Description: Leader: P1 Governor Conference #10033 9/25/74; New England governor Conference at the New England Aquarium. Several men including Massachusetts governor Francis Sargent, Rhode Island governor Philip Noel, Vermont Governor Thomas Salmon, and Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis sit at a table and answer questions about energy policy, the fishing industry, tourism, and other New England issues from the press.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/25/1974
Description: Outtakes footage of Governor Michael Dukakis speaking at a press conference intermixed with silent shots of people in the room. Dukakis discusses budget cuts and assistance payments. This is a very choppy clip and most of what Dukakis is saying is cut off mid-sentence. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1975
Description: Leader: F2 Gov. Sargent #10489 11/13/1974; Governor Francis Sargent speaks to the State Criminal History Systems Board about privacy concerns around a new federal criminal database and the need for Massachusetts to protect citizen's privacy.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/12/1974...11/13/1974
Description: Governor Francis Sargent talking about a degree of skepticism across the country and mentions tapes (possibly referring to Nixon tapes?). Silent footage of Sargent and other men entering his office and standing behind a desk. Footage of reporters and others around the room. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Leader: #15 P1 Gov Sarge -- Offshore Drilling #10504 11/14/1974; Silent footage of an offshore oil rig. Governor Francis Sargent speaks to the press about his views on offshore drilling. Silent b-roll of men working on an oil rig (faded stock footage). More of the press conference with Governor Sargent on a meeting in Washington about the energy crisis and preliminary plans to beginning offshore drilling in Georges Bank.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/14/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Grape Demo #10610 11/26/74; Protesters march in the snow at the New England Produce Center with signs while singing and chanting boycott lettuce, boycott grapes, boycott wine that Gallo makes. Workers at the produce center yell insults at the protesters. Trucks and vans go in and out around the protesters.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/26/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Grape Pickers Demo #8391 5/30/74"; Interview with a man (Nick) about boycott against grapes in support of the United Farm Workers strike. Jim Boyd reporter standup on the demonstration at the New England Produce Center in Chelsea in support of the United Farm Workers to keep non-union lettuce and grapes off of shelves. Footage of the protesters marching and singing protest songs. Outtakes include reporter outtakes, more footage of the protesters marching and chanting, trucks and workers, protesters handing out flyers, more of the interview with Nick (sound issues)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1974
Description: Interview with a detective about the marijuana plants found in a community garden in Jamaica Plain. Footage of detectives in the garden and carrying plants to an evidence truck. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: Leader: F1 Grasshopper Back #9433 7/23/74; Silent footage of two men, Martin Quinn and Dave Desjean, from Skyline Engineering Company returning a 225 year old grasshopper weathervane to the top of Fanuiel Hall after it was stolen and returned. Long shot of the men on the roof with an airplane flying by in the background. Onlooker watch on the ground, close ups of the grasshopper, and the men returning inside. Quinn and Desjean with the grasshopper on the ground before reattaching it to the roof.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/23/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Grave Diggers Strike #10453 11/8/74; Natalie Jacobson reporter standup. Silent b-roll of Woodlawn cemetery, the front of funeral homes, a coffin on display. Reporter standup about negotiations between the Cemetery and Greenhouse Workers and the Archdiocese of Boston. Interview with a funeral director about the effect of the grave digger strike on bereaved families and funeral homes. More silent footage of funeral homes, graves in a cemetery, and flowers on a grave. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/08/1974