Description: South Hampton [Southampton] Street 5 alarm. Burning building, flames coming out of a window and smoke everywhere. Fire fighters use hoses to try to put out the fire. Boston fire department fire trucks pull up to the scene. Spectators watch the fire fighters. Notes from Catalog Card: "mitchell sil '300 restored. 12/7/70? 1970?"
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/07/1970
Description: South Hampton [Southampton] Street 5 alarm. Air clip, mostly daytime aftermath footage and clips from crowley night footage of fire and fire fighters. [date on card reads "12/7/70? 1970?"]
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/07/1970
Description: "Leader: "P2 Fire Demo"; Interview with a man (Fire Chief Paul) about the importance of fire alarms in the sleeping areas of the home. Man demonstrates a fire alarm. Silent b-roll of firemen fighting a fire, new home construction, another fire alarm demonstration. Reporter standup about fire safety. Outtakes include reporter outtakes, interview with Chief Paul, and more fire detector demonstrations."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/08/1974
Description: Cuts from fire fighter awards ceremony. Fire fighter in dress uniform walk on stage. Man recounts heroic deeds of honorees. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/28/1976
Description: Leader: P1 Firefighters #9291 7/9/74; 70 fire chiefs from Boston sit in desks and listen as a man from the Mayor's office, Richard Kelliher, outlines the school busing plan. Mary McKay reporter standup about a meeting between the Mayor's office and the Fire Department to coordinate operations around the busing plan that will begin in the fall. Fire Commissioner James Kelley, Fire Chief George Paul, and Kelliher answer questions at a press conference about how they are working to ensure that fire operations do not interfere with the school bus routes. Reporter outtakes, fire engine drives away from the station, silent b-roll from press conference. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/09/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Firefighters - Kids #9506 7/31/74; Performers entertain children outside a hospital. Santa Claus waves from a Fire truck. Clowns perform for a crowd and sing Christmas songs. Santa and clowns talk to children in hospital beds that have been wheeled outside.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/31/1974
Description: "Leader: "F1 Fireman Funeral #7114 1/25/74"; Silent footage of a fireman's funeral. Men in uniform walking down the street; a hearse drives by; mourners walk into a church, pall bearers carry the coffin; firemen milling around outside the funeral; "
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/25/1974
Description: No audio. Boston bank building exteriors. First National Bank of Boston. Shawmut. State Street Bank. Fidelity.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1982
Description: Footage of the first day of school at Charlestown High School during year two of desegregation in Boston. Media crews gather at the foot of the Bunker Hill Monument. Helicopters circle overhead. Police in riot helmets and MDC officers on horseback are stationed in front of the school. A police officer with a rifle is posted on the roof of the school. No buses have yet arrived.
0:00:08: Visual: Media crews gather at the foot of the Bunker Hill Monument to cover the first day of school at Charlestown High School. The noise of helicopters is audible. Shots of media crews and equipment; of the Bunker Hill Monument; of the shabby exterior of Charlestown High School. A small group of people stand at the doors to Charlestown High School. Police officers wearing riot helmets are gathered on the streets outside of the school. MDC police officers on horseback are stationed on the streets. A helmeted police officer with a rifle is posted on the roof of the school. Small groups of onlookers are gathered around Monument Square. Shot of helicopter overhead. A few white people enter and leave the school. 0:16:24: V: A group of young men walk on the street. They make an obscene gesture to the camera; one appears to be drinking. Two US Marshals, one white and one African American, walk down the street toward the school. Shot of helicopter circling the area.
Collection: Evening Compass, The
Date Created: 09/08/1975
Description: Tone at the beginning of the video. Footage of the first day of school at Charlestown High School during Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Exterior shots of school building. Media crews are gathered at the foot of Bunker Hill Monument to cover the arrival of buses. Helicopter noise is audible. A school bus accompanied by a police officer on motorcycle pulls up in front of the school. Students, mostly African American, exit the bus. The bus pulls away and police line the street in front of the school. A second bus pulls up. The students exit the bus and head to the entrance of the school. Students and teachers inside the school look out the window at the activity on the street.
0:00:50: Visual: Media crews are gathered at the foot of the Bunker Hill Monument to cover opening day at Charlestown High School. The noise of helicopters overhead is audible. An MDC police officer on horseback is stationed in front of the school. School officials stand at the school entrance. 0:01:27: V: A yellow school bus escorted by a police motorcycle escort pulls up to the front of the school. African American students and some students of other races exit the bus and enter the school. Officials and police confer outside of the bus. Shots of exterior of Charlestown High School; of media crews; of helicopter overhead. The bus pulls away from school. Students and teachers in the school look out the window at activity outside. 0:05:53: V: Helmeted police line up in the street outside the school. They receive instructions from their superior officer. Noise from police radios is audible. A second bus with police escort pulls up outside school. African American students exit the bus and enter the school. Students crowd the entrance to the school. The bus pulls away. Police and officials remain outside of school.
Collection: Evening Compass, The
Date Created: 09/08/1975