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Mural Painted Over

Description: Footage of a mural of a hot air balloon on the side of a Holiday Inn, painters painting over the mural, and shots of people watching from below. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/28/1977

Name Game

Description: Silent footage of an office and books of marriage records. Interview with a man about name changing regulations in Massachusetts. More silent b-roll of the records office. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Supreme Court ruling yesterday that persons may change their names and use whatever names they choose for themselves."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/05/1977

John Hancock Tower Window Removal

Description: Exterior shot of the John Hancock Tower, zooms into one window. Shot of the window as the glass is broken and removed from the inside is innercut with shots of people on the sidewalk looking up. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Another [Hancock Tower window] is in trouble, this time on the 23rd floor. It's discolored and cracked, so Hancock folk remove it from the inside while Sumner films from the outside."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/09/1977

Elvis Presley, pt. 1

Description: Footage of the highway in Portland taken from the inside of a moving car with Elvis Presley playing on the radio. Shots of an Elvis concert ticket, a sign at the box office with hours when they will be open for refunds, people at the box office, and shots around the empty arena. Interviews with two members of the local Elvis fanclub. Shots of Elvis records. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[Elvis] Presley has a concert scheduled for Portland tonight and tomorrow, but [died] yesterday. This is a folo featuring Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center and the president of the local Presley fan club."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1977

Elvis Presley, pt. 2

Description: Footage taken from the inside of a moving car with a radio station dedication to Elvis Presley playing in the background. Interview with Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center. Some b-roll of the reporter, Jorge Quiroga, talking to the president of the local Presley fanclub. Reporter standup from the seats in the empty arena. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[Elvis] Presley has a concert scheduled for Portland tonight and tomorrow, but [died] yesterday. This is a folo featuring Jack Nicholson of the Civic Center and the president of the local Presley fan club."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1977

[Combat Zone Demonstration, pt. 1]

Description: Demonstration by members of the Unification Church against pornography in Boston's Combat Zone. Protesters carrying signs and singing "God Bless America" in front of the state house. Demonstration marches to Liberty Tree Square in the Combat Zone." Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Slug= "Moonies Combat Zone"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/22/1977

[Combat Zone Demonstration, pt. 2]

Description: Reporter voice over on the Unification Church's belief that sex, free love, and alcohol are leading to the spiritual decline of America. Footage of the protest in the Combat zone, the leader speaks to the crowd with a megaphone. Reporter closing voiceover. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Slug= "Moonies Combat Zone"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/22/1977

Ray Flynn on Abortion

Description: Ray Flynn comments on the Doyle-Flynn Bill, which cut state funding for abortions, and was being presented to the legislature the following day. According to the Original WCVB Rundown, Flynn called this impromptu news conference on the steps of the State House to defend his bill. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1977

BPL Walk out

Description: Sound footage of demonstrators walking in a circle and carrying signs in front of the Boston Public Library. An interview with one of the protesters. Heavy amount of popping in the soundtrack. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Library workers walkout - The union folk considered to be non-pros are upset with their employers. So they walk out of the library during the noon hour and picket."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/23/1977

Abortion Case - Baird

Description: Several people led by Bill Baird marching with pro-choice signs. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Bill Baird Demonstration - Bill Baird challenges a federal law which says that a pregnant teenager who wants an abortion must have written consent of both parents or a court order issued by a superior court judge. This is a mini demo [demonstration] just ahead of the court session."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/17/1977

Baseball - World Series Wrap-up

Description: Footage from a world series game in New York, players celebrating in the locker room, interview with Dick Young from the New York Daily News, footage from a world series game in L.A., images of Yankee players who have publicly voiced displeasure with the Yankees - Thurman Munson, Mickey Rivers, Chris Chambliss, Roy White, and Mike Torrez. Interview with Torrez, George Steinbrenner commenting to reporters, shot of Dodgers stadium, Dodger's manager Tommy Lasorda celebrating, shots of Billy Martin, Roger Angell from the New Yorker comments on Martin, game footage, Dodgers celebrate after their win, crowds run onto the field, shots of police beating fans on the baseball field. Reporter voice over throughout. Poor image quality. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1977

Art Theft

Description: Footage of suspects covering their faces as they are taken into the police station. Shots of recovered paintings followed by a press conference about the arrests. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Art Theft - Police arrest some folk in connection with the theft of some famous works. One [suspect] is a Brookline woman."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/19/1977

Andre the Seal Comes Home

Description: Andre the seal coming off the plane. "Welcome Home Andre" sign at the Aquarium. Andre re-enters the seal pool at the aquarium as a crowd watches. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre the Seal Comes Back - To the aquarium to be reunited with pregnant Smoke."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/02/1977

Horny Swan

Description: Footage of a swam on the water and a closeup of the swan on land. Background sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "This is the tale of a swan who loses its mate in Manchester and is very lonely."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/16/1977

Horny Swan

Description: Interview with a man about where to get a mate for the swan. Reporter standup with the swan in the background. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "This is the tale of a swan who loses its mate in Manchester and is very lonely."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/16/1977

Sports - Bobby Orr

Description: Shots of the crowd and Bobby Orr followed by an interview with a man in the locker room about Bobby Orr. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/21/1977

Kidnapping/ Art Theft

Description: Wild sound with footage of a house. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Milton Kidnapping - [man] who was allegedly involved in an art theft in September is kidnapped in his Milton home early this morning. This is some r.e. [real estate]."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/23/1977

Andre the Seal

Description: Crowds by the harbor. A man and seal [Andre?] perform on the dock. Unveil a statue of Andre. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/08/1978, 10/09/1978

Storm

Description: Footage of cars driving down a very snowy highway. Plow trucks. A man trying to dig his car out of the snow. An ambulance drives by and footage of men loading a person into an ambulance. Footage of the runway and a plane at Logan airport. Wild sound, b-roll.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/20/1978

Storm

Description: Aerial footage of the snow covered city and some roads with buried cars. Silent b-roll.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/20/1978

Storm North of Boston

Description: Standup with reporter Jim Boyd in front of the Revere Beach Parkway followed by footage of cars stuck in snow and driving slowly down the road. Interview with a man in his car who is trying to get home. More footage of people stuck and trying to drive in the snow. Two more interviews with people who are stuck. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/20/1978

Arts Hearing, pt. 1

Description: Footage includes the audience and close-ups of people involved in the hearing. Wild Sound. This in 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Arts Hearing at Faneuil Hall with the [Governor] among others. [Morning] devoted to arts, [and] the [afternoon] to humanities... we do arts only."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/30/1978

Arts Hearing, pt. 2

Description: Governor Dukakis speaking about the need for a greater allocation of money to Art institutions. Sound. This in 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Arts Hearing at Faneuil Hall with the [Governor] among others. [Morning] devoted to arts, [and] the [afternoon] to humanities... we do arts only."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/30/1978

Spanish News Conference - part 1

Description: Reporter standup in Roxbury about how Spanish speaking residents of this area are saying that the city and state neglected their needs during the recent storm. Footage of the street. People at a meeting. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Spanish speaking coalition hits lack of Spanish information during blizzard - some shots in South End"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/17/1978

Snow Sculpture

Description: Footage of a snow sculpture of George Washington bust and a young boy doing some finishing touches on it. Shot of Washington and Abe Lincoln sculptures. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "For Weather... A 12-year old youngster in Needham... decided to do some ice/snow sculptures in front of his house. Would you believe the subjects are George Washington and [Abe] Lincoln?"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/20/1978

Bunker Hill Line-up

Description: Three women get out of a car and go into the police station. Camera follows four men as they walk down an alley and into the police station. Film has some color shift. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "The kids who claim they were attacked by white kids in Charlestown last year come back to look at the lineup again to see if they can identify the so-called attackers."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Charles St. Jail

Description: Outtakes from footage of press conference about the Charles St. Jail plan. Two different men speak. One man discusses the need for the City Council to stay out of the matter of site selection. Shots of the speakers intermixed with shots of press and audience around the room. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Jail reactions - Hall and Commissioner Molaughlin react to the city council plan to renovate the Charles St. jail."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Chelsea House

Description: Interview with Mr. Jedry, whom the house is being rebuilt for. Footage of the family watching as workers move the house into place. Reporter voiceover about the Jedry family, followed by silent footage of a house on fire with firemen. Footage of the empty lot, reporter voiceover about the new house. Interview with the Jedry daughters, Debbie, Theresa and Elizabeth. The girls talk about what it was like to lose the old house and how excited they are about the new house. More footage of the house being moved into place. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Chelsea Home Rebuilt -Last November, a fire destroyed a home on Eastern Ave. in Chelsea. The house was rebuilt in a matter of hours today (it's on of those modular types)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Disco Fight

Description: This is b-roll of a disco where a fight occurred and the ship that the sailors involved in the fight were on. Mostly exterior footage of the Boston Boston Discotheque at 15 Lansdowne Street. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Disco Racial Incident - Early this am there was an incident at Boston/Boston involving some sailors in civilian clothes and some of the patrons at the disco. Some cops were injured, and the sailors were injured."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Fountaine Presents Check

Description: Silent footage of comedian Frank Fontaine presenting presenting a check and goofing off for the camera. Close up on check and men talking. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Frank Fontaine leaves the hospital and gives money for research."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Snow Mobiles

Description: Interviews with members of the New Hampshire Sno-Shakers Snowmobile Club about snowmobiling benefits to those who ride and the community. Interviews with two police officers about problems with snowmobilers. B-roll of people on snowmobiles driving down the road and through a field. People milling around outside the New Hampshire Sno-Shakers Snowmobile Clubhouse. Interview with a young boy and an older woman about snowmobiling. B-roll of the snowmobile club getting ready and riding through the woods and fields. Shots of snowmobile paths that run parallel and across the road. More b-roll of the snowmobile club members discussing their ride. Interview with an older woman about how she dislikes the irresponsible snowmobilers that give them a bad name. B-roll of trails, no trespassing signs, snowshoe tracks, and more people riding snowmobiles. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Ted Williams

Description: Ted Williams and others outside by a baseball field. Williams walks into a building. Interview with Williams about hitting in baseball. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

[Red Sox in Florida]

Description: Red Sox at Spring training in Florida. Opens with a reporter voice over with a black image about the different drills that are done in spring training. Interview with a man about pitcher Rick Wise who wants to be traded. Voice over with black image about different players, followed by an interview with Carl Yastrzemski about how he stays in shape and his age. B-roll of Red Sox players, including Yastrzemski, running around the field. Zoom into a man in outfield. Footage of different drills, pitching, and throwing the ball. Reporter voiceover with black image followed by interview with Jim Willoughby. Footage of players hitting and pitching, followed by Yastrzemski hitting. Reporter voiceover with black image. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978

Mahoney 5th suspect

Description: This is silent footage of a building.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/21/1978

Harvard Demonstration, pt. 1

Description: Student demonstration protesting Harvard University's South African Investments while officials from the University meet to discuss whether they should keep these investments or divest. Footage of a large crowd of students chanting and holding signs, including one that reads, "Harvard profits from Apartheid." Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1978

Harvard Demonstration, pt. 2

Description: Student demonstration protesting Harvard University's South African Investments while officials from the University meet to discuss whether they should keep these investments or divest. Footage includes a student in the crowd, shots of the crowd, a man speaking at the demonstration, pull out to shot of the crowd cheering, and closing reporter standup. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1978

U Mass Women Protest

Description: Women marching in a circle singing and carrying signs with anti-sexism slogans. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/01/1978

Murals at St. Elizabeth's Pediatric

Description: Footage of different cartoon characters painted on the wall, a woman paints while children watch, a little girl leaving the ward looks at the paintings, reporter interviews a man who had organized the painting, followed by more footage of people painting. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[People] paint disney characters on walls in St. Elizabeth's Pediatrics Ward."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/09/1978

Amherst Sit-in Ends

Description: Women in a room singing, several women come through a door with a large banner and the students cheer, girls stream out of the door cheering. Wild sound. Slug = "U Mass Feminists" Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "The women who have been sitting in the office of the UMass school newspaper leave without getting satisfaction."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/12/1978

Smoke the Seal, part 1

Description: Begins with a reporter voice over with no picture. Interview with animal technologist Carla Skinder about Smoke the seal and why she has to be driven to Maine instead of swimming like Andre. This is reel 1 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1978

Smoke the Seal, part 2

Description: Footage of a seal in a cage, Smoke, being loaded into the New England Aquarium van. The truck drives away. Reporter, Roger Goodrich, closing standup in front of the seal enclosure at the New England Aquarium. Sound. This is reel 2 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1978

Combat Zone

Description: According to the Original WCVB Rundown this story was shot in the 2 O'Clock Lounge on the last night they were open. The club was shut down "due to it's [racy] type of entertainment." Dark footage of a women dancing on a stage with music playing in the background. Interview with one of the strippers. Shot of a birthday cake. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/31/1978

Combat Zone

Description: According to the Original WCVB Rundown this story was shot at the 2 O'Clock Lounge on the last night they were open. The club was shut down "due to it's [racy] type of entertainment." Exterior night footage of the 2 O'Clock Lounge. Shot of a woman dancing on stage. Exterior day footage of The Living Room, followed by a close up on a piece of paper taped to the door that reads, "Sale Postponed." Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/01/1978

Markey for Congress

Description: John Markey Announces for Paul Tsongas seat in the House. John Markey at a podium on the street speaking to some people gathered around. Image is dark. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/06/1978

Dog Lady

Description: Footage of a house and cages with dogs inside. A man holds up two puppies for the camera. Interviews with police man and police woman about how many dogs were in the house and the living conditions. Reporter standup explains that 8 dogs escaped and most of the ones captured are in very poor condition. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/20/1978

Preserve old Hancock Building

Description: Silent footage of older buildings and street signs at the corner of Marshall St. and Union St.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/28/1978

[Art in the North End (picture)]

Description: B-roll of painters Karen Ross, a Teacher, and Mary Krause, a museum student painting a mural called "Leaves and Links." Interview with a man about why the art was comissioned. Interview with Ross about the artwork. Reporter stand-up. Sound and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1978

[Art in the North End (voice over)]

Description: This is a reporter voiceover about public art sponsored by the MBTA over unrelated image of the street. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1978

Art Fair

Description: Footage of people weaving on a loom, dancing to live acoustic guitar music, people lounging in the park, and shots of different artwork. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Street fair on Marlboro St. to celebrate French independence day."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/14/1978

Pie Eating Contest

Description: Shot down the table of kids getting ready to start the pie eating contest followed by shots of kids eating pie without their hands. More footage of kids eating pie with and without their hands. Footage speeds up at the very end of the reel. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Blueberry Pie Eating Contest at the Community Boat House."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/19/1978