Description: "Leader: "P1 Floating Bloodmobile #9808 8/31/74"; A large boat by the Aquarium of New England with a Red Cross flag on the front. Interview with a woman (Mrs. Gandolfini) about a shortage of blood and her hope that the "floating bloodmobile" will help them increase the supply. A man with seals, people giving blood, a Scottish band playing on the dock, more footage of people giving blood."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Flooding #7665 3/21/74; Silent footage of cars driving though a flooded underpass; traffic backed up in heavy rain.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/21/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Flower Show? #7599 3/14/74; Silent footage of people setting up an indoor flower show at the Commonwealth Armory; workers setting up and building topiary designs; workers gathered in a parking lot; Boston Parks and Recreation car. Sign for New England Spring Flower Show and people setting up flowers and plants in booths.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/14/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Flynn #10879 12/29/74"; Raymond Flynn press conference on legal appeals to overturn Judge Garrity's decision and taking the case to the Supreme Court."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/29/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Food Price Hearing #7941 4/18/74"; A hearing on food prices led by Congresswoman Margaret Heckler. SIlent b-roll of the meeting, Roger Goodrich reporter standup, chart displays "Estimated Grocery Price List." A man tries to speak without permission and the hearing is recessed. Men and women testify about food prices, programs, and grocery costs."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/18/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Food Prices Feature #9283 - 8 July 74; Mary McKay reporter voice over about the rising cost of food over video of a supermarket checkout. Interview with a man about how government policy has affected the rising cost of food. Reporter voiceover and standup by the supermarket checkout.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/08/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Food Prices Hiked 2/24/74 #7605"; Silent b-roll of a grocery store; A girl and her mother in a grocery store aisle; meat on the shelves; shoppers pushing carts through aisles. Mary McKay standup about the dramatic rise in food prices. Interview with professor about problems with the meat producers, what he believes is an artificially inflated price of meat, regulation of the food industry, the impending removal of price controls and how that will impact food costs (cat comes into frame and interrupts interview). Interview with a man who is against the food industry regulations."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/24/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Food Shortage #7209 2/4/74"; Silent footage of produce, meat, and dairy products on the shelves at a grocery store. Mary McKay reporter standup on the possible effects of the truck strike on the price and availability of produce and meat Silent b-roll of trucks, people unloading food, crates of produce. Interview with a man about the truck strike and how the strike may affect product availability. Reporter outtakes and more b-roll of the grocery store and trucks carrying produce."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Food Stamp Protest #8245 5/15/74; A man criticizes Massachusetts Welfare Commissioner Stephen Minter's new Food Stamp Program. Front of Big Bear Supermarket. People collect food from the Food Distribution Center. Mary Mckay Reporter standup. Press conference with supporters of the Food Stamp Program (including Jeff Isaacson, Food Stamp Advisory Committee) criticizing how the program is being implemented. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/15/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Food Supplies II #7224 2-5-74"; Silent footage of men unloading boxes from a refrigerated truck. Close up on receipts and footage of boxes in warehouse; Man moves meat on hooks; workers slice and package meat; broll of reporter Mary McKay; Reporter standup in front of racks of raw beef about the possibility of meat processing plant going out of business. Interview with a worker about how the trucker strike is hurting them and an interview with the company's owner (Mr. Finns) about rising costs hurting both the factory and the consumers. Outtakes include more interview footage of interviews and silent broll."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/05/1974