Description: Overview of the history of presidential debates in advance of the debate between Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan. Footage of debates between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, Reagan and Carter, and Mondale and Gary Hart. Interview with a man about televised debates. Some video problems. Reporter voice-over throughout reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/06/1984
Description: "Leader: "P1 Dedham Crash #7757 4/1/74"; Silent nighttime footage of a car accident, men prying and cutting a crashed car door open, a person on a stretcher carried to an ambulance, tow truck hauling the crushed car."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/01/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Dedham Holdup Murder #7704 ; News story about a customer who was shot during an attempted holdup at Cumberland Farms store in Deadham. Still photo of the victim, Walter Wilson, and an interview with his widow. Silent footage of a small home and quite street, exterior and interior footage of the Cumberland Farms. Anonymous interview with the cashier about the robbery. Roger Goodrich reporter standup about the two men that police are looking for. More of the interview with Wilson's wife and her brother. Reporter outtakes, interview with the cashier (both with his face in view and hidden), reporter voice over, filiming out the window while car drives down street."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/26/1974
Description: Guests walk in front of the Museum of Fine Arts. Barbara Bush walks into the event tent. Dedication ceremony of the West Wing of the museum. Speeches given by Chairman Howard Johnson and Director Jan Fontaine cover the history of the museum and facilities of the new wing. Honored guest Barabra Bush is introduced and addresses the audience. Governor Ed King addresses the audience. I.M. Pei, and Mayor Kevin White also sit on stage during ceremony. Interiors of the new wing. Entrance to the People's Republic of China exhibit.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/17/1981
Description: Silent footage shot from the outside of the Pru Cinema at 903 Boylston St. of signs and the marquee for the movie "Deep Throat." Some footage of men leaving the theater and shots of the lobby taken through the lobby doors.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/26/1974
Description: Deer Island sewage treatment, boiler room, generators, control room, outside shots. Water gates, gas spheres, rushing water. Man explains the sewage treatment process and the way the machinery works. Boston skyline across the Harbor. Tape damage toward the end of the video.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1982
Description: Interiors of Deer Island House of Corrections. Shots of occupied and unoccupied cells. Shots of cell block. Guard walks down cell block. Graffiti on cell walls. Prisoner walks through cafeteria. Exteriors of Deer Island House of Corrections. Camera operator and reporter discuss composition of shots throughout.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1977
Description: Story #1456. Silent footage of paintings, woodwork, and sketches on display at an art fair.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/15/1972
Description: "Leader: "F1 Deer Island Bus Accident #7790 4/3/74"; Silent footage of a red and white bus with passengers still inside crashed against the side of a building. A tow truck and police cars around the bus."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974
Description: Deer Island prison exterior with snow. Main brick dormitory and several outbuildings. Boston skyline across harbor with whitecaps on waves. Plane flying low on approach to Logan Airport touches down on runway in distance.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1977