Description: This is footage from the 1972 Boston Marathon. Footage of Nina Kuscsik, the first female finisher, at the finish line. The 1972 marathon was the first year that women were officially allowed to run. Footage of people running the race. Interview with Olavi Suomalainen, the first male finisher, and an interview with Kuscsik at the finish line. More footage of Suomalainen running and at the finish line. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: Leader: P1 AG Fuel Parley #6697 12/5/73; Silent footage of a meeting with several men around a table. A press conference about a proposal to bring lawsuits to break up the fuel companies.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1973
Description: A hearing on the opening of the Crittenton-Hastings House, the first free standing abortion clinic in Massachusetts. Footage includes exterior shots of the building, protesters, and people speaking at the meeting. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Governor Sargent meets with group of people. He consults a book called, "The Arts: A Priority for Investment." They hold a press conference. A man speaks about the need for state funding for the arts. Governor Sargent explains that institutions can no longer survive on private funds alone. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973
Description: (B-roll from 72) This is footage from the 1972 Boston Marathon. Footage of Olavi Suomalainen, the male winner, at the finish line. Interview with Suomalainen before the 1973 Boston Marathon (in which he came in 3rd). This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973
Description: Leader: P1 B.H.A. Squatters #6740 12/10/73; Silent footage of a woman and a boy with toys by a silver Christmas tree; intereror footage of the apartment; the boy eating cereal at the kitchen table; exterior footage of an apartment building with broken windows. Interview with a man who lives in the building. Mike Taibbi reporter standup about the 53 squatter families at the Mission Hill Project building. BHA compromise that would grant the families that are eligible for public housing the legal right to occupy the apartments on the condition that they will begin paying rent and maintenance will be done on the apartments. More silent b-roll of the building and apartments.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1973
Description: Story #4817. David Bartley at a podium discusses the budget and the failures of the Governor. A different man seated at a desk discusses the budget and the legislature. Bartley holds up a bumper sticker that reads, "Don't blame me I'm a Deocratic" followed by silent b-roll of both press conferences. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1973
Description: Leader:5 on Sports 3/17/73; Basketball Rap/ JoJo White; silent; soft focus in parts; JoJo White in multiple games; Interview; b-roll sound interview w/JoJo;
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/17/1973
Description: Interview with basketball player Pistol Pete Maravich.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/11/1973
Description: Leader: Bicentennial SOF January 5th 1972]; Interview with a man about the lack of mass transit, parking, housing, and food needed for the expected crowds coming for the Bicentennial. Reel 4 of 4. See Acc. 2394.11148, 2394.11149 and 2394.11151
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/05/1973