Description: "Leader: "P1 Massport New England Aquarium #9400 7/19/74"; Model of an addition to the New England Aquarium intercut with external footage of the the Aquarium as it currently is; interview b-roll; camera man in the crowd; Commonwealth Peir Exhibition Hall sign; people watch seals in the aquarium."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/19/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Massport Tax Bite #7749 - 4 April 74"; Silent footage of a Hilton Inn under construction, Hertz car rental, Exon gas station. Interview with a man about the City of Boston collecting taxes from businesses like Hilton or Exon. More b-roll of the businesses. More of the interviews with men advocating for the bill that will enact these taxes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/04/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Massport Hearing #9911A 9/14/74"; Silent b-roll of a public hearing about the Massachusetts Port Authority's (Massport) plan to redevelop Logan airport. Interview with Director of Massport Authority Edward J King about the Master Plan. Silent footage of Logan airport; Eastern Airlines plane taxis. Interviews with men who have issues with the Massport plan. More b-roll from the meeting and the airport followed by outtakes from the interviews."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/14/1974
Description: Charles Bennet interviews Massport executive director David Davis about the Massport board of directors and the enormous success of one-way tolls experiment on Tobin Bridge and harbor tunnels. They shoot cutaways. Shots of the Commonwealth Pier. Tanker passes by. Smaller boats tied up along waterfront. Traffic on fish pier. Massport Maritime Terminal. Dump trucks clearing ground for construction. Cranes hanging over pier.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/23/1983
Description: Leader: Mather School Fire #6917 + 6921 1/1/74; Silent footage of the aftermath of a fire at the Mathers School. A fire truck outside the school; firemen go in the window and spray water st the building; smoke billows out the window; men look through charred and burned books, papers, and furniture. Exterior footage of the Grover Cleveland school. People at a meeting inside. Interview with John Kerrigan about strengthening security in Boston Public Schools and the series of school fires in Boston. Interview with a man about how the fire is disrupting the students where they might be sent. More footage of the interior of the burned out school.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Mattapan Candidates Night #9868 9/6/74"; Silent footage of a man speaking to an audience holding political signs; Mattapan Square Board of trade banner on podium."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/06/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Mattapan Revitalization #7711 3/28/74"; Mayor Kevin White in front of Alson's Men Shop; interview with merchants around Mattapan Square; footage of store fronts and traffic, people walking down the street; Mayor White speaks to a crowd about the planned revitalization of the community; Jim Boyd reporter standup about the revitalization of Mattapan Square. Outtakes include more interviews with store owners, footage of buildings and the street around Mattapan Square; Mayor White answers questions about the Racial Imbalance law."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/28/1974
Description: Leader: Event #21 - F1 Maverick St. Fire Aftermath #10237 - 17 Oct 74; Silent footage of a burned out building; interior damage and burned cars. A man sweeping up the damage and pushing water out the door. Maverick street sign.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/17/1974
Description: Exteriors of Maverick housing project in East Boston. White children play outside. Lone black girl sits on fence. Black Power and racist graffiti. Boarded up windows. East Boston environs shot from moving car.Sign for Police Station 7. Interview with a Maverick resident, Mrs. Baker, about vandalism and threats from youth, and destruction of her apartment and possessions and death of three dogs due to a fire of suspicious origin. Interview with a priest, Father Corrigan, who says 12 African American families moved out of project because of intimidation and harassment. Shot of Maverick St. sign. Interview with Maverick resident, Mrs. Porter, about the families who moved out, many of whom she knew, and why she's going to stay. They shoot cutaways.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/24/1976
Description: "Leader: "P2 Mayor White Tours Hyde Park #7544 3/10/74"; Mayor Kevin White greets crowd outside of a boarded up and condemned building. White gets into a station wagon and is driven away."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/10/1974