Description: Leader: M.B.T.A [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority] #9685; P2 New MBTA Train 8/19/74; Interview with a man about the chance to invest in and modernize the Boston transit system. Interview with another man about the new state of art train car. Bob Clinksdale reporter standup in front of the new train. Footage of Governor Francis Sargent speaking to a crowd outside the Park Street T stop, Sargent on the new train. More footage of the interviews and of the train car. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00060
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/19/1974
Description: Press conference about land use and an open space plan. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Talking about space left vacant in cities and towns and development thereof."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/25/1976
Description: B-roll footage of Massachusetts Port Authority (MASSPORT) structures and five MASSPORT workers on strike, picketing in a parking lot. Signs read "MASSPORT Unfair to Teamsters Local 137" and "On Strike." Footage of traffic on bridge; roadway. Motorcycle policeman with canine assistant wearing goggles on back of bike. Zoomed clip of air traffic control tower at Logan Airport; slightly larger group of striking workers circle in parking lot; state policeman regulates traffic.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1980
Description: Interview with Attorney General Francis Bellotti about investigating corruption and the McKee-Berger-Mansueto (MBM) scandal.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/07/1978
Description: "Leader: "P1 MBTA Abortion Issue #7015 1/15/74"Viewer CautionAn advertisement for a medical facility, Preterm, that offers reproductive services including abortion. Footage of advertisements on the MBTA. A press conference with women who discuss the legal action being taken against the MBTA for refusing the advertisement from Preterm. Roger Goodrich reporter stand up about the MBTA refusing an advertisement that mentioned abortion due to the expected controversy and the legal pushback from the medical clinic that placed the ad. Outtakes include more footage from the press conference, MBTA trains, ads on the trains, and the Preterm health clinic."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974
Description: Leader: F1 MBTA Car Mockup #9265 7/8/74; Silent footage of a display version of a new MBTA car design in front of Boston City Hall. Footage of the interior. Governor Francis Sargent cuts a ribbon in front of the car. Sign that reads State of the Art Rapid Rail Car. A crowd of people stand outside the car waiting for the opening ceremony. People inside the car. Silent footage of Sargent speaking. He cuts the tape and the crowd goes into the train car.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/08/1974
Description: Hearing on a subway crash that occurred on 2/6/1973. Silent b-roll of the meeting, statements by different people at the hearing about how employees handled the crash. Silent b-roll of firemen rescuing a woman on a stretcher. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Footage of the artist and others by the mural and close up shots of the mural. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "T" unveils a 24' x 4' mural done by a teacher and it will hang at the Beaconsfield station..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/26/1976
Description: Leader: P2 MBTA Police Hearing #7601 3/15/74; Commuters and representatives from the MBTA police testify in front of the Special Legislative Committee on Commuter Traffic in Boston about crime on MBTA trains and buses. Arch Macdonald reporter voiceover about crime on the MBTA. Police MBTA police Chief William Burke and police officer Robert Corcoran testify about crime numbers and a shortage of police officers. Commuters testify about crime they have expirenced on the MBTA.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974
Description: "Leader: "F1 MBTA Vandalism #7454 - 28 Feb 74"; Silent footage of MBTA trains in the train yard followed by footage of broken windows and damaged to the interior of the train car."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/28/1974