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Waltham Fire

Description: Leader: P1 Waltham Fire #10499 11/13/74; Silent footage of firemen fighting a nighttime fire in Waltham. Footage includes abulances and fire trucks on the street, damaged building, and firemen.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/13/1974

Waltham P.D. Theft

Description: "Leader: "P1 Waltham P.D. Theft #7059 1/19/74"; Silent footage of the exterior of the police station in Waltham, 'Police' sign, 'Entering Waltham' sign, police car driving, policeman directing traffic, police officer walking on the sidewalk, clock tower. Jim Boyd reporter stand up (Jim Boyd) regarding the police being charged. Cuts - more b-roll of streets, police, park, police station."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/19/1974

War from Vietnam vet's perspective

Description: Footage of Vietnam War combat. Interview with lawyer Howard Levine about his choice to be in ROTC, his service during Vietnam, his twin sons who know people in Persian Gulf war, and the justifiability of military draft. Close up on Bronze Star medal.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/14/1991

Ward 7 Democrats

Description: Meg Vaillancourt reports on the failure of Ward 7 to elect any minority delegates to the Massachusetts State Democratic Party convention. Minority voters accuse party bosses of discouraging minorities from running as delegates. Ward 7 residents Dianne Wilkerson and Bernard Sneed both ran for delegate in Ward 7 last year. Sneed calls for a change in the election process. Interviews with Wilkerson and Sneed. Wilkerson accuses City Councilor James Kelly of setting up the election to be restrictive and hostile to minority delegates. Vaillancourt quotes Kelly as saying that he set up a fair election and that Wilkerson and Sneed lost. Wilkerson and Sneed were named as delegates on an appeal to the State Democratic Party.
1:00:00: Visual: Footage of Dianne Wilkerson (Ward 7 resident) saying that minority voters have been consistently loyal to the Democratic Party. Wilkerson questions the commitment of the Democratic Party to minority participation. Shots of residents on the streets of Ward 7 in Boston; of minority residents on a busy street corner; of a commercial street in South Boston; of two African American women entering a shoe store; of pedestrians walking by the shoe store. Meg Vaillancourt reports that Boston's Ward 7 has always been a stronghold of the Democratic Party; that Ward 7 stretches from Upham's Corner in Dorchester to South Boston. Vaillancourt notes that Ward 7 has ten precincts; that eight of the precincts are almost totally white; that two of the precincts have large Hispanic and African American populations; that Ward 7 has never elected any minorities as delegates to the state party convention. Vaillancourt reports that minority voters accuse party bosses of discouraging minorities from running as delegates. V: Footage of Wilkerson being interviewed by Vaillancourt. Wilkerson says that party leaders publish notices about party caucuses in the South Boston Tribune newspaper; that minority voters do not read the South Boston Tribune because they do not live in South Boston. Vaillancourt notes that Wilkerson and Bernard Sneed (Ward 7 resident) both ran for delegate in Ward 7 last year; that neither was elected to the position. Vaillancourt reports that Wilkerson and Sneed say that the election for delegates was selectively advertised; that Wilkerson and Sneed say that the election was held in an area of South Boston which was outside of the ward. V: Shot of Vaillancourt interviewing Sneed; of a streetcorner in a minority neighborhood. Footage of Vaillancourt interviewing Wilkerson. Vaillancourt asks if the election was set up to put Wilkerson and Sneed at a disadvantage. Wilkerson says that the election was set up to be "uncomfortable, prohibitive, restrictive, harassing and hostile." Wilkerson notes that James Kelly (Boston City Council) set up the election. Vaillancourt reports that Kelly is Chairman of the Ward 7 Democratic Committee; that Kelly is a vocal opponent of affirmative action. V: Shot of Kelly working behind a desk in an office. On-screen graphics show a quote from Kelly which reads, "We held a full and fair election. And they lost." Vaillancourt reports that Wilkerson accuses Kelly of making her candidacy difficult. V: Footage of Wilkerson saying that the Democratic Party needs to monitor the elections in Ward 7. Footage of Sneed saying that minorities will not be elected as delegates until the process is changed. Shot of residents on a streetcorner in a minority neighborhood. Vaillancourt stands on a streetcorner. Vaillancourt reports that Sneed and Wilkerson have won their appeal to the State Democratic Party Committee; that the Committee has forced Ward 7 to accept Wilkerson, Sneed and three other minority delegates as add-on delegates to the state convention. Vaillancourt notes that much of the work by the other Ward 7 delegates has already been finished.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/21/1987

Warren Plan

Description: "Leader: "P1 Warren Plan 3/1/74 #7463"; Shot of Warren Railroad station with Mike Taibbi voiceover about a plan to buy up property in the Warren township and make a new town called Carrabetta City. Sound bite from Milton Fountain, local realtor. Interview with a woman (Mrs. Wright) on the street about the plan, silent b-roll of a meeting, shots of Warren. Town official discusses an upcoming vote that could derail the project. More interview with Mrs. Wright about opposition to the plan. Reporter outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/01/1974

Washington Capitols "Milt Schmidt"

Description: Leader: P2 Washington Capitols 'Milt Schmidt' #10445 11/7/74; Interview with Milt Schmidt, manager of the Washington Capitols hockey team. Bill O'Connell reporter standup. Silent footage of the Capitals practicing. Reporter outtakes and more of the interview with Schmidt and practice footage.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/07/1974

Washington Irving Protest

Description: Leader: P2 Washington Irving Protest #10668 12/4/74; A woman (Mrs. Libby) relays a story about an alleged sexual assault incident that occurred at school to reporter Bob Clinksdale. Silent footage of women walking across a parking lot into Washington Irving School. More of the interview with Libby. She says that she is at the school with a group of concerned mothers. Interview with a woman about what she observed when she went into the school. She complains that there is not enough security or supervision. More silent b-roll of the women outside the school.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/04/1974

Water supply, Quabbin Reservoir

Description: Eastern Massachusetts demand is too much for the water supply from the Quabbin Reservoir. Conservation measures are being taken, mainly in stopping leaks from the pipes used to transport the water. The Water Resources Authority is seeking an alternative supply for Boston area water, which may include the Sudbury river. Environmentalist argue against the idea. Massachusetts Environmental Affairs Secretary James Hoyte says they're keeping the option open. Additional story on the Merrimack River, it's possible use as an alternative water supply, and the debate over that decision.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/12/1986

Waterfront Development

Description: "Leader: "P2 Waterfront Development #7457 3/1/74"; Silent b-roll taken from the water of docks and the coastline in Boston. Hearing on Waterfront development with Senator William Bulger. Reporter standup followed by silent footage of derelict waterfront buildings and the government hearing."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1974

Waterfront Park, Deer Island

Description: Long Wharf Marriott. Chart House restaurant. New England Aquarium. Pedestrians. Parked taxi. View from Waterfront Park to expressway, Government Center skyline in background. Many shots inside Deer Island sewage treatment plant. Temperature and pressure gauges. Screen splits (top half of image appears on the bottom have of the screen) in the middle of the video.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1982