Description: Exterior shot of the West Newton Savings bank in Sherborn. B-roll of women working inside and the bank manager on the phone. Interview with the bank manager about a man who used to work there. Sound and wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/29/1978
Description: Story about the West Newton Savings bank in Sherborn, which has an all women staff. Interview with one of the bank managers, interview cutaways, and reporter standup in front of the bank. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/29/1978
Description: Women in a room singing, several women come through a door with a large banner and the students cheer, girls stream out of the door cheering. Wild sound. Slug = "U Mass Feminists" Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "The women who have been sitting in the office of the UMass school newspaper leave without getting satisfaction."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/12/1978
Description: Crowds by the harbor. A man and seal [Andre?] perform on the dock. Unveil a statue of Andre. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/08/1978, 10/09/1978
Description: Footage of Andre the seal being transferred from the plane to the New England Aquarium truck for transfer to the aquarium. Crowd waiting by the Seal enclosure, and Andre being released from the crate into the seal enclosure. Background sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Andre Comes home - Here we go again, from Rockport to the Aquarium."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1978
Description: People marching with white masks on, chanting, and carrying anti-Shah signs. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Description from Assignment Sheet: "Anti-Shah [demonstration] at the MFA and then on to downtown, re: Shah of Iran."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/13/1978
Description: Footage of people weaving on a loom, dancing to live acoustic guitar music, people lounging in the park, and shots of different artwork. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Street fair on Marlboro St. to celebrate French independence day."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/14/1978
Description: Footage includes the audience and close-ups of people involved in the hearing. Wild Sound. This in 1 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Arts Hearing at Faneuil Hall with the [Governor] among others. [Morning] devoted to arts, [and] the [afternoon] to humanities... we do arts only."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/30/1978
Description: Governor Dukakis speaking about the need for a greater allocation of money to Art institutions. Sound. This in 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Arts Hearing at Faneuil Hall with the [Governor] among others. [Morning] devoted to arts, [and] the [afternoon] to humanities... we do arts only."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/30/1978
Description: Silent footage of a mosaic in the Park Street Subway station that reads, "First subway in America," people looking at the art, a woman speaking to the crowd, and close up on sections of the artwork. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/04/1978
Description: Women in a meeting and talking in a circle. Interview with a woman about safety for women. More footage of the meeting and shots of women in attendance. Sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/25/1978
Description: Silent footage of a man placing tape on the roof of a building. He is making letters, but there is no ariel shot that shows what he is writing. Hancock Tower seen in the distance.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/10/1978
Description: Three women get out of a car and go into the police station. Camera follows four men as they walk down an alley and into the police station. Film has some color shift. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "The kids who claim they were attacked by white kids in Charlestown last year come back to look at the lineup again to see if they can identify the so-called attackers."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Shots of a crowd walking down the street, men on a bench by the river, walking through the park, and lounging in the grass, and more people walking down the street. Interview with a woman on how she came to the knowledge that she is a lesbian. Interview with a man who thinks that homophobia will disappear if everyone who is gay just came out of the closet. Interviews with a man about people in the closet, a man from the Gay Business Association, and a gay man about pedophiles and the stereotype of homosexuals as molesters. B-roll of lesbian from before cooking. Interview with a man about the fight for Gay Rights. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/29/1978
Description: Shot for a story on money for construction of the Central Artery. Ariel footage of traffic on the John F. Fitzgerald Expressway (Rt. 93), also called the Central Artery. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/23/1978
Description: Outtakes from footage of press conference about the Charles St. Jail plan. Two different men speak. One man discusses the need for the City Council to stay out of the matter of site selection. Shots of the speakers intermixed with shots of press and audience around the room. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Jail reactions - Hall and Commissioner Molaughlin react to the city council plan to renovate the Charles St. jail."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Interview with Mr. Jedry, whom the house is being rebuilt for. Footage of the family watching as workers move the house into place. Reporter voiceover about the Jedry family, followed by silent footage of a house on fire with firemen. Footage of the empty lot, reporter voiceover about the new house. Interview with the Jedry daughters, Debbie, Theresa and Elizabeth. The girls talk about what it was like to lose the old house and how excited they are about the new house. More footage of the house being moved into place. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Chelsea Home Rebuilt -Last November, a fire destroyed a home on Eastern Ave. in Chelsea. The house was rebuilt in a matter of hours today (it's on of those modular types)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: According to the Original WCVB Rundown this story was shot at the 2 O'Clock Lounge on the last night they were open. The club was shut down "due to it's [racy] type of entertainment." Exterior night footage of the 2 O'Clock Lounge. Shot of a woman dancing on stage. Exterior day footage of The Living Room, followed by a close up on a piece of paper taped to the door that reads, "Sale Postponed." Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/01/1978
Description: According to the Original WCVB Rundown this story was shot in the 2 O'Clock Lounge on the last night they were open. The club was shut down "due to it's [racy] type of entertainment." Dark footage of a women dancing on a stage with music playing in the background. Interview with one of the strippers. Shot of a birthday cake. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/31/1978
Description: This is b-roll of a disco where a fight occurred and the ship that the sailors involved in the fight were on. Mostly exterior footage of the Boston Boston Discotheque at 15 Lansdowne Street. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Disco Racial Incident - Early this am there was an incident at Boston/Boston involving some sailors in civilian clothes and some of the patrons at the disco. Some cops were injured, and the sailors were injured."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: This reel an interview with the dog's handler. This is reel 1 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "...Silas, the german shepard attached to the Plymouth County Sheriff's office...is buried in Foxboro with full military honors" after dying in the line of duty.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/17/1978
Description: Footage of a house and cages with dogs inside. A man holds up two puppies for the camera. Interviews with police man and police woman about how many dogs were in the house and the living conditions. Reporter standup explains that 8 dogs escaped and most of the ones captured are in very poor condition. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/20/1978
Description: Foreign students crowded together in a hall for registration. Silent. Slug: "Northeastern Students"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1978
Description: Interviews with a couple students about the peace agreement in the Middle East. Sound. Slug: Student reactions
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/18/1978
Description: Silent footage of comedian Frank Fontaine presenting presenting a check and goofing off for the camera. Close up on check and men talking. Silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Frank Fontaine leaves the hospital and gives money for research."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Zoom in and out from a missing window on the John Hancock Tower. Shot of a man with binoculars looking up. Wild sound and an unstable image.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/23/1978
Description: Student demonstration protesting Harvard University's South African Investments while officials from the University meet to discuss whether they should keep these investments or divest. Footage of a large crowd of students chanting and holding signs, including one that reads, "Harvard profits from Apartheid." Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1978
Description: Student demonstration protesting Harvard University's South African Investments while officials from the University meet to discuss whether they should keep these investments or divest. Footage includes a student in the crowd, shots of the crowd, a man speaking at the demonstration, pull out to shot of the crowd cheering, and closing reporter standup. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/24/1978
Description: Footage of a man carving a swan out of ice, and some people watching. Some shots are in fast motion. Silent and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/05/1978
Description: Reel begins with a voice over track (with no picture) by the reporter about the arrowheads and other artifacts that were found, followed by an interview with archeologist Michael Roberts. Reporter closing standup. This reel is 2 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Harvard n.c. [news conference] / Marlboro Indians - During routine excavation work for new road construction, the state DPW uncovered and ancient Indian burial ground."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/08/1978
Description: Reel begins with a reporter standup about how archeologists found an ancient Indian campground. B-roll of artifacts displayed on tables at the Peabody museum. This reel is 1 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Harvard n.c. [news conference] / Marlboro Indians - During routine excavation work for new road construction, the state DPW uncovered and ancient Indian burial ground."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/08/1978
Description: This is silent footage of a building.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/21/1978
Description: John Markey Announces for Paul Tsongas seat in the House. John Markey at a podium on the street speaking to some people gathered around. Image is dark. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/06/1978
Description: Footage of crowds at the Medford fair. Children playing games and a potato chips eating contest. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1978
Description: Footage of different cartoon characters painted on the wall, a woman paints while children watch, a little girl leaving the ward looks at the paintings, reporter interviews a man who had organized the painting, followed by more footage of people painting. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[People] paint disney characters on walls in St. Elizabeth's Pediatrics Ward."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/09/1978
Description: B-roll Footage of Stockbridge streets and people. Shot of Norman Rockwell art for sale. People gathered outside the church, the casket arrives and is carried in past onlookers. More footage of people and the town. Shot of the hearse. End shot a close-up of one of Rockwell's paintings. Wild sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/12/1978
Description: Blank image with reporter voice over about Norman Rockwell's funeral and the town he lived in. Brief shot of people lined up outside the church as the casket is carried in and a shot of the church bells as they ring. Followed by blank image with reporter voice over. Sound drops out for a few seconds near the end. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/12/1978
Description: Silent b-roll footage of buildings and streets around Stockbridge. This is 1 of 3 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Norman Rockwell dies early this a.m. We go to Stockbridge where he lived and talk with some of the people who knew him, including some of his models."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/09/1978
Description: Footage of houses around Stockbridge and the town. B-roll of reporter interviewing a man. Blank image with reporter voice over. Interview with one of the townspeople, Ed Lock, who posed for one of Rockwell's paintings. Blank image with reporter voice over. Sound. This is 2 of 3 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Norman Rockwell dies early this a.m. We go to Stockbridge where he lived and talk with some of the people who knew him, including some of his models."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/09/1978
Description: Blank image with reporter voice over about Rockwell. Interview with a man from Stockbridge. Blank image with reporter voice over about funeral. Interview with David Mackey about what it was like posing for Rockwell. Still image of one of Rockwell's paintings. More interview with the man from before. Silent shot of a house. Mix of sound and silent. This is 3 of 3 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Norman Rockwell dies early this a.m. We go to Stockbridge where he lived and talk with some of the people who knew him, including some of his models."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/09/1978
Description: Shot down the table of kids getting ready to start the pie eating contest followed by shots of kids eating pie without their hands. More footage of kids eating pie with and without their hands. Footage speeds up at the very end of the reel. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Blueberry Pie Eating Contest at the Community Boat House."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/19/1978
Description: Footage of the funeral. Officers and police dogs marching into the cemetery. People gathered around the grave. A coffin is lowered into the ground. The officers and police dogs march out of the graveyard. A young girl places a flower on the grave and reel ends with a close-up of the gravestone. This is edited footage with wild sound. This is reel 2 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "...Silas, the german shepard attached to the Plymouth County Sheriff's office...is buried in Foxboro with full military honors" after dying in the line of duty.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/17/1978
Description: Footage of man in a wheelchair and people registering for the race. Interview with someone who helped organize the event. The start of the race. Interview with the injured cop who everyone is running for. Pops in the sountrack. Footage of runners and cheering crowd. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Police Marathon - Mini marathon held to benefit injured Sudbury Cop."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/29/1978
Description: Silent footage of older buildings and street signs at the corner of Marshall St. and Union St.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/28/1978
Description: Begins with a reporter voice over with no picture. Interview with animal technologist Carla Skinder about Smoke the seal and why she has to be driven to Maine instead of swimming like Andre. This is reel 1 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1978
Description: Footage of a seal in a cage, Smoke, being loaded into the New England Aquarium van. The truck drives away. Reporter, Roger Goodrich, closing standup in front of the seal enclosure at the New England Aquarium. Sound. This is reel 2 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1978
Description: Interviews with members of the New Hampshire Sno-Shakers Snowmobile Club about snowmobiling benefits to those who ride and the community. Interviews with two police officers about problems with snowmobilers. B-roll of people on snowmobiles driving down the road and through a field. People milling around outside the New Hampshire Sno-Shakers Snowmobile Clubhouse. Interview with a young boy and an older woman about snowmobiling. B-roll of the snowmobile club getting ready and riding through the woods and fields. Shots of snowmobile paths that run parallel and across the road. More b-roll of the snowmobile club members discussing their ride. Interview with an older woman about how she dislikes the irresponsible snowmobilers that give them a bad name. B-roll of trails, no trespassing signs, snowshoe tracks, and more people riding snowmobiles. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Footage of a snow sculpture of George Washington bust and a young boy doing some finishing touches on it. Shot of Washington and Abe Lincoln sculptures. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "For Weather... A 12-year old youngster in Needham... decided to do some ice/snow sculptures in front of his house. Would you believe the subjects are George Washington and [Abe] Lincoln?"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/20/1978
Description: Exterior shot of the Children's Hospital followed by shots of the solar panels on the roof. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Children's Hospital spends $195,000 on a new solar system for the pediatrics wing."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/22/1978
Description: Interview in front of the Massachusetts State House with a man from the state government who says that the state has stopped doing business with South Africa, and another man who says that the State needs to divest of these bonds as soon as possible. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1978