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MBTA Police Hearing

Description: Leader: P2 MBTA Police Hearing #7601 3/15/74; Commuters and representatives from the MBTA police testify in front of the Special Legislative Committee on Commuter Traffic in Boston about crime on MBTA trains and buses. Arch Macdonald reporter voiceover about crime on the MBTA. Police MBTA police Chief William Burke and police officer Robert Corcoran testify about crime numbers and a shortage of police officers. Commuters testify about crime they have expirenced on the MBTA.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974

Racial Imbalance Series, pt.1-3

Description: Silent footage of African American children entering school and in a classroom, with mostly African American children and white teachers. A Mattapan family sits around the kitchen table, parents helping son with math homework. Father and mother speak about the changes caused by court ordered busing and their efforts with parent groups in the community. Reporter reasks questions for cutaway edits. Gerald Ford speech, image goes in and out while audio plays. Interview with man about how busing will affect his daughter and his efforts to keep the Lowell School open. Exteriors of a house, neighborhood environs, and closeup on Colorado St. sign. Footage of a young African American girl walking to school. More b-roll of classroom scenes. Students exiting Phineas Bates School building. Construction site (possibly where new school complex will be built). Closeup on Livermore St. sign and Charles Logue School sign. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974

Timberlane School Strike

Description: Leader: P1 Timberlane School Strike #7599 3/15/74; Interview with a student and a school administrator about the teacher strike against the Timberlane Regional school board in Plaistow New Hampshire. Students chant and march with signs in front of the school. Interview with a man about the effect of the students picketing. Roger Goodrich reporter standup about the student walkout. Interview with one of the striking teachers about the affect of the strike on the student body. Reporter outtakes and silent b-roll of students outside the school with signs and students getting on school buses. Students yell Scabs at substitute teachers. Interviews with teachers, an administrator, and students.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/15/1974