Description: Story #4279. Joseph Timilty speaks about the likelihood of racial imbalance plan passing. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973
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: This is footage from the 1972 Boston Marathon. Footage of Nina Kuscsik, the first female finisher, at the finish line. The 1972 marathon was the first year that women were officially allowed to run. Footage of people running the race. Interview with Olavi Suomalainen, the first male finisher, and an interview with Kuscsik at the finish line. More footage of Suomalainen running and at the finish line. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: (B-roll from 72) This is footage from the 1972 Boston Marathon. Footage of Olavi Suomalainen, the male winner, at the finish line. Interview with Suomalainen before the 1973 Boston Marathon (in which he came in 3rd). This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: Reel begins with cuts. Interviews with runners and spectators about why runners with no chance of winning compete in the race. Footage of the winner from the previous year, Olavi Suomalainen, with his laurel wreath and trophy. Silent b-roll footage of runners in various places along the race route. Edited story taken from the above footage. Reporter standup, interview with runners and spectators, and silent footage of runners during the race. Goes back into cuts with footage of runners preparing at the starting line. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
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: Governor Sargent meets with group of people. He consults a book called, "The Arts: A Priority for Investment." They hold a press conference. A man speaks about the need for state funding for the arts. Governor Sargent explains that institutions can no longer survive on private funds alone. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Interview with Fred Stanfield on being traded by the Bruins to the Minnesota North Stars. Silent footage of Gilles Gilbert. Press conference with Bruins general manager Harry Sinden, sitting with Gilles Gilbert, who they acquired from the North Stars. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Crane stuck under overpass. Footage of highway traffic. Footage of a train. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Man speaks at the a meeting of the Walpole Chamber of Commerce. He talks about prison security at Walpole prison, and criticizes Governor Sargent and the Department of Corrections. Silent b-roll of the meeting. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Several men speak at a hearing. They enumerate problems caused by gay bars, such as prostitution, violence, and noise. A woman angrily asserts that she lives above the bar and she can sleep. Silent b-roll of the hearing. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Reporter standup on Governor Sargent's search for a new commissioner of department of corrections, to replace Commissioner Boone. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Police cars with flashing lights on the scene. Closeup on car wreckage. Police making a report. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Silent footage of man addressing an audience at the Parker House. Reporter standup on the Massachusetts Group's attack on environmentalists. Man speaks about the necessity of continuing to build in Massachusetts. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Boston neighborhood scenes. Reporter standup on the battle between the public housing tenants, Boston Housing Authority, and the Massachusetts legislature on who is responsibly for complying with Judge Garrity's law. Women at a press conference talk about cost of living. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Man speaks to the press about his role in a hearing. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: Story #4817. David Bartley at a podium discusses the budget and the failures of the Governor. A different man seated at a desk discusses the budget and the legislature. Bartley holds up a bumper sticker that reads, "Don't blame me I'm a Deocratic" followed by silent b-roll of both press conferences. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Story #4816. Mel King, representing the black and Hispanic citizens of Massachusetts, gives a statement about his groups disappointment with the Democratic party, and the possibility of switching allegiance to the Republican party. Bill Owens, Royal Bolling, Sr. and others stand with King at the podium. Intercut with silent b-roll of the audience and other attendees of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Story #4809. Arial footage of buildings (the Christian Science Center in Boston), followed by exterior footage from the ground of the same buildings and gardens around them. Reporter standup. Interior footage of the buildings, and an interview with a man from the Christian Science Center. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973