| 21 - 30 of 2,943 |
Number of results to display per page

5th District Race Tsongas/ Cronin

Description: Leader: P1 5th District Race Tsongas/ Cronin #10279A 10/21/74; Silent footage of Paul Cronin and Paul Tsongas campaigning at different events. Cronin marches in a parade and Tsongas shakes hands at an event. External footage of a warehouse on the water. Interviews with both Tsongas and Cronin. Natalie Jacobson reoprter standup about the effect of Watergate on the Tsongas and Cronin 5th Congressional District race. More of the interview with Tsongas. Silent footage of a statue, a home, traffic on a residential street. Reporter outtakes. Shot of an industrial park. More of the interview with Cronin and b-roll of him walking in a parade and shaking hands. Shot of a Paul Cronin campaign billboard. People walking on the sidewalk; business signs; cars driving on the street in Lowell. Cronin bumper sticker; Tsongas campaign button; more b-roll of Tsongas at an event speaking to people and shaking hands. Shot of the Louie Gomes band. Interview b-roll.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/21/1974

A Community Responds: The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts

Description: Voiceovers from different people about their first experiences with AIDS, over a photograph of an AIDS patient. In interview, Larry Kessler (AIDS Action Committee) talks about difficulty in doing outreach. Jerome Groopman (Deaconess Hospital) talks about the unknown nature of the disease. Jay Lodie credits early activists with progress. Interviews are intercut with photos of newspaper articles. Narrator Gerry Studds, in voiceover, explains the origins and actions of the AIDS Action Committee. Anne Marie Silvia (AIDS Action Committee) discusses some of the issues related to AIDS. Jeanne Blake (WBZ) talks about a news story she did about AIDS. Groopman talks about the government’s response, intercut with photos of doctors and activists. Voiceover continues about AIDS Action Committee’s early clients, during footage from a WCVB news story covering a protest march and candlelight vigil. Kessler talks about some patients, intercut with photos of patients. Voiceover continues about Action Committee’s volunteers, intercut with photos of volunteers. Kessler, in voiceover, talks about volunteers, over footage of volunteers. Voiceover continues talking about Patrick Buchanan and William F. Buckley’s reactions. Lodie talks about negative community reactions. Footage of patient Paul DiAngelo from a WGBH news story, intercut with photos, about reactions from other people. Kessler talks about hostile reactions to AIDS patients, intercut with photos of patients, and talks about the mission of the Committee: to advocate for and support patients and to educate the public. Voiceover continues about the Committee’s educational hotline. Voiceover continues about recognition of AIDS during footage from a WBZ news story about the death of Rock Hudson. Blake talks about resulting increased interest in the disease. Footage from a WBZ news broadcast about Hudson. Voiceover continues about Committee’s actions, over photos of newspaper and magazine stories. Peter Page (American Red Cross) speaks about Committee’s work with Red Cross staff. Silvia talks about blood donors. Footage of C. Everett Koop (Surgeon General) giving a statement about AIDS. Voiceover continues about lack of government response. Footage of George Bush (Vice President) talking about blood testing for certain groups of people. Footage from a WCVB news story about a protest march where Kessler was arrested. Kessler talks in interview about lack of government response. Voiceover continues about controversial sexually explicit AIDS prevention material, over photos of material and newspaper articles about the controversy. Silvia and Kessler talk about the material, over photos of material and editorial cartoons about the controversy. Connie Amaral talks about the need for explicit information. Voiceover continues about the increase in HIV infections, over photos of magazine covers. Groopman talks about the spread of the disease among different groups. Belynda Dunn (AIDS Action Committee) talks about her educational work, intercut with footage of her at work. Groopman talks about the challenge for the Committee and the impact of their work. Amaral talks about the positive impact of the Committee on her life. Voiceover continues about Committee activities, over photos of newspaper articles and educational materials. Richard Learning (AIDS Action Committee) talks about volunteer experiences, over footage of volunteers at work. Blake talks about the value of the Committee. Voiceover continues about the influence of patients on the Committee. Footage and photos of AIDS patients, all deceased, speaking in interviews and in public, ending with Lodie. Voiceover concludes about the work of the Committee, over photos and footage of marches. Credits over music.
Collection: CCTV

A day in the budget debate

Description: Housing activists go to Massachusetts House Ways and Means Chairman Thomas Finneran's office to 'evict' him because of his budget proposal. The protesters are arrested. Human service advocates and religious leaders also hold separate protests. The house is debating local aid and tax increases. Rep. Thomas Finneran talks about his budget in the House Chambers. Interviews with Reps. John McDonough and Stanley Rosenberg suggesting new taxes are needed to support services.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/21/1991

A day in the life of The Ten O'Clock News

Description: A day in the life of The Ten O'Clock News
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1988

A.B.C.C. Hearing

Description: "Leader: "P1 A.B.C.C. [Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission] Hearing #7787 - 3 April 74"; Silent footage of a public hearing on the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission followed by sound bites from men testifying. More b-roll of the hearing followed by excerpts of the men testifying in defense of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974

ABCC Gay Bars

Description: Reporter voice over with seemingly unrelated film of people in a public square shot from the window of a building. Chairman Edward Harrington announcing the decision to suspend licenses of certain bars. B-roll footage of the exterior of the bars, followed by silent b-roll footage of the hearing with shots of the audience, board members, and others. Reporter voice over wrap-up of the story with seemingly unrelated footage of the street shot from a window. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/24/1976

ABCD News Conference

Description: Story #2394. Action for Boston Community Development news conference. Silent b-roll of people in an office, followed by silent footage of three men at a news conference and the reporters in the audience. Sound footage of speakers discussing ABCD programs including one that involves the release of former convicts back into the community. More silent b-roll of the conference and office, footage of men washing a car, and people in a cafeteria followed by extended footage of some of the speakers. Mix of sound and silence.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/22/1972

ACORN, affordable housing

Description: David Boeri reports on a demonstration by members of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), outside of the offices of Mayor Ray Flynn. Demonstrators advocate for more affordable housing in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. Footage of Peggy Jackson (ACORN demonstrator) and Neil Sullivan (Director of housing policy for the Flynn administration) debating the administration's affordable housing policy. Boeri notes that the demonstrators demanded the deed to a vacant lot in order to develop affordable housing themselves.
1:00:03: Visual: Shot of a multi-colored, hand-drawn sign reading, "Welcome to the mayor's office." A group of demonstrators stand outside of the mayor's office chanting, "Mayor Flynn, come on out." One of the demonstrators holds a sign reading, "ACORN: Housing Now." The demonstrators are affiliated with ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). V: Shot of an office telephone; of the demonstrators. Shot of a sign reading, "Shelter is our need. Give us the deed." David Boeri reports that Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) refused to meet with the demonstrators; that the demonstrators are fighting for affordable housing in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan. V: Footage of Peggy Jackson (ACORN demonstrator) saying that her organization can build affordable housing if they are given one lot to build on. Boeri reports that the demonstrators say that the housing that the city calls "affordable" is not affordable for Roxbury residents; that the median income in Roxbury is $13,000. V: Footage of Jackson talking to Neil Sullivan (Director of housing policy for Flynn). Jackson says that fewer than 500 units of the city's affordable housing are affordable for Roxbury residents. Sullivan says that fewer than 500 housing units were built by the White administration between 1981 and 1983. Boeri reports that Sullivan blames the housing crisis on Kevin White (former Mayor of Boston) and a lack of federal money. Boeri reports that the Flynn adminstration is bundling low-income units with high-income units; that the Flynn administration is using the high-income units to subsidize the low-income units. V: Shots of Jackson; of the demonstrators. Footage of Sullivan saying that the Flynn administration has built over 500 low-income and moderate-income units in the first 6 months of 1986. The demonstrators respond that they cannot afford these units. Boeri reports that the demonstrators will have to incorporate themselves as non-profit developers before they can bid on a vacant lot. V: Footage of Sullivan telling the demonstrators that other groups have incorporated themselves and are bidding on land. Jackson tells Sullivan that the demonstrators do not have time to incorporate themselves; that another 3,000 people will be homeless before they are able to complete the legal paperwork. Shot of Sullivan. Boeri reports that the ACORN demonstrators ended up walking out; that the demonstrators say that they will take over the land next week. V: Footage of the demonstrators leaving the mayor's office.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1986

AEC Hearing

Description: "Leader: "P1 AEC Hearing #7984 ; Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) hearing on Boston Edison's Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth. Silent b-roll of the Pilgrim power plant. Interview with Daniel Ford, who filed a citizen's intervention against the reopening of the Pilgrim Plant. Interview with a representative from Boston Edison. Silent b-roll of the meeting. Mike Taibbi reporter standup in front of the Pilgrim Power Station. Interview with a man from Boston Edison about the cost of keeping the power plant closed. More of the interviews with the men from Edison and Ford, reporter outtakes, and more b-roll of the meeting and the power plant. "
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/22/1974

AEC Pilgrim Plant

Description: "Leader: "2 of 2 P2 AEC Pilgrim Plant #7173 1/31/74"; Interview with Daniel Ford, a spokesperson from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) about a report from the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) special task force report and its affect on nuclear power plants and the recommendation from the AEC that the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth be shutdown while core rods were repaired. Interview with a man from Boston Edison about the cost of closing the Pilgrim Plant down. Silent b-roll from inside the Pilgrim plant. More of the interview with Mr. Ford about the AEC report and USC concerns regarding the Pilgrim Plant. Interview with a worker inside the power plant. Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00704"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/31/1974