Description: Leader: P1 Bicentenial Som. #9815 9/1/74; Silent footage of men in colonial costume in Sommerville marching down the street and carrying barrels into a tower. Levi Fierce reporter standup. A man in colonial dress speaks to an audience about historical events leading to the Revolutionary War and the British perspective of the war. Silent b-roll of the audience, men playing the drums and fife, and men in costume marching. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/01/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Big Car Sales #9284 7/8/74; Silent footage of Cadillacs in a showroom, cars parked outside in a lot, a Thunderbird. Faded print of a car manufacturing plant. Levi Fierce reporter voiceover about big luxury cars versus compact cars. Interview with a car salesman. More silent footage of cars for sale and customers looking at new cars.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/08/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Bike Safety 5/13/74 #8221"; Police officers talk to kids about bike safety. Children walk and ride their bikes with a police car following them and commenting on their safety through a megaphone. Roger Goodrich reporter stand up about Sargent Feely's bike clinic in Newton. Interview with one of the policemen about what they are teaching."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/13/1974
Description: Leader: Bill Harrington (on ED. Reorg) #7245 2/6/74; Reporter Bill Harrington speaks to the camera about legislation to re-organize the university education system in Massachusetts.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/06/1974
Description: Leader: #8 P1 Bill Owens N.C. #10503 11/14/74; Senator William Owens press conference to announce a march and rally against institutionalized racism and to support busing to be held on Boston Commons. Owens speaks to the press about the Boston school committee, racism in education, institutionalized racism, and the planned rally. Silent b-roll of the press conference.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/14/1974
Description: Bill Rodgers, winner of the Boston marathon in 1975, 1978,1979, and 1980, accepting an award in Melrose. Followed by an interview with Rodgers outside. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/07/1976
Description: B-roll of Bill Rodgers in the classroom with the kids that he teaches. Followed by footage of Rodgers running on the street in his neighborhood and an interview. Interview topics include teaching and running. This is a reel of outtakes so some of Rodgers' answers in the interview are cut off. Slightly faded pink. [Film Label in Coll Folder]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/18/1976
Description: Leader: P2 Billerica Jail Protest #10470 11/11/74; Inmates at Billerica House of Correction staged a protest by refusing to go to their cells. Middlesex County Sheriff John J. Buckley statement to the press. Silent footage of the barrier in the visitor room, the prison, and the Sheriff. Roger Goodrich reporter standup. Press conference with three of the inmates about why they are protesting. They highlight the treatment of an injured inmate, objections to a barrier in the visitor room, and other mistreatment of prisoners. Sheriff Buckley speaks to the press about damage caused during the protest and an attempted escape. Reporter outtakes and b-roll of the press conference.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/11/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Bio Rhythm #10308 10/25/74; Interview with a woman about biorhythm theory. She explains what the three biorhythms are and then discusses the biorhythms of George Foreman and Muhammad Ali for the day of their upcoming fight.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/25/1974
Description: Story about the Supreme Court ruling on Eisenstadt v. Baird, that single people had the same right to obtain contraceptives as married people. Massachusetts was one of the states affected by this ruling, as it had given married couple access to birth control, but restricted single people. Interview with a man about the US Supreme Court decision's affect on Massachusetts. Silent b-roll of . Interview with owner or manager of Phillips Drugs about how the ruling will affect their policy on the sale of birth control. Reporter standup wrap-up of story. Followed by cuts, which include silent b-roll of interviews, contraception on the pharmacy shelf, more of the interview with manager of Phillip's Drugs, and reporter standup outtakes. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/23/1972