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Brighton Fatal Fire

Description: Leader: P2 Brighton Fatal Fire #7576 - 13 March 74; Interview with a woman (Mrs. McGrath) about a fire. Silent footage of firemen fighting a large daytime house fire and the smoking remnants of the building. A crowd watches the fire; firemen carry a body bag to a car; more of the interview with Mrs. McGrath; an interview with a paramedic; Bob Clinksdale reporter voiceover about the death of two children in a fire in Brighton.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/13/1974

Busing Charlestown Demonstration

Description: "Leader: "Busing Charlestown Demo 9-30-74 #10073"; Anti-busing demonstration. People marching, chanting, and holding signs. Reporter voiceover about the march. A Woman leads a pledge against the courts and Judge Garrity. Reporter voiceover about a small turnout at the demonstration (blames Mayor Kevin White). More footage of the march. Reporter standup. Outtakes: Interview with a woman marcher. Footage of protesters and signs."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/30/1974

Celtics

Description: "Leader: "P1 Celtics #7475 3/3/1974"; Basketball game footage of the Boston Celtics versus the New York Knicks. Silent mix of regular speed and slow motion. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.01090"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1974

City Council/ Imbalance

Description: Silent footage of Boston City Council chambers during a meeting. City Councilors Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, J.M. Connolly, Frederick C. Langone, Louise Day Hicks address the meeting about court-ordered busing. Stenographer records the meeting. Massachusetts State Representative Ray Flynn sits in the audience. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/04/1974

Drought

Description: "Leader: "P2 Drought #9543 8/2/74"; Footage of Sunny Rock Farm in Walpole including the barn, dry fields, cows, chickens. Mike Taibbi voiceover about drought and high costs of feed for farmers. Interview with a farmer (Greg). Shot of a dry lawn. Interview with another farmer (John). Reporter stand-up about the effects of a drought for consumers and home owners. Followed by outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/02/1974

East Boston Cop

Description: Leader: P2 East Boston Cop #7521 3/7/74; Rally at the East Boston High School to protest the transfer of detective Robert Bobby Fawcett who was demoted to patrolman and transferred from East Boston to Charlestown. Silent and sound footage of the audience holding up signs and cheering. Policemen sit on the stage and speak to the crowd. Carmen Scarpa, assistant headmaster. Deputy Superintendant Peter J. Donavan speaks to the crowd and offers to answer questions. Members of the audience speak out against the transfer of Fawcett.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/07/1974

Edison Meeting

Description: "Leader: "P2 Edison Meeting #7835 4/8/74"; Consumer group Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (MECA) protesting Boston Edison. MECA asked Edison to launch investigation of the oil companies and allow a member of MECA to be involved. Edison told them no. Reporter Natalie Jacobson interviews Allen Davis (director of public relations for Edison) and a woman from MECA. Silent b-roll of the Edison building, interviews, and members of MECA on the street. Followed by outtakes which include more of the interview with Davis, he is interrupted by a man from MECA and they have an argument about energy prices and profits on camera; more interviews with members of MECA; reporter standup and voiceover outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1974

Fuel Allocation Follow

Description: "Leader: "P1 Fuel Allocation Follow 1/15/74 #7016"; Silent b-roll of men taking notes. Close up on Federal Energy Officer Lawrence Rogers name tag. Interview b-roll. Roger Lawrence speaks to the press about energy regulations. Interview with an independent distributor, Victor from Bigelow Oil. Reporter stand up in front of Bigelow Oil Company truck about the new energy regulations. Reporter stand-up outtakes; Bigelow Oil Co truck driving, backing up, and delivering home heating oil to a house; Rogers and reporters listen to a man on speaker phone discuss mandatory allocation rules; Rogers answers reporter questions"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974

Girl Little League Player

Description: Feature on Janine Cinseruli, a 10-year old Peabody girl, who was heading into court the following day to fight for the right for girls to play little league baseball. Interviews with Janine, her brother, her mother, and other kids in her neighborhood. Footage of Janine and other children playing baseball in the street. Partially edited and outtakes. A mix of silent and sound footage. Sound muffled during interview with her mother.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/13/1974

Grocery Store

Description: Leader: P2 Grocery Store #10512 11/14/74; Jim Boyd reporter standup in front of Joe's Public Market in Winthrop. Interview with the owner of the store about how small family-run grocery stores are going out of business. Silent b-roll of the store and the owners working. More of the interview with the store owner and reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/14/1974

Logan Runaway

Description: Story #9771. Story about plans to build a new runways at Logan Airport, the "Logan Masterplan," and objections from the community with noise and environmental concerns. Footage includes b-roll of press conference, close up shots of runway plans, planes taking off and landing, construction equipment and workers, press conference with concerned citizens and a press conference with governor King about a court order that halted construction, environmental impact studies, and how to continue with the project. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1974

M.B.T.A

Description: Leader: M.B.T.A [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority] #9685; P2 New MBTA Train 8/19/74; Interview with a man about the chance to invest in and modernize the Boston transit system. Interview with another man about the new state of art train car. Bob Clinksdale reporter standup in front of the new train. Footage of Governor Francis Sargent speaking to a crowd outside the Park Street T stop, Sargent on the new train. More footage of the interviews and of the train car. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00060
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/19/1974

Medeiros on Finances

Description: Leader: P2 Medeiros on Finances #6970 1/8/74; A press conference with Catholic Church administration including Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, about the finances of the church. Silent external footage of churches and b-roll of the meeting. Medeiros answers questions from the press.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/08/1974

Overloaded Trucks

Description: Leader: Overloaded Trucks #8257 5/16/74; Silent b-roll of a meeting, a collapsed wooden bridge, trucks driving on the road. Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover and standup about new weight regulations for trucks and regulations about weight limits on bridges. Interview with a man about an increase in fines for overloading trucks. More b-roll of trucks. A hearing on overloaded trucks. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/16/1974

Park Plaza

Description: Leader: P2 Park Plaze #7055 1/18/74; Attorney Charles Mahoney presents evidence of corrupt methods of obtaining property for the Park Plaza Project Hearing. Silent b-roll of the hearing followed by more of the testimony.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/18/1974

Porno Ruling folo

Description: "Leader: "P1 Porno Ruling folo #8005 - 24 April 74"; Silent footage of the Combat Zone in Boston including movie marquees, signs, store fronts, and a bookstore. Reporter voice over about a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme court about pornographic material, mainly books and movies, that advocates of the Combat Zone find favorable. Shots of a theater marquee and poster for the film, "The Devil in Miss Jones." Interview with a man who operates a theater in the Combat Zone. Mike Taibbi reporter standup. Interview with Senator [Crowly] about a new obscenity law that they are drafting. Interview with Mr. Golman about the new obscenity law that is being drafted and how it may have trouble considering the Supreme Court's ruling."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1974

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.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/01/1974

Sarge News Jobs

Description: "Leader: "P2 Sarge [Governor Francis Sargent] News Jobs #9171 6-26-74"; Governor Francis Sargent on the release of housing subsidies and highway maintenance funds, which will result in jobs in the construction industry. Silent b-roll (soft focus) of men working at a construction site, maps and federal subsidy figures, and b-roll of the news conference. Followed by cuts."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/26/1974

State Deficit

Description: Leader: P1 State Deficit #10554 11/19/74; Press conference with current Secretary of Administration of Finance David Marchand and his successor John Buckley about the Massachusetts state deficit. Buckley and Marchand answer questions from the press about the budget.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/19/1974

Tax Exempt Property

Description: "Leader: "P1 Tax Exempt Property #7452 2/28/74"; Silent footage of Mayor Kevin White cutting red tape in front of a door, a group of people outside a building, walk into the Fenway community Health Center. Interior footage of White speaking to a crowd with shots of the audience. Mayor White speaking to the audience (no sound.)"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/28/1974

Townsend Cops

Description: "Leader: "P2 Townsend Cops #10832 12-23-74"; Five Townsend police officers were fired, and have been reinstated after a three year battle with the town selectmen. They talk about returning to the force, the effect of this period on their families, and the police union. Silent b-roll of the men and their families in the room."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/23/1974

Varani

Description: Leader: P1 Varani #10631 11/27/74; Arch Macdonald reporter voiceover about John Varani, Secretary of Consumer Affairs. Interview with Varani. Reporter voiceover. Michael Dukakis press conference and more of the interview with Varani.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/27/1974