Description: "Leader: "P2 Boston Stock Exchange #9572 8/6/74"; Interview with a man about closing the stock exchange when Richard Nixon resigned. B-roll footage of workers at the Boston Stock Exchange working on computers and looking at a digital sign with news of Nixon's resignation."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Family Connection #9569 - 6 Aug 74; Women sit with their kids. A man talks about the terrible twos. Reporter standup about a sign that reads Rated PG... When Families need guidance The Family Connection Roslindale Square. The Family Connection sign outside a storefront. Silent footage of kids, a boy holds up a microphone to some girls, Mayor Kevin White interacts with the crowd. More footage of the women with name tags on sitting in a group with their kids; kids with video cameras; White speaks to the group of women; White with the video camera; People walk into the Family Connection. Reporter outtake. More sound footage of the women in a group talking with an expert about their children and parenting.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Harrington/ Lane on Public Power; Silent footage of Congressmen Michael Harrington speaking to reporters. Interview with a man representing the power companies on reasons against creating a public power utility. Harrington lists reasons why the Massachusetts Power Authority, a proposed public utility, would save money. B-roll footage of the press conference followed by Harrington answering reporter questions. More of the interview with the representative from the Boston Edison power company.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Legis, Wrap Harrington #9573 8/6/74; Bill Harrington reporter standup in front of the Massachusetts state house. Harrington summarizes Governor Francis Sargent's complaints about legislation and gives a rundown of legislation that did and did not pass during the 1974 Massachusetts Legislative session. Several takes of the same standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: P2 MCI Bridgewater #9570 8/6/74; Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover about the transfer of inmates from Concord, Walpole, and Norfolk Prisons to Bridgewater. Interview with a man from the prison about the delays. Silent b-roll of the prison with footage of empty beds and an empty cafeteria, men playing baseball in the yard, men going into the prison. Interview with a prisoner (Mr. Bell) about an election held in the prison. Men playing pool and checkers, external footage of the prison, a man sleeping on a bench. Reporter voiceover and standup about the prisoner's complaints about the living conditions in Bridgewater and the difference between the inmates and the mental health patients held at the facility. Reporter outtakes. More of the interviews and silent b-roll of the prison.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Ralston Family #9574 8/6/74"; Serviceman Kenneth Ralston Jr. from Waltham Massachusetts in serving a 6 month sentence in a jail in Thailand for desecrating the Thai flag. Still images of Ralston in his military uniform and serving, a letter to his family, silent footage of his parents. Ralston's mother (Patricia Ralston) answers questions and discusses the letter that she received from her son and her worries about his safety. Shot of the Ralston house and "Cherry st" road sign."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Regional Commission #9582 8/6/74"; Silent footage of the audience and speakers from the New England Regional Commission. Governor Francis Sargent, Dr. Boswell, and others speak about a program to promote International trade with the New England region."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: F1 Watertown Arsenal #9575 8/6/74; Silent footage of a man pointing at spots on a planning map; exterior shots of the Watertown Arsenal building and damage to the windows; more footage of the man man in the meeting; a man filling out a public grant application; more footage of the property around the Arsenal; Camp Pequossette Boundary sign.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974