Description: "Public hearing on amnesty bills to grant amnesty to conscientious objectors to the Vietnam war. Silent b-roll of the hearing; one woman holding a 'Amnesty is Justice' sign. Interviews with two men, one pro amnesty and one against it. Reporter voice over. More b-roll of the hearing and more of the interviews."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/01/1974
Description: "Leader: ""P2 Amtrak #8087 5/2/74""; People board an Amtrak train, a conductor collects tickets, baggage check counter. Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover and standup about Amtrak's financial situation and the rail trip from Boston to New York. Interview with a representative from Amtrak (Mr. Kerry) about keeping the customers that they have gained during the energy crisis. B-roll footage of the train driving down the tracks, reporter outtakes, footage out of the moving train window, passengers, and more of the interview with Mr. Kerry. Interviews with train passengers about why they ride the train."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/02/1974
Description: Reporter voice-over over black image about the Analog Devices company and the new facility they are opening in Wakefield. Interview with the company's manager. Reporter stand-up. People working in the new facility, people speaking at the dedication ceremony, and an interview with Governor Dukakis. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: Seals, Andre and Spot, swim in the seal enclosure at the New England Aquarium while a crowd watches. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre and Spot - Andre the seal has a new companion. [She's] Spot and she swims in the tank with Andre."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/05/1979
Description: Andre the seal jumps halfway through a ring and performs in the seal enclosure at the New England Aquarium. The Aquarium truck backs up through a large crowd toward the water. Shots of Andre in the water and children in the crowd watching. Background sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre goes North - Yes, friends, it's time for the famous andre to seal to go to Maine/first he gives his final performance, and then on to Marblehead to be dumped into the ocean to head north."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/02/1979
Description: Crowds by the harbor. A man and seal [Andre?] perform on the dock. Unveil a statue of Andre. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/08/1978, 10/09/1978
Description: Andre the seal coming off the plane. "Welcome Home Andre" sign at the Aquarium. Andre re-enters the seal pool at the aquarium as a crowd watches. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre the Seal Comes Back - To the aquarium to be reunited with pregnant Smoke."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/02/1977
Description: People carry Andre in a cage to the dock, and put him on a boat. He jumps off the boat into the ocean. He swims off toward Rockport, Maine. Additional footage of Andre and on the boat and people watching him swim off. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/26/1974
Description: Footage of Andre the seal being transferred from the plane to the New England Aquarium truck for transfer to the aquarium. Crowd waiting by the Seal enclosure, and Andre being released from the crate into the seal enclosure. Background sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre Comes home - Here we go again, from Rockport to the Aquarium."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1978
Description: "Gregory Anrig, State Education Commissioner, press conference about Judge Arthur Garrity's ruling that the state needed to make a plan to desegregate the schools. Silent b-roll footage of people answering the phones at the Freedom House in Roxbury. Anrig answers reporters questions about the Boston's school Boards opposition to the busing plan. Ellen Jackson, director of Freedom House Institute on Schools and Education, press conference on busing and her institution's new hotline set up to answer parent's questions about busing. More b-roll of the Freedom House and footage from the press conferences."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/22/1974