Description: Story about calls for the Massachusetts State government to divest in South Africa. Interview with a community activist Mel King about how he feels about his tax dollars being used to buy South African Bonds. Reporter standup in front of the State House about the State's South African investments. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1978
Description: Shot of babies in beds at the hospital. Woman holding a baby. Interview with a woman who just had a baby. Shot of another hospital room. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "All the people who fooled around during the storm days in January and February are now [having babies]."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/25/1978
Description: Footage of man in a wheelchair and people registering for the race. Interview with someone who helped organize the event. The start of the race. Interview with the injured cop who everyone is running for. Pops in the sountrack. Footage of runners and cheering crowd. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Police Marathon - Mini marathon held to benefit injured Sudbury Cop."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/29/1978
Description: Footage of Andre the seal being transferred from the plane to the New England Aquarium truck for transfer to the aquarium. Crowd waiting by the Seal enclosure, and Andre being released from the crate into the seal enclosure. Background sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre Comes home - Here we go again, from Rockport to the Aquarium."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1978
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
Description: Silent footage of a man placing tape on the roof of a building. He is making letters, but there is no ariel shot that shows what he is writing. Hancock Tower seen in the distance.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/10/1978
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: People marching with white masks on, chanting, and carrying anti-Shah signs. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Description from Assignment Sheet: "Anti-Shah [demonstration] at the MFA and then on to downtown, re: Shah of Iran."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/13/1978
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 the funeral. Officers and police dogs marching into the cemetery. People gathered around the grave. A coffin is lowered into the ground. The officers and police dogs march out of the graveyard. A young girl places a flower on the grave and reel ends with a close-up of the gravestone. This is edited footage with wild sound. This is reel 2 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: Exterior shot of the West Newton Savings bank in Sherborn. B-roll of women working inside and the bank manager on the phone. Interview with the bank manager about a man who used to work there. Sound and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/29/1978
Description: Story about the West Newton Savings bank in Sherborn, which has an all women staff. Interview with one of the bank managers, interview cutaways, and reporter standup in front of the bank. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/29/1978
Description: Silent footage of a mosaic in the Park Street Subway station that reads, "First subway in America," people looking at the art, a woman speaking to the crowd, and close up on sections of the artwork. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/04/1978
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: 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