Description: Show #1-5. A doctor explains different abortion methods. Interview with a woman who had an abortion and thinks it was the right decision, a preliminary interview with a woman at an abortion clinic, different people discuss the physiological impacts of having an abortion, meeting between doctors discussing a patient who wants an abortion and how to advise her. Doctor discusses the advantages of a woman being able to have an abortion in her own community. Interview with a priest who believes that sex is about more than just having children. Cardinal speaking about the Roe vs. Wade decision. Interviews with different doctors, women, and experts on their feelings of a variety of issues surrounding abortion. B-roll includes abortion ads in the paper, interview cutaways, shots of the operating room and lab, a street fair, and exterior shots of hospitals in Boston. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/05/1973...2/9/1976
Description: Special summarizing several top news stories from 1975. Topics include budget cuts, desegregation policies, Carson Beach racial violence, Mayor Kevin White's re-election, fire deaths, Mohammand Ali at Harvard, Governor Dukakis, Charlestown busing demonstrations, Susan Saxe, Dr. Kenneth Edlein. Footage includes traffic driving through flooded roads and rain, baseball, workers trying to dig out flooded drains and plow flooded roads, riots in Carson beach, police and hurt people, reporters crowding around Susan Saxe being arrested, Dr. Edelin walking through the courthouse, Muhammand Ali speaking at Harvard, stills of a man, aerial view of the countryside, shot of a city street, reporter stand-ups, shots of research equipment, prescription bottles, a welfare demonstration, Mayor White speaking, fire damaged homes, shots of politicians and personalities, a large ship, a barking dog, Princess Ann on a Horse, boxes of Coors beer, cars in the snow. Damaged mag track causes volume to drop or sound to drop out completely in sections. Edited footage, but sound and picture are separate. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Slug: "1/1/75: Year Ender 1975, Taibbi for 1/1/75 air". [Airdate on slug 1975, but all of the footage is from 1975 so airdate should be 1/1/76]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1976
Description: Interview with a Navy officer about a ship that has lost communication and can't be found. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: B-roll footage of a house on fire, and firemen climbing a ladder into the top story window of the burning house. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Footage of traffic on the expressway. Shots of a semi truck on its side and a crushed car. Interview with the driver of the truck. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: B-roll of a park, some buildings, traffic, and people walking down the sidewalk in a neighborhood. Interview with a woman about the community. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Close-up on a hand in a bucket, camera pulls out to show Michael Dukakis drawing out a piece of paper. Dukakis walks to the microphone. Cut to the audience applauding, Dukakis also clapping for a woman in a blue coat (maybe a teacher). More footage of the audience. B-roll footage, mix of sound and silent. Only sound is of applause.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Silent b-roll footage of camels and some llamas in the snow. Some wild sound in the middle.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/06/1976
Description: Low quality sound at the beginning of the video. Judge Arthur Garrity speaks at a community meeting, calling for better communication among organizations involved in the school desegregation process. He takes questions about the role of the Citywide Coordinating Council (CCC) and the organization of community forums to invite feedback on schools. Garrity talks about setting up hearings about the school desegregation plan for the 1976-77 school year. Audience members express confusion at the roles of the CCC and the Citywide Parents Advisory Council (CPAC). Garrity explains the role of the Racial Ethnic Parents Councils, set up through the CPAC. Garrity reads a letter about problems which need to be resolved at the Blackstone Elementary School. Hubie Jones (African American community activist) sits beside Garrity at the meeting
1:00:00: Audio on tape is muffled. Visual: Arthur Garrity (federal judge) speaks before a biracial community meeting about Boston schools and court-ordered desegregation. Garrity speaks about the importance of good communication between the organizations involved in the schools. He says that the parents on the Citywide Parents Advisory Council (CPAC) are interested in working with the Citywide Coordinating Council (CCC) in organizing meetings about the schools. Garrity closes his talk by saying that he is offering suggestions, not directives. Hubert Jones (African American community activist) informally thanks Garrity. Garrity sits down in a chair next to Jones. 1:02:43: V: Garrity takes questions from audience members. Garrity responds to a question, saying that he will consult with all of the lawyers involved in the school desegregation case before putting anything into the court order; that he will schedule a series of hearings for the 1976-77 school year. Garrity says that the hearings might be held in late February or early March. A meeting member asks Garrity to comment on the group's idea to hold community forums in the neighborhoods, so that parents can give suggestions and air their grievances. Garrity agrees that the community hearings are a good idea. He suggests that a few members of the CCC and the CPAC should be present at the forums; that these members should be well informed in order to combat inaccurate information and false rumors; that members should feel free to ask him for the statistics and facts before going to the hearings. A meeting member asks Garrity if the CCC should have an attorney present for the court hearings. Garrity says that the CCC is not a party to the lawsuit; that the CCC might be seen as a distraction in the court. The member asks how the CCC can get feedback from the court. Garrity says that he is looking for constructive proposals for changes in the desegregation plan; that he hopes the community forums will provide these constructive proposals for change. Garrity adds that he receives other reports which do not call for action. A meeting member asks how Garrity would define the role of the CCC. Garrity says that he appreciates the efforts of CCC mediators in diffusing the tense situation in South Boston; that the most important function of the CCC is to monitor how the desegregation plan is carried out across the city. 1:13:41: V: A meeting member tells Garrity that members of the community see the CCC as a council which can take action and solve problems. Garrity responds that the CCC can publicize information and draw attention to problems. Garrity reads a letter that he received about problems at the Blackstone School. Garrity says that he hopes the CCC can delegate members to investigate problems at the schools in order to get them resolved. Garrity says that he would like the CCC to help solve these problems; that he would rather not try to resolve problems at individual schools through the court order. An audience member says that there is some confusion regarding the roles of the CCC and the CPAC. Garrity says that the Racial Ethnic Parents Councils under the CPAC exist to promote communication on racial issues in the schools; that the councils have also taken action on educational issues in the schools. Garrity notes that the CPAC has no staff or resources; that the CCC can support the CPAC and the Racial Ethnic Parents Councils. Garrity refers to a decision by the US Court of Appeals regarding the schools.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/14/1976
Description: Marion Fahey (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) holds a press conference on the closing of Hyde Park High after a disturbance. She says that the her staff is investigating the situation and will respond to a list of complaints drawn up by the faculty of the high school. Fahey says that the school faculty is concerned about disruptive students and renovations to the building. She will not comment on whether the disturbance was caused by racial tension. Fahey says that Elvira "Pixie" Palladino (Boston School Committee) had a right to visit the school. Fahey will not comment on the effect of Palladino's presence on the disturbance. Ann Foley (administrative assistant to Fahey) and Associate Superintendents Charles Leftwich and Paul Kennedy are also present at the press conference.
0:00:45: Visual: Media are gathered at Boston Schools Information Center as Marion Fahey (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools), Charles Leftwich (Associate Superintendent, Boston Public Schools), Ann Foley (administrative assistant to Fahey), and Paul Kennedy (Associate Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) seat themselves. Foley says that Fahey will speak about the situation at Hyde Park High School. She requests the media to confine their questions to that situation. 0:01:26: V: Fahey announces that classes at Hyde Park High School will be suspended on the following day; that a group of officials and administrators will be convened to plan for the reopening of the school. Reporters ask questions about the school closing. Fahey says that Kennedy and Leftwich visited Hyde Park High School to confer with faculty, administrators, members of the biracial counsel and members of the Home and School Association. Fahey says that she made the decision to close the school based on information from that visit. Fahey says that Hyde Park faculty is preparing a list of concerns and problems which need to be addressed. Fahey says that the following day will be spent planning and addressing concerns about the school. Fahey says that she has not decided whether to request a larger police presence at Hyde Park High School. 0:03:32: V: Fahey says that she will not comment on the situation at the school until she has all of the information. Fahey says that she will determine tomorrow evening if the school will reopen on Friday. Fahey says that the school will reopen when the safety of the students can be guaranteed. Fahey says that damage to the building will be repaired before the school reopens. Fahey says that the incidents at Hyde Park were deplorable and that the situation at the school will be addressed. Fahey says that she does not know how many arrests were made; that her staff is investigating the situation in order to make a full report to her. 0:05:52: V: A reporter asks Fahey to comment on overcrowded classes and the closing of the top floor of the school. Leftwich says that some classrooms on the top floor are being refurbished; that the superintendent's staff is investigating the situation; that these complaints may have contributed to the situation at Hyde Park. Fahey says that she will not speculate on whether racial issues were the cause of the disturbance; that she will investigate the causes of the disturbance. Fahey says that her staff will assess the situation tomorrow and make plans to prevent such incidents in the future. Fahey says that she had not known about the concerns about Hyde Park faculty members before today; that faculty are concerned about disruptive students and renovations to the school building. Fahey says that students had been dismissed from school when she arrived there. Fahey says that she would address the students by saying that the faculty at Hyde Park is concerned about their well-being and education; that the biracial counsel will work hard to resolve problems at the school; that her administration is dedicated to resolving the situation at the school. 0:10:18: V: A reporter asks Fahey if Elvira "Pixie" Palladino played a destructive role in the situation at Hyde Park. Fahey says that Palladino had a right to be at the school as a member of the school committee; that she has not spoken to Palladino about the situation. A reporter asks Fahey if she is concerned that the concerns of Hyde Park faculty have not been addressed. Fahey says that she will investigate the situation. Fahey declines to answer a question unrelated to the situation at Hyde Park. She thanks the media and leaves the room with Leftwich, Kennedy, and Foley. Reporters talk among themselves as they clear the room. Shot of Fahey heading down a hallway toward the exit.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/21/1976
Description: Man addresses demonstration against abortion. People march holding pro-life signs. A priest addresses the demonstration. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: B-roll of shoppers and stores at the Burlington Mall. Fire fighters walk through the mall while sprinklers go off from the ceiling. Interview with a store owner on recovering from the fire. Mix of wild sound, silent, and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Students outside of Charlestown High School. Police patrol. Large group of police enter the building and put a person in the back of a police van. Interview with police officer on the student sit-in, and negotiations between the students and the school administrators. Mix of wild sound and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Students enter East Boston High School. Police stand outside the school. Mix of silent and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Representative of Hyde Park High School speaks about efforts to reopen the school after a violent incident the previous day. A parent lists demands that must be met before the children will return to school. Meeting of Hyde Park High School teachers. Reporter standup. Interview with African American students on the violence at the school. Mix of silent, sound, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Plane takes off from Logan Airport. Man speaking about the planning process for Logan Airport. Footage from a meeting on the Logan Airport plan. Shots of the Logan runways. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Silent footage of press conference. Man speaks on problems of not having rent control. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Crowd gathers to attend Boston School Committee meeting. Louise Day Hicks is seen in the audience. Parents address the Committee about their concerns on the safety of their students. Superintendent Marion Fahey responds to their accusations, especially addressing the violence incident at Hyde Park High School the previous day. A woman recites the procedure under which Hyde Park will be reopened. Mix of wild sound and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: A tractor trailer drove off the road. Men at the scenes. Cones marks the spot of the accident along the highway. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976
Description: Neighborhood scenes after a snowstorm. Cars drive on the roads. Plow comes through. People walk down the sidewalk and scrape ice off their cars. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1976