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Allston Fire

Description: Leader: P1 Allston Fire #7212 2/4/74; Daytime house fire. Firemen fight the fire and go in and out of the house. A crowd watches.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

Bobby Orr Interview

Description: Interview with Bobby Orr about a recent leg injury followed by footage of him practicing on the ice. Edited story followed by outtakes. Mix of silent and sound. Pops and cracks in the soundtrack. (Leader: "Sports - Bobby Orr")
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

City Council

Description: "Leader: "P1 City Council (Park Plaza) #7216 2/4/74"; Man speaks to the press about the City Council's opposition o the Park Plaza redevelopment plan. Silent b-roll of a city council meeting. Chet Curtis reporter stand-up about the uncertain future of the Park Plaza redevelopment plan. Members of the Boston City Council, including Tip O'Neill and Louise Day Hicks, speak for and against the Park Plaza project."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

DPU Rate Hike

Description: Leader: P1 DPU Rate Hike #7211 2/4/74; Silent and sound footage of men and women at a meeting of the Department of Public Utility (DPU) on Boston Edison's request for a rate increase. People speak both for and against the rate increase and the possibility of replacing Boston Edison with a public utility.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

Dukakis NC

Description: "leader: "P2 Dukakis NC [News Conference] 2/4/74"; Gubernatorial candidate Mike Dukakis news conference about the energy crisis and possible solutions. He asks the governor to adopt the Oregon plan to fight the oil crisis. The Oregon plan involved alternating days that people could get gas from gas stations based on their license plate."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

Food Shortage

Description: "Leader: "P2 Food Shortage #7209 2/4/74"; Silent footage of produce, meat, and dairy products on the shelves at a grocery store. Mary McKay reporter standup on the possible effects of the truck strike on the price and availability of produce and meat Silent b-roll of trucks, people unloading food, crates of produce. Interview with a man about the truck strike and how the strike may affect product availability. Reporter outtakes and more b-roll of the grocery store and trucks carrying produce."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

Gas Report

Description: "Leader: "P2 Gas Report #7210 2/4/74"; A person serves coffee to people waiting in line in their cars for gas. "Sorry no Gas" and other signs at stations about their hours and customers. Interview with a man who runs a Howard Johnson restaurant near a gas station on his idea to serve coffee to people waiting for gas. More silent b-roll of the line for gas, people being served coffee in their cars, and gas pumps."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974

Truck Strike

Description: "Leader: "P1 Truck Strike 2/4/74 #7218"; Interview with a man (Mr. Butler) representing local truckers who recently voted to join the national strike about what their demands are and what the government needs to do to end the strike."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1974