Description: (12/26/73) - Slug - "12/26/73: Year End Fuel Energy" Footage includes rocks and a man holding them, fire, cars lined up at a gas station, montage of gas prices, a closed down gas station, people filling cars with gas, men changing the speed limit sign, coal being poured onto a ship, men in a control room at a power plant, gas station attendants talking to customers in cars, and Governor Sargent. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/26/1973
Description: Slug: "12/25/73: Year End - Troy" Overview of the dismissal and disbarment of Judge Jerome P. Troy due to multiple charges of corruption. Footage includes Troy speaking at a hearing, Governor Francis announcing Judge Troy's dismissal, reporter voice over, silent b-roll of the hearing and the Governor's dismissal. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1973
Description: Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." Overview of the events at Walpole prison from the beginning of the year until the end of summer. John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the beginning of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison guards went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the guards returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a nonviolent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison guards, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973
Description: Man speaking from the Department of Youth Services on plans to install more intensive care units in their Rosindale facility. Answers question about their recidivism rate. Footage includes press conference, a hallway and cells, exterior of the Division of Youth Service building. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: On can: Investigators 12/12/73 Energy A+B Rolls Leader: P1 investigators Energy 12/12/73 Tease SOF; Interviews with several people about the fuel shortages in New England, the supply, and need for conservation with b-roll footage of fuel trucks and a power station. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11693
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/12/1973
Description: On can: Investigators 12/12/73 Energy A+B Rolls. Leader: P2 Investigators Energy 12/12/73; Interview with a man about the cost of home heating oil and how the price structure works. He says that New England is more dependent on foreign oil than other areas of the country. B-roll footage of fuel trucks being filled, money changing hands, and the city from a helicopter. A man discusses how to reduce oil consumption. Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11692
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/12/1973
Description: Leader: P1 Teaser Investigators Son of Belchertown 12/5/73; Some of the language in this video is outdated and might be offensive to some viewers Mix of silent and sound footage shot at the Belchertown State School of the campus, adult and child residents, and the interior of the buildings. Interview with a man about the goal of teaching residents self help skills so they can be moved from the training school to a community-based program. External footage of a houses. Two children playing with blocks in a living room. A man bounces a boy on a toy horse. A woman tucks the boy into bed. Footage of older mentally disabled persons working at a factory. Sound wobbly. Residents talking and listening to music. Footage of a bedrooms and a community areas. Two women sitting on a bed talking. Interview with Secretary Peter Goldmark (?) about the difficulty of funding facilities like Belchertown. Dr. Benjamin Ricci refutes the Secretary's statement. The problem goes beyond the nuts and bolts. Footage of conditions at Belchertown. Children in a room with little stimulation beyond a television and some books. Children rocking and curled on the floor. Children in another room with some toys available. Bouncing balls and rocking in chairs. Silent footage of the children. Interview with Secretary Goldmark about the future of a facility like Belchertown. He sees it as a facility for extreme cases. Interview with Superintendent William E. Jones about how Belchertown is changing and will soon be part of a new system of services. Dr. Ricci on how Belchertown can become the model facility and the parent's group is ready fight the government to ensure this. Reel 1 of 2 (See Acc. 2394.11180)
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1973
Description: Interviews with several men about the facility at Belchertown and the State's treatment of the mentally disabled people. Interviewees include Secretary Peter Goldmark (?), Superintendent William E. Jones, and Dr. Benjamin Ricci. Silent and sound footage residents at Belchertown and of the campus. Some fast shots (probably for stills) of the facility and conditions. Some of the language in this video is outdated and might be offensive to some viewers Reel 2 of 2 (See Acc. 2394.11179)
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1973
Description: "Leader: "P1 Onasis 12/20/73"; Aristotle Onassis sound bite. Aerial footage of some small islands. (Durham Point and Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire)"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/19/1973
Description: "Leader: #6828A"; Joe Cronin, president of the American League, answers questions from reporters about a hearing he conducted that day to determine whether Ralph Houk's contract with the the New York Yankees prevents him from managing another baseball team. Gabe Paul says goodbye and leaves. Cronin continues to answer questions about the hearing and who was there. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.01263 "
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/19/1973