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Mather School Fire

Description: Leader: Mather School Fire #6917 + 6921 1/1/74; Silent footage of the aftermath of a fire at the Mathers School. A fire truck outside the school; firemen go in the window and spray water st the building; smoke billows out the window; men look through charred and burned books, papers, and furniture. Exterior footage of the Grover Cleveland school. People at a meeting inside. Interview with John Kerrigan about strengthening security in Boston Public Schools and the series of school fires in Boston. Interview with a man about how the fire is disrupting the students where they might be sent. More footage of the interior of the burned out school.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974

Registry/ Lucey

Description: Leader: P1 Registry/ Lucey #6915 - 1 Jan 74; Silent footage of wrecked cars. Smashed cars towed off a highway. Reporter Mary McKay interview with a David Lucey, the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles, about the number of car accidents, how the energy crisis is affecting driving and accidents, and his plans for the Office of the Registry. Silent footage of Boston city streets and roads with little to no cars driving on them; almost empty tolls; footage shot out the front of a moving car.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974

Revere Body Found

Description: Leader: Revere Body Found #6916 1/1/74Silent footage of police officers and an ambulance by a dead body on the beach.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974

Wolkberg Funeral

Description: Leader: P1 Wolkberg Funeral #6918 1/1/74; Reporter Bob Clinksdale reporter standup and voiceover about the memorial service for Dr. Gerald Wohlberg who was shot by a former patient, William Gordon, in December 1973. Silent footage of people arriving at Wohlberg's funeral, some shots of the service, and the coffin being carried to the hearse.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974

Year Ender: Chelsea Fire

Description: Slug: "1/1/74: Year End Chelsea Fire". Footage includes, several buildings on fire, firemen fighting the fire, national guard leaving a truck and walking through the fire aftermath, Ted Kennedy and others tour the aftermath, interview with a woman (Charlene) who lost her house, more shots of the fire and firemen, a man asking people to leave the area, a red cross shelter, aerial view of the fire, people in a shelter and a nun sorting through donated goods, Charlene walking down the street, bulldozers clearing the wreckage of buildings, People loading belongings into a station wagon and driving away, army trucks, National Guard men assembled on the sidewalk and marching into the Massachusetts National Guard building (which is being used by the Red Cross), more of the interview with Charlene about her experience the day of the fire. Mix of sound, silent, and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1974