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Rent Control Demo

Description: "Leader: "F1 Rent Control Demo 12/7/74"; Rent control demonstration outside of Boston City Hall. Sign reads "Rent Control Yes, Decontrol No - Pru Center Tennants Assn." People with signs throw dummies with name tags off the steps."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/07/1974

Royal Lipizzaner Horseshow

Description: Leader: P1 Horsies - Royal Lipizzaner Horseshow #10023 9/24/74; Silent footage of a truck with The Royal Lipizzan Stallion Show - The Wonderful World of Horses written on the side. A man inspects and cleans the teeth of a horse. Horse trailers. A man leads a white Lipizzan horse out of the stall and outside. Men inspect and clean the horses teeth. A man rides the horse and demonstrates some tricks.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/24/1974

Women's Equality Day

Description: Story #9759. Demonstration on the 54th anniversary of women's suffrage at Government Center. Female rock band plays music, women dance. Closeups on feminist literature. Interviews with women on the Equal Right Amendment, the women's liberation movement, and progress towards women's equality. Additional sound and silent footage of band playing to large crowd. Interview with woman on the accomplishments of the League of Women Voters. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/26/1974

BPL Walk out

Description: Sound footage of demonstrators walking in a circle and carrying signs in front of the Boston Public Library. An interview with one of the protesters. Heavy amount of popping in the soundtrack. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Library workers walkout - The union folk considered to be non-pros are upset with their employers. So they walk out of the library during the noon hour and picket."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/23/1977

Blalock L.P.G.A.

Description: "Leader: "P1 Blalock L.P.G.A.[Ladies Professional Golf Association] #9102A 6/19/74"; "Sports Joanne Carner 6/19/74"; "P2 Kathy Whitworth LPGA 6/18/74"; "Laura Baugh 6/18/74"; Interview with several golfers before the start of the LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts. Silent footage of Jane Blalock putting followed by an interview with Blalock about the up coming tournament. Interview with Joanne Carner while she demonstrates her swing and gives golfing advise. Interview with Kathy Whitworth. Silent footage of Laura Baugh talking with a reporter and golfing followed by an interview."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/19/1974

Checkpoint: Racism Rebirth

Description: Story on the seeming rise of racism and racial incidents the last few years. Historical footage of a Ku Klux Klan march and a protest during the civil rights moment. Overview of different racial incidents that have occurred recently all over the country and in Boston. Modern day footage of African Americans protesting and Ku Klux Klan demonstrations. Interview with regional director of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service Martin Walsh. Some video problems. Reporter voice over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/07/1987

Grape Pickers Demo

Description: "Leader: "P2 Grape Pickers Demo #8391 5/30/74"; Interview with a man (Nick) about boycott against grapes in support of the United Farm Workers strike. Jim Boyd reporter standup on the demonstration at the New England Produce Center in Chelsea in support of the United Farm Workers to keep non-union lettuce and grapes off of shelves. Footage of the protesters marching and singing protest songs. Outtakes include reporter outtakes, more footage of the protesters marching and chanting, trucks and workers, protesters handing out flyers, more of the interview with Nick (sound issues)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1974

Quincy Cops

Description: Leader: P2 Quincy Cops N/C #10719 12/10/74; Mike Taibbi reporter voiceover about rising crime in Quincy. Press conference with Captain Fred Tighe, Police Chief Francis Quinn, and Mayor Walter J. Hannon about giving special units in the Quincy police department access to automatic weapons. Reporter standup. Silent b-roll of Quincy, storefronts, police cars, and press conference with police demonstrating weapons. Reporter voiceover. On-the-street interviews with Quincy residents about Quincy police carrying additional weapons. Reporter outtakes and more from the press conference.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/10/1974

Shotguns

Description: Leader: P2 Shotguns #6776 12/13/73 (Portions removed for Eisenstadt story of 1/16/1974); Interview with a police officer about the problem of people owning shotguns in Boston and how the police might need to carry them at well. Silent footage of a press conference with the Committee to Improve Community-Police Relations in Roxbury. Buckets of shotguns. A man demonstrates opening his trench coat and pulling out a shotgun, which he aims at the camera. Elma Lewis and others at the press conference discuss their opposition to arming the police force with shotguns. Reporter Natalie Jacobson asks a questions about gun control. Silent footage of a man with a shotgun.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/13/1973

Tenants Demo.

Description: Leader: P2 Tenants Demo. (Clink) #10105 10/3/74; Silent footage of boarded up apartments; apartments with broken windows; high rise apartment buildings; people march with signs. A public meeting at Boston City Hall in response to an ordinance passed by the City Council that would end rent control on some FHA luxury housing units in Boston. Bob Clinksdale reporter standup. A man answers questions from tenants and tenant group representatives about the ordinance and Mayor White's possible veto. Reporter outtakes, silent b-roll of apartment buildings, and tenant's demonstration.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/03/1974