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Toy Safety

Description: "Leader: "P2 Toy Safety #6774 - 13 Sept 73"; A man (Schwartz) speaks to reporters about dangerous toys and demonstrates by shooting a bow and arrow toy and lighting a doll on fire. Jim Boyd reporter stand up followed by b-roll and cuts. Footage includes close ups of various toys, reporter outtakes, Schwartz speaking about hazardous toys and his 10 most dangerous toy list. He says that parents have been lulled into a false sense of safety with the government banned toys list. Unsafe toys discussed include magnetic dozer, toy iron, big bird stuffy, light bright, and projectile toys."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/13/1973

Year Ender

Description: Special summarizing several top news stories from 1975. Topics include budget cuts, desegregation policies, Carson Beach racial violence, Mayor Kevin White's re-election, fire deaths, Mohammand Ali at Harvard, Governor Dukakis, Charlestown busing demonstrations, Susan Saxe, Dr. Kenneth Edlein. Footage includes traffic driving through flooded roads and rain, baseball, workers trying to dig out flooded drains and plow flooded roads, riots in Carson beach, police and hurt people, reporters crowding around Susan Saxe being arrested, Dr. Edelin walking through the courthouse, Muhammand Ali speaking at Harvard, stills of a man, aerial view of the countryside, shot of a city street, reporter stand-ups, shots of research equipment, prescription bottles, a welfare demonstration, Mayor White speaking, fire damaged homes, shots of politicians and personalities, a large ship, a barking dog, Princess Ann on a Horse, boxes of Coors beer, cars in the snow. Damaged mag track causes volume to drop or sound to drop out completely in sections. Edited footage, but sound and picture are separate. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Slug: "1/1/75: Year Ender 1975, Taibbi for 1/1/75 air". [Airdate on slug 1975, but all of the footage is from 1975 so airdate should be 1/1/76]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/01/1976

P2 Investigators - Safe Boating

Description: Leader: P2 investigators Safe Boating; Reporter standup explains that the explosion of people on the water in boats without training or attention to the safety of those around them is causing the Coast Guard to consider new tactics and guidelines for managing the waterways; B-roll both silent and with wild sound of Coast Guard boats; Officers inspecting life preservers and instructing boat owners on best practices; a certification of inspection is issued; black screen breaks and countdowns; interviews with officers and boat owners about the problems around boat use and safety; there is much complaining about uninformed boat owners and poor practices of piloting; officers demonstrate best practices in fueling a boat; B-roll of people boating; shots of the harbor from the air; more complains about boat owners who don't know the rules of the seas and particularly weekenders; speed is the cause of most accidents; boating licenses are discusses; Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11741
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/11/1973

Pan Am Airline

Description: Leader: P2 Pan Am Airline #10078 10/1/74; Mike Taibbi reporter voice over about an open letter in the newspaper from Pan Am employees lobbying for government support to help save the airline. Footage of airplanes and an empty terminal in Logan airport. Reporter standup about the negative impact that the energy crisis had on the airline's financials. Demonstration of Pan Am employees in front of the Massachusetts State House with signs and people chanting. Interviews with Pan Am employees about why they are protesting and legislation that they are supporting. More footage of the employees marching with signs and chanting Hey, hey what do you say, the government needs Pan Am!; Empty Pan Am terminal in Logan Airport; reporter outtakes; interview with a man from the Pan Am management; airport b-roll including air planes taxiing; close up of the ad in the newspaper. [image unstable in sections]
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/01/1974

Racial Imbalance Hearing, pt.1

Description: Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, Kevin White, Joseph Timilty, Louise Day Hicks speak at the racial imbalance hearing held by the Massachusetts legislature. B-roll of audience, closeups on some anti-busing buttons and armbands. Silent footage of Royal Bolling Sr. speaking. Police standing guard outside State House. B-roll of preparations for the hearing. Closeup on Mel King on the panel. B-roll of demonstration in front of the State House. Several Boston residents come up to the podium to speak. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974