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Christmas Shopping

Description: "leader: ""P2 Xmas Shopping 12-24-73 #6869""; A woman and her friend discuss buying jewelry for her boyfriend. Sound bite from a woman about Christmas shopping. Reporter stand up about last minute Christmas shoppers he calls procrastinators. B-roll of crowds on a dark street, Christmas display, kids with Santa, gift wrapping counter, people shopping in a department store. Reporter interviews people about shopping the night before Christmas. More b-roll of people walking on a busy street in Boston and a woman ringing a bell for charity. Camera sees a man being wrestled to the ground and arrested by two plain clothes police officers. Reporter stand-up outtakes. Mix of sound and wild sound."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973

N.E. Regional Energy Dir.

Description: "Leader: ""F2 N.E. Regional Energy Dir. #6870 - 12/24/73""; Interview with the New England Region Energy Director [Rogers?] about home heating oil, oil regulations, and the energy crisis. Reporter asks question about the energy crisis's effect on unemployment. Interview b-roll."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973

Year Ender: Walpole/ John Boone

Description: Slug: "12/24/73: Year End Walpole John Boone." Overview of the events at Walpole prison from the beginning of the year until the end of summer. John O. Boone, a prison abolitionist who believed that prisons needed to be phased out, was appointed Corrections Commissioner at the beginning of 1973, and in the spring Walpole prison guards went on strike demanding Boone's removal. The prisoners were left to run the prison themselves, and when the guards returned there was a power struggle that ended with guards and riot police entering the prison to stop a nonviolent protest by prisoners. Boone was fired by Governor Sargent in July 1973. Footage includes John Boone speaking about unrest, shot of riot damage at Walpole, a man criticizing Boone, Police ready to go into the prison, inmates, police in riot gear, prison guards, b-roll of Walpole prison, a man calling for Boone to be removed, person on a stretcher, and a hearse arriving at the prison. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/24/1973