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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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