. Reporter voice over throughout. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/1984
Description: label on tape: "Jimmy Carter Inaguration People's Prayer Meeting." Reporter in the studio introduces the story. crowd at the Lincoln Memorial, reporter standup, choir singing, shot of the Lincoln Memorial, Ruth Carter Stapleton reads a bible passage, shots of the crowd, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. speaking, and people signing Amazing Grace. Some video problems. Reporter voice-over throughout. Poor image quality. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/20/1977
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: 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: Shot of a street and a house. Interview with a man, Mr. Antonopoulos, and his wife about the experience of getting out of Tehran and why Americans were targets in Iran. Some of his answer are cut off at the beginning. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "A Braintree man who escapes from Iran is back home today."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/19/1979