Description: Reporter voice over with seemingly unrelated film of people in a public square shot from the window of a building. Chairman Edward Harrington announcing the decision to suspend licenses of certain bars. B-roll footage of the exterior of the bars, followed by silent b-roll footage of the hearing with shots of the audience, board members, and others. Reporter voice over wrap-up of the story with seemingly unrelated footage of the street shot from a window. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Boston College Commencement Ceremony. Footage of the audience and shots of the graduates sitting and watching the ceremony intermixed with excerpts of the main speaker at the ceremony and various parts of the ceremony. Sound. Unedited footage.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Silent footage of an overturned trailer at a construction site, a bulldozer with broken windows and flattened tires, and debris around the site.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Footage of a round table meeting with people standing on the side watching. A man talking about the budget process. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Silent b-roll of the council chamber, the audience, and the speakers followed by excerpts of different people's speeches to the council about Judge Garrity. More silent b-roll of the audience and council chamber. Reporter voiceover with blank image, and Councilor Larry Dicara speaking at the meeting in favor of Judge Garrity. Reporter voiceover wrap-up with blank image. Mix of Sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Press conference with Commissioner on the temporary suspension of the furlough program.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Silent footage of Michael Dukakis and others walking down an aisle to a podium. A man speaks about the Justice system. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Albert Leo "Dapper" O'Neil speaking in front of a council about Judge Garrity. Silent b-roll of other council members. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Silent b-roll of children in a classroom. A man speaks about students with weak writing skills at a news conference mixed with silent b-roll of reporters at the news conference and more b-roll of students. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Footage of taxis driving down a street in Boston. Boston Police Commissioner Robert DiGrazia speaking about taxi upkeep in the city. Shots of taxis with external damage. Cut back to DiGrazia speaking about new regulations for taxi cabs. More footage of taxis sitting, shots from inside a cab, and cabs driving down the street. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: Interview with Barbara Walters on leaving NBC for ABC to be the first female network evening news anchor. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Exteriors of the Boxford Police Department. Closeup on Boxford Police car. Man exits police building and talks to man in a convertible. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Frank Church press conference during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. He talks about the successes and limits of his campaign so far. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Interview with Governor Michael Dukakis on the proposed Massachusetts budget. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Cuts of a press conference held by mayor Kevin White and deputy mayor Clarence "Jeep" Jones. Jones introduces a newly appointed member of their administration. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Cuts from fire fighter awards ceremony. Fire fighter in dress uniform walk on stage. Man recounts heroic deeds of honorees. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Cuts from a Boston School Committee meeting with the Health, Education, and Welfare board. Those in attendance include Superintendent Marion Fahey, and Committee members Elvira "Pixie" Palladino and Kathleen Sullivan. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
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: Frederick Langone press conference on Supreme Court case about the authority of a federal judge. Albert "Dapper" O'Neil sits next to Langone. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Students and faculty process in the MIT commencement ceremony. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Interview with New England Aquarium representative about their efforts to help baby seals and release them back into the wild. A woman tries to feed a baby seal from a bottle. People hold a baby seals outside in front of the Aquarium. A baby seal learns how to crawl. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Boats on the water. Sunbathers sit on the grass along the water. Two dogs playing in the river. Highway traffic. Cars, motorcycle, station wagon towing a boat. Traffic signs near Cape Cod. Rotary sign. Traffic driving onto the Bourne Bridge. Mix of silent and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Sign for Wrentham State School, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. Exteriors of the school. Trainees exercise and play in the school. People tour the school grounds. Cuts of footage of a press conference about the plans for Wrentham State School. Interview with a doctor about whether the additional funding will improve the lives of the trainees. Mix of wild sound and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Shots of the Brandeis graduation. Some footage of students/faculty singing, graduates sitting in the crowd, some shots of speaker Barbara Jordan and some snippets of her speech. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Footage of a demonstration against psychiatrists and mental health practices. Background noise.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Footage of a kids marching in the Memorial Day Parade and a couple floats. Followed by footage of people in a graveyard. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: B-roll of flooded streets and people around the flooded area and a reporter standup. Interview with man about the water main break and if the water is safe.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Silent footage of a house on fire at night and firemen fighting the fire.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1976
Description: Reporter standup in front of Faneuil Hall. On the street interviews with people about how they feel about the current state of the United States of America or what they would like to change about the country. Reporter closing standup about how apathetic people seem about the state of the country. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Interview with a man who works at Ron Clancy's gas station in Brookline about customers who don't buy gas. Reporter standup. Reporter voiceover about a call to protest self-serve gas stations that have no oil, air, restrooms, or other perks and therefore have lower overhead and cheaper gas. Independent dealers are asking for people to protest the self-serve stations. Reporter closing standup in front a gas station about the protests failure. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Footage of a train on the tracks. Pull out of the Lechmere sign at the station to a train arriving. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Reporter standup about recent bombings and particularly a bomb that went off at the Seabrook post office the night before. Silent b-roll of police inspecting damage to the building. Interview with a police officer about arriving at the post office after a bomb went off. Interview with a man about what it is like to look for a bomb after you have received a warning and how big it was. Reporter voiceover about a temporary trailer that is to be used as a post office. Interview with a man about what postal services will be provided while the building is being rebuilt. Confirms that no mail was destroyed in the blast and no people were injured. Interview with a man who received the bomb warning. Shot of post office with reporter voice over about the damage. B-roll of reporter interviewing people, and people using the new mail trailer. Reporter closing standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Interview with a man, Richard Bates, about the recent bombings and calling for citizens to keep an eye open and let the FBI or some police agency know if they see or hear anything. Silent b-roll of the JFK federal building, a closed entrance sign, police patrolling a building, police at the Charlestown Navy Yard. People having to open their purses and bags before going onto a ship, tourists around the ship. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Footage of traffic on the highway, several shots of a smashed truck, broken sand bins on the side of the road, Police directing traffic. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Interview with the gas station owner about the motivation behind the firebombings and why he is open 24 hours. Interview with another man from the neighborhood. Shot of the gas pumps. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Service Station Firebombings - A Codman Square gas station has been firebombed three times in last three months... racially motivated... the owner is taken to sleeping at the station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1976
Description: Footage includes the exterior of the gas station with a burned sign, fire damage inside, a man pouring water in a radiator, Anchor gas sign, and gas pumps. Mix of silent and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Service Station Firebombings - A Codman Square gas station has been firebombed three times in last three months... racially motivated... the owner is taken to sleeping at the station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/24/1976
Description: Bill Baird News Conference with 3 underage girls who want to have an abortion, but can't get parental permission. The girls have scarves around their heads to protect their identity. Baird and one of the girls speak about the issue. B-roll footage of the press conference. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Bill Baird produces the 15-year ... who is 11 weeks pregnant and wants an abortion, but her folks say no."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Cars driving down a flooded road. A woman out of her car on the side of the road with a tow truck and several over cars. A police car pulls over. Mix of wild sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Today was rainy and crappy. Film shows puddles and accidents on rte. 128. Car hoods up, people getting soaked."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: The Australian Prime Minister and a man from Harvard each sign an agreement as a crowd applauds. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Australian Prime Minister comes to Harvard to formalize a $1M grant ceremonial and a [news conference]"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: A "place to run dirty movies masquerading as a church"* was raided the day before and the people arrested went to the Boston Municipal court for arraignment. Silent footage of two people in a hallways, a couple women leave a room and then hide their faces, and a shot of a court sign. *quoted from the Original WCVB Rundown
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Interview with Kevin Harrington about remolding at the state house to create an executive conference room. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Silent footage of a junkyard in the rain.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: News conference with Martin Luther King, Sr. and others regarding voter registration. Footage includes shots of King and others at the press conference, the insides of a damaged church, and b-roll of the press conference. Mix of silent and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: A child runs down the street and gets on a bus. Cuts between an interview with Governor Dukakis and woman refuting what the governor says about the Metco program. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Metco [Program] is a hot issue in Newton and Framingham. This is a folo featuring the Metco folk and the [governor] ([yesterday]). Plus [real estate] of [Framingham] and Newton."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Reporter voiceover about the killing of a cop over a year ago. Reporter standup in front of police station about a witness who came forward. Shot of a wanted poster with a look alike pictured. Interview with a detective about the break in the case. Footage of police working at night. Reporter voice over, more of the interview with the detective, interview cutaways, and a closing reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Shot of a map, seismograph and other equipment, a man explains some data, and an interview with the man about the history of earthquakes in New England and the Chinese's ability to predict earthquakes. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Last night, in Candia, NH, there was a small quake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale/this is a head with someone from the Weston Observatory about this second quake within a week."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Footage of police lined up and awaiting orders, construction workers on the job, and police marching down the road. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "More than 100 cops showed up at the site of the recent trouble because they expected more. It never happened. However, there was a court hearing today in conjunction with this story."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Bill Rodgers, winner of the Boston marathon in 1975, 1978,1979, and 1980, accepting an award in Melrose. Followed by an interview with Rodgers outside. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/07/1976
Description: Edited footage of the 8/6/1976 football game between the New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers. Sections of the game with cutaways to the scoreboard, crowd, and coaches. Wild Sound. (Leader: Game from 8/6)
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/08/1976
Description: Interview with a couple different swimmers after the race. One discusses the race,and the second talks about why he participated. Followed by b-roll of spectators and people milling around the harbor. Footage of people swimming, spectators watching from boats, rain on the water, and a men finishing to the cheers of the crowd and congratulating each other after the race. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Marathon Swim - Revival of Old Boston-Light-To-Aquarium race. Twelve mile swim."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1976