Description: Silent footage of people with Beatles merchandise, buttons, records, magazines, and t-shirts waiting around a theater or convention room. Banner that reads, "Magical Mystery Tour," hung up behind a podium with a man speaking. Shots of two people wearing shirts that read, "Mystery Tour Staff," and some more footage of fans.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/27/1974
Description: Interviews with people on the street of Boston about their feelings on the House's impeachment of President Nixon. Mary McKay reporter standup followed by outtakes of more interviews and a couple more takes of the reporter standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/28/1974
Description: The Governor vetoed an abortion bill, and this story is on reactions to the veto. Interview with a woman about abortions being jeopardized in Massachusetts. Man at a press conference speaking about abortion and parental consent, a female doctor discusses problems with the new abortion bill and hospital practices and abortion complications. More of the interview with the pro-choice woman and more from the people at the press conference followed by silent b-roll from the press conference and a meeting. Mix of sound and silent. Slug: "Abortion/ Prorosation"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/02/1974
Description: Story #9648. Boston city children at a 4-day art program in the Berkshires. Footage includes children playing the harp, visiting the Norman Rockwell House, the grounds of Daniel French's Chesterwood, Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, children listening to presentations on art and music, sculpting with clay, and picnicking. Interviews with the children about the experience, and with one of the program directors. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1974
Description: Interviews with women on discrimination against women in the Boston workforce, especially by the city government led by Mayor Kevin White. One woman explains the problems with the current state of maternity leave. B-roll of women's lib demonstration held by City Women for Action at Government Center. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/22/1974
Description: Story #9755. Silent footage of the exterior of a house, a broken door, plain clothed detectives around the house, and an older woman going in the door.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974
Description: Story #9759. Demonstration on the 54th anniversary of women's suffrage at Government Center. Female rock band plays music, women dance. Closeups on feminist literature. Interviews with women on the Equal Right Amendment, the women's liberation movement, and progress towards women's equality. Additional sound and silent footage of band playing to large crowd. Interview with woman on the accomplishments of the League of Women Voters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974
Description: Story #9771. Story about plans to build a new runways at Logan Airport, the "Logan Masterplan," and objections from the community with noise and environmental concerns. Footage includes b-roll of press conference, close up shots of runway plans, planes taking off and landing, construction equipment and workers, press conference with concerned citizens and a press conference with governor King about a court order that halted construction, environmental impact studies, and how to continue with the project. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1974
Description: Silent footage of the Boston Astros playing a soccer game on the Boston University field.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1974
Description: Silent footage of men and teenage boys on phones and switchboards and marking off maps.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/02/1974
Description: Story #9883. Statements by Father Robert Drinan, Governor Sargent Francis, special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal Archibold Cox, and Senator Edward Kennedy on President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon. Mary McKay interview with Father Drinan on the street. Drinan thinks that the pardon is in violation of the spirit of the United State Constitution. Governor Sargent, surrounded by news microphones, does not believe that Nixon should go to jail, but the implications of pardoning him for crimes that an ordinary citizen would go to jail for is concerning. Seated at a desk, Archibald Cox reads a statement in response to the pardon, and believes that it violates the principal of our government to pardon the President in advance of the Grand Jury Hearing. Interview with Kennedy on a pier. He comments on how pardon may signify a pardon for draft evaders, and is concerned that the pardon may have been done too soon.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/08/1974
Description: Story #10079. Reel begins with reporter voice over, followed by an interview with Mr. Jacobs, the Executive director of San Francisco's Planning and Urban Renewal Association, about urban renewal in Boston and his view of the city. Silent b-roll of various buildings and signs around the city. Reporter standup, in which he explains that about 2000 housing and development experts from around the country are in Boston for a meeting to discuss urban renewal and the impact of the 1974 Housing and development act on the nation. Silent b-roll of people at the conference (footage is a bit dark and blue), and more silent footage of buildings around the city. Reporter closing voice over. The rest of the reel consists of outtakes. Outtakes include silent footage of the Urban renewal conference meeting, housing and various street shots around Boston. Sound footage includes the rest of the interview with Mr. Jacobs and unused takes of the reporter's voice overs and standups. High contrast, image a little dark in places. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/01/1974
Description: Followup on how Chelsea is recovering on the first anniversary of the Great Chelsea fire of 1973. Footage of fire hydrant, empty lots, buildings, and the streets around Chelsea. Reporter voice over about the damage caused by the fire. Interview with a man who owned business that was ruined by the fire. Reporter voice over. Interview with another man who was affected by the fire. Reporter standup, followed by cuts. Cuts include more b-roll footage of empty lots, the streets around Chelsea, fire hydrants, reporter standup outtakes, and more from the resident interviews. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/14/1974
Description: Editors and writers at the nation's oldest college humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon, read newly delivered copies of the Lampoon's Sports Illustrated parody, which was written and photographed during the summer of 1974. Appearing are Lampoon members Mark Magowan (Harvard '76) Lulu Spencer ('76), Jean Barrett ('77), Pam LoRusso ('75), Norman Fleming ('75), Joe Toplyn ('75) and Ted Trimble ('76). Footage shot at the Lampoon Castle on Bow St. in Cambridge, MA.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/16/1974
Description: Opening of the Women's Resource Center, West Suburban YWCA. Sign listing "Barriers to Women's Employment," which opens to reveal the Resource Center. Children playing. Women looking at books in a library section. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/30/1974
Description: Story number #10378. Sound footage of a man at a news conference reading an endorsement of Michael Dukakis for governor. Cut to sound footage of an African American man endorsing Governor Sargent. Silent b-roll footage of the man at a podium endorsing Dukakis, while Dukakis sits off to the side. Silent b-roll footage of the Governor Sargent endorsement conference. Shots of table with several African Americans seated at it and people taking notes in the audience. Followed by sound footage of several of the African Americans seated at the table endorsing Governor Sargent as a strong advocate for the African American community. More b-roll of the Dukakis endorsement and sound footage of the man's endorsement of Dukakis. Focus of his speech is Governor Sargent's poor record on Senior Citizen issues.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/31/1974
Description: Press conference with Governor-elect Michael Dukakis, Governor Francis Sargent, and Lt. Governor elect Thomas O'Neill. Sound, but most of what is said is cut off by film cuts. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/07/1974
Description: Press conference with Governor-elect Michael Dukakis, Governor Francis Sargent, and Lt. Governor elect Thomas O'Neill, followed by a reporter standup. The reporter, Arch MacDonald, does two takes of the wrapup. Silent and sound footage of Dukakis, and O'Neill meeting staff and walking around the state building followed by reporters. Sargent, O'Neill, and Dukakis talking to each other and answering reporter questions. More footage of the press conference, Dukakis and Sargent answer questions. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/07/1974
Description: Ceremony for new correction officers, including three women. One woman speaks about working with male guard not replacing them. Silent footage of interview with man. Exteriors of the Plymouth County Court House in Brockton. Man speaks about Massachusetts Department of Corrections' position on which jobs women can be assigned. Women correction officers assert their capability to do the jobs and work within the system. Attorney Siskin, who filed a suit against female correction officers, speaks about the differences in physical capability between men and women. Additional silent footage of people speaking to the press and of the ceremony. Additional footage from interview with Attorney Siskin and press conference with after the ceremony with female correction officers and Department of Corrections Commissioner (sound gets a little out of sync in master, but was fixed for web video). Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/22/1974
Description: Artists painting images on windows. Footage of people painting and shots of the different murals. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1974