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Police Memorial Plaque

Description: Story #4810. A man representing the Boston Police Department reads a dedication for the memorial plaque and it is uncovered, followed by silent b-roll of men attending the dedication and close-ups of the plaque. Mix of sound and silent
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973

Racism Fast News Conference

Description: Silent footage of people at a table, speaking to the press. Students sit on couches and chairs around the room.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973

Salem Women

Description: Story #6067. Story about HEW findings that Salem State College had not established a working affirmative action plan for women. The college has formed Committee for Affirmative Action and the Women's Equity Action League is pushing for more action. Footage includes b-roll of press conference, statements by women on the HEW findings of non-compliance, standup and voice over by reporter. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/01/1973

Student Loan Hearing

Description: Story on a proposed expanded student loan program for public and private institutions in Massachusetts. Reporter standup. John Silber addresses hearing, speaking in favor of private institutions. Reporter standup. Another man addresses the hearing on the banks' role in the current student loan program. Silent b-roll of Wellesley College and Holy Cross College. B-roll of the hearing at the State House. Reporter standup. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973

Tenants Win Battle

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

The Investigators: Homosexuality

Description: Story on how homosexuality is viewed legally, morally, and socially. Interviews with a few different men and footage from a hearing. Interviews with a gay man who doesn't feel like he is a full citizen. Throughout the reels he discusses society's view of homosexuals as immoral, why people dislike homosexuals, and homosexuality and suicide. Another man discusses the different laws that are used against homosexuals, and how most people just don't realize how many homosexuals that they know. Different women speak at a hearing about how sexuality and acts between two consenting adults should not be regulated by law, and one woman speaks about lesbians. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/28/1973

The Investigators: Homosexuality, teaser

Description: Interview with a gay man about stereotypes, a man about the laws against homosexuality, and a gay man on outward appearances and gay bars, followed by a few shots of transvestites. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/28/1973

Timilty on Busing

Description: Story #4279. Joseph Timilty speaks about the likelihood of racial imbalance plan passing. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/10/1973

Tobin Bridge Feature

Description: Slug: "12/28/73 - Tobin Bridge Feature by Bob Clinkscale." Overview of the Mystic River Bridge, also known as the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge, collapse in 1973. Footage includes shots of the collapsed section of the bridge, traffic backed up, construction crews working on the bridge, a train and a bus, aerial views of the highway, a man making a statement about weight permits for trucks, silent b-roll of cars and trucks at the bridge toll booth and on the road, shots of the gravel truck which crashed into a support causing the bridge collapse, police and firemen removing the driver's body and carrying the body bag away, aerial view of the bridge, more shots of the collapsed area of the bridge, trucks on various roads. Mix of sound, silent, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/28/1973

Troy Hearing

Description: Man speaks to the press about his role in a hearing. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973

Verani - Allocation

Description: Silent footage of a woman in an office on a phone, followed by footage of John Verani, the secretary of consumer affairs, on a phone, and then anothrwomen on a phone. Interview with Verani during which he discusses a plan for rationing oil and prioritizing the use of oil for heating different public buildings, like schools. Silent b-roll of Verani and reporter in his office. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973

White - Hennigan

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

Women's Politics

Description: Story #6427. A man giving a speech about distinguishing the Democratic party from Richard Nixon and the Republican party. Silent b-roll of audience, which is made up of women. A few clips of an older woman speaking at the podium inter cut with the audience clapping. Silent b-roll of the audience and other presenters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/02/1973

Wyzanski Reaction

Description: A man interviewed about the agreement that Judge Charles Wyzanski had signed the day before which was aimed at reducing discrimination against minorities in the Police civil service exam. Reporter standup summarizing the controversy and compromise. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1973

Year Ender: Fuel Energy

Description: (12/26/73) - Slug - "12/26/73: Year End Fuel Energy" Footage includes rocks and a man holding them, fire, cars lined up at a gas station, montage of gas prices, a closed down gas station, people filling cars with gas, men changing the speed limit sign, coal being poured onto a ship, men in a control room at a power plant, gas station attendants talking to customers in cars, and Governor Sargent. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/26/1973

Year Ender: Judge Troy

Description: Slug: "12/25/73: Year End - Troy" Overview of the dismissal and disbarment of Judge Jerome P. Troy due to multiple charges of corruption. Footage includes Troy speaking at a hearing, Governor Francis announcing Judge Troy's dismissal, reporter voice over, silent b-roll of the hearing and the Governor's dismissal. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1973

Year Ender: Walpole/ John Boone

Description: Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." Overview of the events at Walpole prison from the beginning of the year until the end of summer. John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the beginning of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison guards went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the guards returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a nonviolent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison guards, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973

Youth Service

Description: Man speaking from the Department of Youth Services on plans to install more intensive care units in their Rosindale facility. Answers question about their recidivism rate. Footage includes press conference, a hallway and cells, exterior of the Division of Youth Service building. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973

[Year Ender: Evelyn Wagler]

Description: Slug: "Wagler Henning Feature." Overview of the murder of Evelyn Wagler and the aftermath. In October Wagler ran out of gas and was attacked and killed by teenagers when she was returning to her car from the filling station. The teens forced her to douse herself in the gasoline she was carrying and then they lit her on fire. Footage of neighborhood where Wagler was killed, a man discussing the crime at a press conference, police removing a body from the river while people look on, Mayor White discussing the the Wagler case and other unrelated violent incidents that occurred at the same time, a man discusses racial crime in Boston. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973, 12/26/1973, 12/31/1973