Description: Interview with Massachusetts Attorney General Frank Belloti on how politics have changed in Massachusetts. Footage of political events in Massachusetts and older stills and footage of Bellotti. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/10/1986
Description: Overview of the history of the Red Sox, the tradition of baseball in Boston, and the current overall feelings Red Sox Fans. Historical footage of the Red Sox, interviews with a variety of people about their feelings about the Red Sox, and fans watching and coming into games. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/25/1986
Description: A story on poverty in Boston and churches that work with the poor. Interview with Vincent Daly of Roxbury St. John's Parrish, and a closer look at two of his parishioners. Interview with Anne, a single mother recently kicked out of her apartment, and footage of the horrible conditions in another apartment. Footage of a soup kitchen that runs out of the basement of the church. The second half of the story focuses on Sister Eustis Caggiano, who runs a free store/donation center out of the basement of the Cardinal Cushing Spanish Center. Footage of Caggiano helping families, people shopping in her store, and an interview with Caggiano. Some video problems. Reporter voice over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/27/1986
Description: Story on poverty in the mill town of North Adams in the Berkshires. Several companies in the area have shut down or are laying off most of their workers. Interviews with several different laid off workers, workers at a new job training program, women working in a garment factory, shots of the town and closed businesses downtown, and people at a diner. Some video problems. Reporter voice over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/28/1986
Description: Overview of the Red Sox 1986 season. Footage includes highlights of games through the year, interviews with players and coaches, players celebrating when they won the division, a parade, and the Mets celebrating when they won the World Series. Reporter voice over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1986
Description: Story on the seeming rise of racism and racial incidents the last few years. Historical footage of a Ku Klux Klan march and a protest during the civil rights moment. Overview of different racial incidents that have occurred recently all over the country and in Boston. Modern day footage of African Americans protesting and Ku Klux Klan demonstrations. Interview with regional director of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service Martin Walsh. Some video problems. Reporter voice over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/07/1987
Description: Footage of the Boston Marathon. Clip of press conference with Joan Benoit Samuelson at finish.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/17/1989
Description: Feature on Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick incident 20 years later and a recent book and magazine article on the subject. Interview with Leslie Leland, the foreman of the Grand Jury that was sitting when the incident occurred, about why the case was not brought before the jury.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/26/1989
Description: Show #7 [See Collection Folder for Cue Sheet]. Episode on the program Night Shift hosted by Makeeba McCreary and Brian Vermeire about AIDS and college students. The guest are Bridgette Payette from the Boston College AIDS Awarness Committee and AIDS activist Connie Amaral. The hosts and guests discuss AIDS, education on college campuses, myths and reality of AIDS, safe sex, and other issues related to AIDS. Also includes an excerpt of a man talking about a "die-in" that he attended, a couple PSAs from America Responds to AIDS, and an art film from the In"Hunter Reynolds Patina du Prey's Memorial Dress." An excerpt from the film "Philadelphia" was removed due to copyright concerns. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/05/1994
Description: "7:30-8pm Aircheck [See Collection Folder for partial transcript]: New healthcare bill, Commonwealth Care." This is the coverage of the State of the State address that aired on WCVB including commentary by reporters Janet Wu and Anthony Everett. State of the State address by Governor Mitt Romney when he first introduced his healthcare bill, Commonwealth Care, which the national Affordable Care plan was modeled after several years later. This footage covers Romney's speech and the singing of God Bless America afterwards. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/13/1995