Description: "leader: "P2 Xmas Shopping 12-24-73 #6869"; A woman and her friend discuss buying jewelry for her boyfriend. Sound bite from a woman about Christmas shopping. Reporter stand up about last minute Christmas shoppers he calls procrastinators. B-roll of crowds on a dark street, Christmas display, kids with Santa, gift wrapping counter, people shopping in a department store. Reporter interviews people about shopping the night before Christmas. More b-roll of people walking on a busy street in Boston and a woman ringing a bell for charity. Camera sees a man being wrestled to the ground and arrested by two plain clothes police officers. Reporter stand-up outtakes. Mix of sound and wild sound."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973
Description: Leader: P1 Christmas Tree Lighting at Pru Center #10616 - Dec 4 :38; Silent footage of the Christmas Tree Lighting at Prudential Center in Boston. Crowd singing and Santa Claus waving.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/04/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Christmas for Elderly #12-17-74" "P2 Christmas for Elderly #12-17-74"; Teens caroling at a nursing home; Distortion in sections of audio; Teens caroling at a nursing home; Distortion in sections of audio"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/17/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Christmas is for Kids #6853 12/22/73"; A mix of sound and silent Christmas related footage. A man dressed as Santa drives a Bigelow Oil Truck and delivers heating oil to a house. Kids play with toys. Kindergarten class attends their teachers wedding. Silent footage of the wedding in a church and kids in the pews. Kids sit on Santa's lap; people buy Christmas trees; more footage of the Bigelow driver Santa talking to children and delivering oil. Christmas decorations, children wait in line to visit with Santa at a store, a tree in the back of a car, families at a Christmas tree lot. Theater marquee reads "Alice Faye and John Payne in 'Good News"; a man in a shop window plays silent night on an organ (silent); toys in a shop window; children visit with Santa."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/22/1973
Description: Cuts from a story on Wakefield High School senior, Paul Christopher, who organized an Pro-Vietnam War rally. Silent footage of people addressing crowd holding pro-Vietnam signs. Sound footage of Paul Christopher and John Volpe addressing the crowd. Silent footage of a drum corps in Revolutionary War regalia. Silent footage of Christopher at his job at a sandwich shop. Reporter standup. Silent scenes of the town. Interview with Christopher on organizing the event. He compares it to the anti-Vietnam demonstration in Washington, D.C. Reporter standup. Interview with Wakefield police chief J. Merrit Wensell on their capability to handle the huge number of people coming in for the rally. B-roll of rally. Reporter standup on success of rally. Crowd signs Star Spangled Banner. Speeches, including more of Volpe speech and speech by former Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph Scerra. Scerra awards Paul Christopher a medal of merit from the VFW. Paul Christopher gets award from John Volpe in his office.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967
Description: Leader: P1 Chrysler Dealers #10538 11/18/74; Silent footage of car dealerships and parking lots full of cars. Interview with a car dealership owner about a surplus of 1974 model Chryslers in his inventory causing him to lower his order of 1975 models. Roger Goodrich reporter standup about a low stock of 1975 model Chryslers at local New England dealerships. New cars in showrooms. More of the interview with the car dealer owner and an interview with a car salesman. Reporter outtakes. Silent b-roll of a car dealership.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/18/1974
Description: Frank Church press conference during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. He talks about the successes and limits of his campaign so far. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: A "place to run dirty movies masquerading as a church"* was raided the day before and the people arrested went to the Boston Municipal court for arraignment. Silent footage of two people in a hallways, a couple women leave a room and then hide their faces, and a shot of a court sign. *quoted from the Original WCVB Rundown
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/30/1976
Description: Interview with vice president of Society for Commercial Archeology, Arthur Krim, on significance of Citgo sign in Kenmore Square. Its neon display was shut off by the state as an energy conservation measure. Close-up of the sign. They shoot cutaways. Several takes of reporter standup. Kenmore Square environs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/01/1980
Description: Leader: P1 Citizens for Economy #10658 12/3/74; A press conference Executive Director Henry Lodge and another member of Citizens for Economy in Government, a government watchdog group, about their goals for the Dukakis administration.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/03/1974