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Brighton Fatal Fire

Description: Leader: P2 Brighton Fatal Fire #7576 - 13 March 74; Interview with a woman (Mrs. McGrath) about a fire. Silent footage of firemen fighting a large daytime house fire and the smoking remnants of the building. A crowd watches the fire; firemen carry a body bag to a car; more of the interview with Mrs. McGrath; an interview with a paramedic; Bob Clinksdale reporter voiceover about the death of two children in a fire in Brighton.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/13/1974

Busing Charlestown Demonstration

Description: "Leader: "Busing Charlestown Demo 9-30-74 #10073"; Anti-busing demonstration. People marching, chanting, and holding signs. Reporter voiceover about the march. A Woman leads a pledge against the courts and Judge Garrity. Reporter voiceover about a small turnout at the demonstration (blames Mayor Kevin White). More footage of the march. Reporter standup. Outtakes: Interview with a woman marcher. Footage of protesters and signs."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/30/1974

Celtics

Description: "Leader: "P1 Celtics #7475 3/3/1974"; Basketball game footage of the Boston Celtics versus the New York Knicks. Silent mix of regular speed and slow motion. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.01090"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1974

City Council/ Imbalance

Description: Silent footage of Boston City Council chambers during a meeting. City Councilors Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, J.M. Connolly, Frederick C. Langone, Louise Day Hicks address the meeting about court-ordered busing. Stenographer records the meeting. Massachusetts State Representative Ray Flynn sits in the audience. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/04/1974

Drought

Description: "Leader: "P2 Drought #9543 8/2/74"; Footage of Sunny Rock Farm in Walpole including the barn, dry fields, cows, chickens. Mike Taibbi voiceover about drought and high costs of feed for farmers. Interview with a farmer (Greg). Shot of a dry lawn. Interview with another farmer (John). Reporter stand-up about the effects of a drought for consumers and home owners. Followed by outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/02/1974

East Boston Cop

Description: Leader: P2 East Boston Cop #7521 3/7/74; Rally at the East Boston High School to protest the transfer of detective Robert Bobby Fawcett who was demoted to patrolman and transferred from East Boston to Charlestown. Silent and sound footage of the audience holding up signs and cheering. Policemen sit on the stage and speak to the crowd. Carmen Scarpa, assistant headmaster. Deputy Superintendant Peter J. Donavan speaks to the crowd and offers to answer questions. Members of the audience speak out against the transfer of Fawcett.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/07/1974

Edison Meeting

Description: "Leader: "P2 Edison Meeting #7835 4/8/74"; Consumer group Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (MECA) protesting Boston Edison. MECA asked Edison to launch investigation of the oil companies and allow a member of MECA to be involved. Edison told them no. Reporter Natalie Jacobson interviews Allen Davis (director of public relations for Edison) and a woman from MECA. Silent b-roll of the Edison building, interviews, and members of MECA on the street. Followed by outtakes which include more of the interview with Davis, he is interrupted by a man from MECA and they have an argument about energy prices and profits on camera; more interviews with members of MECA; reporter standup and voiceover outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1974

Fuel Allocation Follow

Description: "Leader: "P1 Fuel Allocation Follow 1/15/74 #7016"; Silent b-roll of men taking notes. Close up on Federal Energy Officer Lawrence Rogers name tag. Interview b-roll. Roger Lawrence speaks to the press about energy regulations. Interview with an independent distributor, Victor from Bigelow Oil. Reporter stand up in front of Bigelow Oil Company truck about the new energy regulations. Reporter stand-up outtakes; Bigelow Oil Co truck driving, backing up, and delivering home heating oil to a house; Rogers and reporters listen to a man on speaker phone discuss mandatory allocation rules; Rogers answers reporter questions"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974

Girl Little League Player

Description: Feature on Janine Cinseruli, a 10-year old Peabody girl, who was heading into court the following day to fight for the right for girls to play little league baseball. Interviews with Janine, her brother, her mother, and other kids in her neighborhood. Footage of Janine and other children playing baseball in the street. Partially edited and outtakes. A mix of silent and sound footage. Sound muffled during interview with her mother.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/13/1974

Grocery Store

Description: Leader: P2 Grocery Store #10512 11/14/74; Jim Boyd reporter standup in front of Joe's Public Market in Winthrop. Interview with the owner of the store about how small family-run grocery stores are going out of business. Silent b-roll of the store and the owners working. More of the interview with the store owner and reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/14/1974