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Boston Marathon

Description: Reel begins with cuts. Interviews with runners and spectators about why runners with no chance of winning compete in the race. Footage of the winner from the previous year, Olavi Suomalainen, with his laurel wreath and trophy. Silent b-roll footage of runners in various places along the race route. Edited story taken from the above footage. Reporter standup, interview with runners and spectators, and silent footage of runners during the race. Goes back into cuts with footage of runners preparing at the starting line. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/14/1973

Busing Tale of Two Cities Tease

Description: "Leader: "P1 Busing Tale of Two Cities Tease 9/6/74"; Two men playing drums on a hill overlooking San Francisco. Footage of San Francisco including people on a crowded street, residential neighborhoods, a street car, the Golden Gate Bridge, and aerial shots of the skyline and streets. Sound bites from parents and administrators in California followed by interviews with parents and students in Boston and people speaking an an anti-busing event. Mayor Kevin White speaking with parents. More footage of parents discussing Freedom schools in the Chinese neighborhoods in San Francisco. Footage of schools in Boston and more interviews with kids. Interviews with California parents and kids about violence during the beginning of busing. Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00637"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/06/1974

Celtics

Description: "Leader: "P2 Celtics #7791 4/3/74"; Locker room interview with Celtics player John Havlicek. Silent footage of a Boston Celtics versus Buffalo Braves basketball game with shots of the crowd and score board. More of the interview with Havlicek about the game and advice that he got from Bill Russell followed by more game footage."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974

Concerned Scientists

Description: "Leader: "P2 Concerned Scientists #7940 4/18/74"; Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) press conference with Daniel Ford and another man about the dangers of nuclear power, and the specific problems found at the Pilgrim Nuclear Ppower plant in Plymouth. A representative of nuclear power plants (Mr. Howard) defends their safety. Silent b-roll of the Boston Edison Pilgrim Nuclear power plant. More from the press conference and the representative from Boston Edison about the safety of the Pilgrim Plant."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/18/1974

Ford- Man on Street

Description: "Leader: "P2 Ford- Man on Street #9604 8/9/74"; Man listening to a radio broadcast about Gerald Ford's inauguration, people buy newspapers with Gerald Ford's inauguration on the cover. Man on the street interviews about Gerald Ford; opinions about him and his qualifications for President. Reporter stand up (Arch Macdonald). Outtakes include more on the street interviews about Nixon's resignation, opinions on Ford and how he will do as President, street scenes around the Park Street T stop, man listens to the radio broadcast of the inauguration while the Park Street Church bells ring in the background, busker singing, Man walks by with a sign reading "Boston's Gay Community Celebrates the loss of our president." "
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/09/1974

Garrity Court House

Description: "Leader: "P1 Garrity Court House #10881 + 10882 12/30/74"; Judge Arthur Garrity held three school committee members in contempt for refusing to approve the city busing plan. Crowds going into the courthouse. Lawyer and John J. Kerrigan give an interview about their opposition to the "Garrity plan." Parents against busing chanting in the lobby and giving nazi salutes. Interview with Louise Day Hicks about her opposition to the court disbarring and sanctioning City Council members. Members of the school council give statements against forced busing to a cheering crowd in the school committee chamber. More b-roll from the court house lobby including Hicks reading the court statement that Kerrigan, John McDonough, and Paul Ellison were held in contempt of court. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00686"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/30/1974

Hijacker

Description: "Leader: "P1 Hijacker #9839 2 of 2"; Story related to a young man, Marshall Collins, who took an Eastern Airlines pilot (Lewis Whitaker Jr.) hostage for three hours at Logan Airport before surrendering to the FBI. Footage of an airplane and unmarked police cars on runway. FBI agents and police gather on the tarmac. Men walkthrough airport. Unrelated game footage of a Red Sox versus Oakland A's baseball game. Logan airport footage. Silent b-roll of cars and plain clothed police. United airplane taxiing and taking off. Airport b-roll; including payphone booths inside the airport, arrival and departure boards, crowds waiting in the airport, Eastern airline counter, people with bags, airplanes taking off. Brief interview with man. Press conference about the hijacking given during the event. Man answers questions from the press. More footage of police and FBI officers. Another press conference given after the hijacker was in custody. More b-roll of airplanes. Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00621"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/04/1974

Lobstermen

Description: "Leader: "P2 Lobstermen #9327"; Closeup of a map of the Maine/New Hampshire line in the ocean; A man drives a boat; A lobsterman interviewed about Maine lobstermen fishing over the state line; man on the water collecting traps; shots of the shoreline and lighthouse. Roger Goodrich standup about a dispute between the New Hampshire and Maine lobstermen. Outtakes include interview with a lobsterman about the new boundary line by the Isle of Shoals; reporter outtakes; lobsterman checking traps; lobsterman's house, dock, and boat."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/12/1974

Logan Airport Pilots Strike

Description: Story #943. Story about the international 24 hour pilot strike over hijacking concerns, and how this strike has affected travel at Logan Airport. Footage includes interviews with pilots, reporter voice over, b-roll of flight attendants updating cancellation boards, empty seating areas, closed check-in counters, parked planes, people boarding planes and checking into flights with carriers that are still operating. Interviews with pilots from Eastern airline (who joined the strike) about the issue behind the strike, personal hijacking stories, public perception, and why pilots from all of the airlines did not join the strike. Edited story followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/19/1972

Methadone Probe, part 2

Description: Story #1534. Footage from a hearing about a Methadone program in the city. Testimony from drug addicts who use the Methadone program, people who work with the Methadone users, a man who thinks that the Methadone clinic in the hospital is creating an unsafe environment, a man who is against the use of methadone to treat drug addicts. One of the members of the committee listening to testimony gets into an argument with the man who is against the use of methadone. Followed by silent b-roll footage of the courtroom during the proceedings. Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/23/1972