Description: Leader: P2 Leary + Kerrigan on Garrity Decision #10270, 10271 10/31/74; Silent footage of the exterior of high schools in the Boston area. Interviews with Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools William Leary and chairman of the Boston school committee chairman John Kerrigan about phase II of Judge Garrity's plan to integrate Boston schools.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/31/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Legis, Wrap Harrington #9573 8/6/74; Bill Harrington reporter standup in front of the Massachusetts state house. Harrington summarizes Governor Francis Sargent's complaints about legislation and gives a rundown of legislation that did and did not pass during the 1974 Massachusetts Legislative session. Several takes of the same standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Leon Rock Announces #8075 5/1/74; Student activist Leon Rock news conference to announce his candidacy for State House of Representatives District 10. Rock speaks about activism, racial issues in Boston, his platform, and answers reporter questions.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/01/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Lex Prorogues - Harrington #9551 8/3/74; External shot of the Massachusetts State House at night. Governor Francis Sargent at the front of the legislature. Reporter Bill Harrington voiceover about the end of the legislative session. Secretary gives end of session report. Legislators and Sargent joke around. Reporter outtakes including audio editing instructions from Harrington. More footage of the legislature prorogation.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/03/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Liberate Teacher Fathon #8393 5/30/74"; A man who took paternity leave from the board of education discusses the importance of paternity leave, how he was able to take the leave, and how it is structured. Claims to be one of the first people in the country to take this type of leave. He is working part-time about 12 hours teaching and doing medical consulting while on paternity leave. A different man discusses the American healthcare system, highlights cost as being the biggest issue, and discusses the need for national health insurance."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1974
Description: "Leader: "F1 License Arraignment 8/27/74"; Silent footage of men walking into an elevator and a room in the courthouse hiding their faces. Related to a story about indictments in a probe of corruption in the Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicles."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1974
Description: Leader: F1 Linehan Arraignment #9081 -18 June 74; Silent footage of Robert Linehan, arrested for the murder of Boston patrolman Donald Brown, transferred to the West Roxbury District Court for his arraignment.; Silent footage of a Boston Police car driving up a road; a man is taken from the back of the car and walked into the back door of the courthouse by several police officers. External footage of the front of the West Roxbury Courthouse.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/18/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Little League, Peabody-Wellesley #8281 5/19/74"; Janine Cinseruli, a 10-year old Peabody girl, playing baseball. Susan Wegryn of Wellsley Massachusetts playing catch in the yard with her dad and brother. Janine and Susan won their lawsuit enabling them to play little league baseball. Interview with Susan. Mary McKay reporter standup about how the girls have been received by their separate communities after the ruling. Susan has been accepted by the community while Janine has faced resistance with some coaches and parents threatening to walk off the field if she plays. Silent b-roll of Janine playing baseball with boys and girls; children playing catch in a backyard; interviews with Janine's mother, Susan, Susan's parents, and Susan's brother Mark; reporter standup outtakes. Follow-up to Acc. 2394.01671"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/19/1974
Description: Democratic candidate for the Governors' Council, Vincent LoPresti, speaks about the need for checks and balances in the government. Republican candidate for the 12th Congressional District, Alan MacKay, talks about inflation and high taxes. Silent b-roll of both press conferences. Unrelated b-roll of Natalie Jacobsons' interview with artist Paul Szep (See Acc. 2394.00878). More footage of both LoPresti and MacKay speaking at their press conferences.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/07/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Lobstermen #9327"; Closeup of a map of the Maine/New Hampshire line in the ocean; A man drives a boat; A lobsterman interviewed about Maine lobstermen fishing over the state line; man on the water collecting traps; shots of the shoreline and lighthouse. Roger Goodrich standup about a dispute between the New Hampshire and Maine lobstermen. Outtakes include interview with a lobsterman about the new boundary line by the Isle of Shoals; reporter outtakes; lobsterman checking traps; lobsterman's house, dock, and boat."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/12/1974