Description:
Footage of Hockey game between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. No sound
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
09/26/1974
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Description:
Leader: Event #3 - P1 Columbia Point #10039 - 26 Sept 74; Story about a demonstration outside the Columbia Point Housing Project Community Center, which was being occupied by Boston police officers. The building was used as a daycare center and church by the community. NAACP leaders Roy Wilkins and Tom Atkins arrive at the demonstration and Wilkins speaks to the crowd. A resident of Columbia in interviewed about why they are demonstrating.; Silent footage of a helicopter in the air and police on the roof of a building. Interview with a resident of Columbia Point about Boston police taking over their community center. A crowd of mostly black residents gathered outside a building. Mt. Vernon and Monticello street signs. Roy Wilkins, Executive President of the NAACP, and Tom Atkins arrive. Wilkins speaks to the crowd. More of the the interview with a Columbia Point resident about why they are demonstrating today and what they want [image unstable].
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
09/26/1974
Description:
Leader: P1 Col. Point Takeover #10039 9/26/74; Police in the street and on the roof of the Columbia Point Housing Project. Police and residents outside a building. Police with guns guard the entrance of the community center. Interview with a police officer about taking control of a building due to shots being fired at police officers. Interview with resident about shootings that occurred over the weekend and the increased police presence. Silent footage of police vehicles and officers on the street with residents; police remove equipment from a van; more of the police captain speaking to the press about the violent incidents in the community that precipitates police taking control and setting up a command post in the community center. [Image unstable in sections]
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
09/26/1974
Description:
Leader: Event #19 - P1 Reading Scores #10037 9/26/74; Press conference about low student reading test scores. Dr. Leo Handley from Boston State University and others answer questions from reporters and discuss why reading scores are low and how to improve them.
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
09/26/1974
