Description: During the gasoline crisis in the 1970's some station owners restricted sales to regular customers only. In response to this tactic and several others, Federal Energy Director William F. Simon prohibited station owners from discriminating against certain customers. This story is about how gas station owners are responding to this new regulation. Interviews with owners of gas stations who are upset by the law that stops them from serving "regular customers only." Some silent footage of gas stations and people taking down "regular customers only" signs. Pops in the soundtrack This is 1 reel of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1974
Description: Governor Sargent at a press conference about new gun regulations that he is asking the state legislature to pass. Restrictions include a ban on certain hand guns, ban on some types of concealed hand guns, and an introduction of a training program for people wishing to obtain a license to own a gun. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1974
Description: Silent footage of some guns on a board. Shots of people watching the Governor's press conference, and the governor speaking from different angles. Followed by sound footage outtakes from the Governor's press conference on the need for more gun control. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1974
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: 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: Story #7473. Interview with one of the organizers of the Racial Harmony group, Mrs. McCleod, about the upcoming forced bussing. Silent b-roll of people sitting in chairs (parents and children) at a meeting. Shot of a map of elementary school districts. More b-roll of people in attendance at a meeting. A woman in a red dress talks to the gathered parents. Interview with a white man, Steve, who thinks that there are legitimate critiques of the Racial Imbalance Law, but people's injection of racist language and attitudes into the issue isn't helpful. Interview with an African American woman, Glory, who wants to inform the public about the law. Start of outtakes which includes silent cutaways of reporter interviewing people, more of the interviews with Mrs. McCleod, Steve, and Glory. Interview with the woman in the red dress about the goals and role of the federally funded program Orientation for Integration. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1974
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: 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: 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