Description: Leader: P1 Oil/Edison #10621A 11/26/74; Silent footage of oil delivery trucks. Interview with a man [Mr. Gallaghan] about the high cost of oil and how that is being passed to the consumer. Silent footage of an audience of people listening to the man speak.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/26/1974
Description: Leader: Overloaded Truck Hearing Spaulding #10657 12/3/74; Mix of silent and sound footage of a hearing about regulations on the maximum allowed weight for trucks driving on public roads. Men testify and discuss rules around maintenance and inspections of heavy vehicles.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/03/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Overloaded Trucks #8367 5/28/74"; Footage of a commission meeting on new regulations around overloaded trucks after the Tobin Bridge Collapse. Mary McKay reporter standup about the meeting to address the accident and their recommendation improve safety on bridges and roads. Workers inspect damage to a bridge, b-roll of meeting, man on commission lists their recommendations. Silent b-roll of children at school working in class."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1974
Description: Leader: Overloaded Trucks #8257 5/16/74; Silent b-roll of a meeting, a collapsed wooden bridge, trucks driving on the road. Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover and standup about new weight regulations for trucks and regulations about weight limits on bridges. Interview with a man about an increase in fines for overloading trucks. More b-roll of trucks. A hearing on overloaded trucks. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/16/1974
Description: Leader: P Town Boat disaster #9282 7/8/74; A boat on a trip from Boston to Provincetown was towed back to the Boston pier after it suffered engine failure. The boat docks at the pier with help from the coast guard and people disembark onto the pier. Mike Taibbi reporter standup about the engine failure on a tourist ship on its way to Provincetown. Reporter voiceover over footage of people walking by the waterfront. Interviews with passengers who were stranded on the boat. The Coast Guard ship towing the boat, sea gulls on the water, people watch the boat from the pier, more of the interviews with passengers.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/08/1974
Description: PI Investigators: Cape Limo Service; 1/29/74; P! Bay Village inves 1/29/74; PI Truants inves 1/29/74; F1 Freeze Frame for Inves Close; note: second story about gay bar in Bay Village; file labeled 34 and vice versa; 3rd Dorchester high school; ; Investigators: Cape Limo Service; long shot of highway traffic, then a ride-a-long of van driver as he makes his way down a lane; the driver talks about where he is licensed to drive; a fan of licensing letters is displayed; more traffic and highway shots; gas stations and gas lines; video of attendants with no gasoline worries; silent shots of meetings; interviews of concern about traffic around the bars and the crime that seems to constantly be part of the culture from fights and ill will among neighbors, to school truancy; black screen and count down breaks; Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.12734
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/29/1974
Description: P2 Investigators Cape Limo Service 1/29/74; P3 Bay Village Inves 1/29/74; P2 Truants inves 1/29/74; ; The Investigators: Cape Limo Service; the van driver explains in detail what is required to obtain permits from the various communities he drives through and for; silent shots of highways; a Bay Village advocate talks about the community efforts to solve the conflicts over two bar establishments' patrons; pages of petitions are splayed for the camera; a child advocate talks about why the school attendance office should be abandon; he calls it a patronage plum, discusses the salary and education contrasts for those 42 members of the office in comparison with teachers, and suggests that the office might be replaced with counselors or social workers;Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.12733
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/29/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Pan Am Airline #10078 10/1/74; Mike Taibbi reporter voice over about an open letter in the newspaper from Pan Am employees lobbying for government support to help save the airline. Footage of airplanes and an empty terminal in Logan airport. Reporter standup about the negative impact that the energy crisis had on the airline's financials. Demonstration of Pan Am employees in front of the Massachusetts State House with signs and people chanting. Interviews with Pan Am employees about why they are protesting and legislation that they are supporting. More footage of the employees marching with signs and chanting Hey, hey what do you say, the government needs Pan Am!; Empty Pan Am terminal in Logan Airport; reporter outtakes; interview with a man from the Pan Am management; airport b-roll including air planes taxiing; close up of the ad in the newspaper. [image unstable in sections]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/01/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Parade #9482 7/28/74; Puerto Rico Day parade in Boston.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/28/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Parade #10198 10/13/74; Silent footage of marching bands, floats, the crowd, and politicians in a Columbus Day Parade.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/13/1974