Red Tide
Description:
Leader: P2 Red Tide #8918 6/1/74; Mary McKay reporter voiceover about a red tide breakout in the North Shore clam flats in 1972 and a current closing of the flats due to heightened levels of the toxic algae. Interview with a scientist. Silent footage of the river, fishermen, men pulling clams out of the sand, lab mice, and scientist conducting experiments on clams. Reporter standup in Gloucester about the possibility of a red tide bloom. More b-roll footage of scientists in a lab; clams in the mud; the shoreline; a man in a boat and digging for clams; interview with a scientist about the possible impact of the current ban on shellfish; reporter outtakes.
