Description: Leader: P2 The Investigators Run away Children [Tag in Coll. Folder] Run-A-Way Children January 24th 1973
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/24/1973
Description: On leader: P2 The Investigators S.B.A.; B-roll silent views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; sound interview with Meissler about his experience with the loan process; B-roll of his workshop; sound interviews with several administrators and interested persons about the interview who talk about what might have made the loan successful, or less prone to failure; shaky shots of the small business administration seal and handbook; silent footage of the wood crafters at work; intermittent black screen breaks and countdowns; Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11735
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/25/1973
Description: Leader: P2 Investigators Auto Warranty 8/29/73; Interview with a man from the Attorney General's office who investigates automobile warranty complaints. Interview with a car dealer about problems that they have ha with manufacturers around auto warranties, and his opinion on warranties and customer complaints. Interview with a man about American Motors Buyer Protection plan. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11648
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/29/1973
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: P3 Inves Lea Paint Poisining P2 Inves Lead Paint Poisining Seg #2; Lead Poisoning investigation is reported with standup introduction, comments by residents of homes that have been inspected for lead paint; experts in the program's administration; community members advocating for reform; one member who offers solutions to the problem that include widespread education and remediation for a situation that he says is a social crime;
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/23/1973
Description: Leader: P2 investigators Safe Boating; Reporter standup explains that the explosion of people on the water in boats without training or attention to the safety of those around them is causing the Coast Guard to consider new tactics and guidelines for managing the waterways; B-roll both silent and with wild sound of Coast Guard boats; Officers inspecting life preservers and instructing boat owners on best practices; a certification of inspection is issued; black screen breaks and countdowns; interviews with officers and boat owners about the problems around boat use and safety; there is much complaining about uninformed boat owners and poor practices of piloting; officers demonstrate best practices in fueling a boat; B-roll of people boating; shots of the harbor from the air; more complains about boat owners who don't know the rules of the seas and particularly weekenders; speed is the cause of most accidents; boating licenses are discusses; Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11741
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1973
Description: Leader: P2 Investigators - Sports Pool Betting 7/25/73; Reporter stand-up about how Massachusetts is considering legal sports betting with pool cards. Interviews with different people about the pros and cons of legalized sports betting. Reel 2 of 2. See. 2394.11781
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/25/1973
Description: Leader: P2 investigators Homesteading 10/31/73; Silent views of housing in poor condition; zoom into boarded up windows; man putting new siding on a building; interviews with audio; a series of professionals talk about the value of housing rehab programs; among them is Senator Joseph Timilty and Sen. Irving Fishman; Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11732
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/31/1973
Description: Leader: P2 Seg #1 Investigators Oil Shortage 9/16/73 P2 Investigators Seg #2 Fuel Shortage 9/19/73 P2 Seg #3 Investigators Fuel Shortage 9/19/73; Multiple interviews with government officials who talk about how the government is coping with the crisis; there is a critique of Gov. John Love; B-roll of people at a meeting/conference wearing keep New England Warm pins; Ted Kennedy is there; a man speaks about the need for mandatory allocations; Kennedy responds; a man critical of the federal government's response to the crisis; People discuss the oil industry and how it is too close to the government; Footage of an oil facility; there is more comment on How New England could be affected -- schools and public institutions are heated with oil -- consumers are going to take the brunt of the cost increases; Reel 1 of 2. See Acc.2394.11695
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/16/1973
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