Description: "Leader: "P1 Harrington Standup #9567 8/5/74"; Bill Harrington standup in front of the Massachusetts state house about legislation that has passed. Topics mentioned include changes in working laws for pregnant women, male eligibility for alimony, reduced punishment for drunk driving, new obscenity law, and tougher gun control laws."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/05/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Hyde Park (Taibbi) #10236 10/17/74; Children and parents gather outside Hyde Park High School. Press conference with representatives of the black parents and students. Black students handout flyers to other black students. Interview with a black student about a one day seminar with both black and white students. Black parents and students at press conference discuss incidents and violence and harassment in the schools. Tom Atkins, president of the Boston NAACP, speaks to the press about the possibility of the National Guard deploying to the schools. Black students get off of busses; police march in front of the school; black students on the school steps; students walk down the sidewalk.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/17/1974
Description: Parents attend State Board of Education meeting. Reporter standup. Conversation between a parent and a representative of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Exteriors of the Maurice J. Tobin School. Young students walk to school at the Tobin. Another take of reporter standup. Additional silent and sound b-roll of Board of Education meeting. Interview with Mrs. Jamed from the Tobin district on her concerns about the racial balancing plan. Additional footage of the conversation between parent and Board of Education representative. Several takes of reporter standup. Interview with Massachusetts Commissioner of the Board of Education. Interview with parents whose children attend the Tobin. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/13/1974
Description: Interviews with women school integration policy. A group tried to get Massachusetts legislators to tour Boston's schools, but only one Representative showed up. Women talk with the Representative. Ray Flynn in State House corridor. Woman discusses schools having specialized programs to attract students based on interest. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/10/1974
Description: Leader: P2 Legis, Wrap Harrington #9573 8/6/74; Bill Harrington reporter standup in front of the Massachusetts state house. Harrington summarizes Governor Francis Sargent's complaints about legislation and gives a rundown of legislation that did and did not pass during the 1974 Massachusetts Legislative session. Several takes of the same standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/06/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Lex Prorogues - Harrington #9551 8/3/74; External shot of the Massachusetts State House at night. Governor Francis Sargent at the front of the legislature. Reporter Bill Harrington voiceover about the end of the legislative session. Secretary gives end of session report. Legislators and Sargent joke around. Reporter outtakes including audio editing instructions from Harrington. More footage of the legislature prorogation.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/03/1974
Description: Story #9771. Story about plans to build a new runways at Logan Airport, the "Logan Masterplan," and objections from the community with noise and environmental concerns. Footage includes b-roll of press conference, close up shots of runway plans, planes taking off and landing, construction equipment and workers, press conference with concerned citizens and a press conference with governor King about a court order that halted construction, environmental impact studies, and how to continue with the project. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/27/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 New Car Sales (Arch) 8/19/74 #9688"; Silent footage of a model in front of a model Mercury Monarch, new cars on display. Interview with a man about the public's desire for luxury cars and rising car prices (audio muffled). A man looks at the cars. Arch MacDonald reporter stand up about declining car sales."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/19/1974
Description: Interview with a local Boston professor about the technical analysis of the Nixon Tapes and the missing 18 minutes. Followed by b-roll of the interview. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974
Description: Interviews with people on the street of Boston about their feelings on the House's impeachment of President Nixon. Mary McKay reporter standup followed by outtakes of more interviews and a couple more takes of the reporter standup.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/28/1974