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5th District Race Tsongas/ Cronin

Description: Leader: P1 5th District Race Tsongas/ Cronin #10279A 10/21/74; Silent footage of Paul Cronin and Paul Tsongas campaigning at different events. Cronin marches in a parade and Tsongas shakes hands at an event. External footage of a warehouse on the water. Interviews with both Tsongas and Cronin. Natalie Jacobson reoprter standup about the effect of Watergate on the Tsongas and Cronin 5th Congressional District race. More of the interview with Tsongas. Silent footage of a statue, a home, traffic on a residential street. Reporter outtakes. Shot of an industrial park. More of the interview with Cronin and b-roll of him walking in a parade and shaking hands. Shot of a Paul Cronin campaign billboard. People walking on the sidewalk; business signs; cars driving on the street in Lowell. Cronin bumper sticker; Tsongas campaign button; more b-roll of Tsongas at an event speaking to people and shaking hands. Shot of the Louie Gomes band. Interview b-roll.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/21/1974

Cambridge Housing

Description: Leader: P1 Camb. Housing #9495 7/25/74; Silent footage of the exterior of an older building, interior footage of broken fixtures, moldy walls, and an apartment in poor condition. Interviews with tenants who have been withholding their rent due to the poor condition of the building. Interview with a representative from the Cambridge Department of Health who has difficulty answering a question about whether there has been negligence. Roger Goodrich reporter standup about the Cambridge Health Department's response to complaints about the living conditions in these apartments. Reporter outtakes; static footage of the sidewalk and street outside the building; interviews with more tenants about the living conditions in the building; more b-roll of the conditions of the building; more of the interview with the representative from the Cambridge Department of Health after he has seen the conditions of the building.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/25/1974

Poor Hearing

Description: Leader: P1 Poor Hearing #10345 10/29/74; Governor Francis Sargent and members of the community speak about inflation and rising poverty at a hearing by the Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) in Fanuiel Hall. Roger Goodrich reporter standup. Speakers discuss the rising cost of medical care, groceries, inflation, politics, and taxes. Reporter outtakes. ABCD Director Robert Coard speaks about the need to aid poorer communities with utility bills in the winter. Unrelated footage of a building on fire.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/29/1974

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