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Weather Scenes and Pictorial Snow Scenes

Description: Leader: F2 Weather Scenes + Pictorial Snow Scenes #10577 11/22/74; Silent footage of people scraping snow and ice off of car windshields and doors; traffic on a snow covered road; lawn ornaments covered in snow in front of a Tippy's Garden Center; cars backed up on a highway; Tippy's Garden Center sign; cameraman's reflection in a gold ball; snow covered buildings.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/22/1974

Welfare

Description: "Leader: "F2 Welfare #7160 1/30/74"; Social Workers Guild President Paul Quirk answer reporters questions at a press conference about a possible Massachusetts Social Worker strike due to a failure in contract negotiations."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/30/1974

Welfare

Description: Leader: P2 Welfare #10714 12/9/74; An audience listens to speakers. A meeting with the Department of Welfare about their budget and a cost of living increase for Massachusetts welfare recipients. Several people testify about the need to increase welfare benefits by 12% to keep up with the rising cost of living. Footage includes Steven Minter (Commissioner of Public Welfare of Massachusetts) and Peter Goldmark (State Human Services Secretary).
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/09/1974

Welfare Cuts

Description: B-roll from a meeting of the Alliance for Economic Justice on Massachusetts budget cuts and welfare proposals. A woman speaks at the meeting on the poor treatment of the elderly. A man says the tax cuts will benefit the white suburbs, not the urban minorities. A state official addresses a crowd, asking for the people to give the government a chance to perform before criticizing. A man speaks against Governor Dukakis's proposed economic plans. Another man speaks against State Senator Kelly. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1975

Welfare Oil Meeting

Description: Leader: P2 Welfare Oil Meeting #6846 12/21/73; Interview with Welfare Commissioner Steven Minter about possible aid for families struggling with fuel costs and worried about their finances in the energy crisis. Silent b-roll of the meeting. More of the interview with Minter.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/21/1973

Welfare Protest

Description: "Leader: "P1 Welfare Protest #7450 2/28/74"; Silent footage of a group of people with signs protest in front of a the Washington-Essex building in Boston. Shot of the door for the AFL-CIO."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/28/1974

Welfare/ Puerto Ricans

Description: Leader: P2 Welfare/ Puerto Ricans #10054 9/27/74; Press Conference by members of Boston's Puerto Rican community in response to recent newspaper articles that alleged that Puerto Ricans migrate to Boston because of high Welfare payments. Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation (HOPE) Chairman Alex Rodriguez speaks to the press. Shot of the newspaper article in the Boston Herald Americans Viewpoint. Interview with a man about the allegations and the welfare system in Massachusetts. Reporter Jim Boyd reaction shots.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/27/1974

Wellesley High School

Description: Footage of the exterior of Wellesley High School and students coming out the doors and getting on the buses. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1974

Western Observatory

Description: Shot of a map, seismograph and other equipment, a man explains some data, and an interview with the man about the history of earthquakes in New England and the Chinese's ability to predict earthquakes. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Last night, in Candia, NH, there was a small quake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale/this is a head with someone from the Weston Observatory about this second quake within a week."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976

Weymouth Construction

Description: Footage of police lined up and awaiting orders, construction workers on the job, and police marching down the road. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "More than 100 cops showed up at the site of the recent trouble because they expected more. It never happened. However, there was a court hearing today in conjunction with this story."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976