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Abortion Demonstration

Description: Leader: P1 Abortion Demo #7080 1/22/74; New Heaven New Earth 'Abortion' Close Pix and trk; Tail Pix and Snd New Heaven New Earth 'Abort' close; New Heaven New Earth 'Abortion' A Roll HD; Tail A Roll Pix and Sound Heaven New Earth 'Abortion' B Roll HD; Tail B Roll Pix; P1 Abort Demo 1/22/74; Two opposing abortion rallies outside the Massachusetts State house on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. Interview with Bill Baird. Rabbi Samuel Fox speaks at an anti-abortion [pro-life] rally followed by more footage of the rally. More of the interview with Baird and a response from Rabbi Fox. Footage of the pro-abortion pro-choice] rally. Bob Windsor reporter standup. Outtakes include footage from both the pro-choice and pro-life rallies, arguments between people from both groups, interviews with Baird and Rabbi Fox, and reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/22/1974

Amnesty Reaction

Description: Leader: P2 Amnesty Reaction #9931-32 9/16/74; Interview with a woman about earned immunity, which was proposed by president Gerald Ford, versus amnesty for men who avoided the military draft. Interview with a representative of the American Legion about why he is against amnesty for draft dodgers. More people at a pro-amnesty event speak about the need for amnesty for men who received less than honorable discharges and those who dodged the draft. Natalie Jacobson reporter standup. A man with a less than honorable discharge for protesting the war speaks about the need for an unconditional amnesty. A mother of a veteran speaks about the need for unconditional amnesty. Reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/16/1974

Black Demonstration

Description: Leader: P2 Black Demo #10198 10/13/74; Police officers stand in the street. A crowd marches down the street to holding pro-busing signs. Tom Atkins, president of the Boston NAACP, speaks to the crowd in Boston Commons about remarks made by President Gerald Ford about busing in Boston. Mike Taibbi reporter standup for ABC News about busing and President Ford. Some footage of the crowd gathering at a Park, walking, and chanting. Jim Boyd reporter standup for WCVB news about the march. A mostly black crowd marches from Roxbury to Boston common in support of busing and against racism and violence. State representative Mel King visible in the crowd. People carry signs and sing songs. King and Atkins speak to the crowd. reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/13/1974

Cathedral Project Revisited

Description: "Leader: "P2 Cathedral Project Revisited #9527 8/1/74 (16 sec SIL removed used in show #11061)"; Silent footage of buildings that are part of the Cathedral Projects. Interview with a man about the Project buildings. Silent b-roll of Mike Taibbi speaking with police officers. Taibbi reporter voiceovers about crime and unsafe conditions in the buildings. Interviews with tenants, police officers, officials, and others about the problems in the project buildings and the main issue of drug use and drug related crimes. Outtakes include b-roll footage of the conditions in the buildings, police patrolling the neighborhood, and reporter outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/01/1974

Days in the Arts

Description: Story #9648. Boston city children at a 4-day art program in the Berkshires. Footage includes children playing the harp, visiting the Norman Rockwell House, the grounds of Daniel French's Chesterwood, Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, children listening to presentations on art and music, sculpting with clay, and picnicking. Interviews with the children about the experience, and with one of the program directors. Edited footage followed by cuts. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/14/1974

Labor Day Breakfast

Description: Leader: P1 Labor Day Breakfast #9818 9/2/74; Mix of sound and silent footage of the Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast. Footage of the speakers, audience, and campaign signs. Excerpts from speeches by Governor Francis Sargent and Attorney General Robert Quinn. Louise Day Hicks in the audience. A man (possibly Labor Council President Valentine Murphy) speaks about unemployment in the construction industry. More of the speeches by Sargent and Quinn.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/02/1974

P2 Investigators - Cape Limo Service, Bay Village Truants

Description: P2 Investigators Cape Limo Service 1/29/74; P3 Bay Village Inves 1/29/74; P2 Truants inves 1/29/74; ; The Investigators: Cape Limo Service; the van driver explains in detail what is required to obtain permits from the various communities he drives through and for; silent shots of highways; a Bay Village advocate talks about the community efforts to solve the conflicts over two bar establishments' patrons; pages of petitions are splayed for the camera; a child advocate talks about why the school attendance office should be abandon; he calls it a patronage plum, discusses the salary and education contrasts for those 42 members of the office in comparison with teachers, and suggests that the office might be replaced with counselors or social workers;Reel 2 of 2. See Acc. 2394.12733
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/29/1974

South End Drunkies

Description: Leader: South End Drunkies (Taibbi has air pcs) #9463; Unhoused men sleeping on benches; city sidewalk with people walking by; man standing in front of a chainlink fence smoking a pipe; bathroom and cots in a shelter; front of a liquor store. Interview with a woman who owns a shop in the South End about the unhoused people in the neighborhood. Footage of the inside of a home from the kitchen to the livingroom and upstairs. People on the street; a woman throws an empty can for a dog to fetch; shelter beds; men shaving. Interview with a man who works at Pine Street Inn about the men that he helps. A sunset; a man with liquor in a paper bag; police station sign; garbage on the street.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/25/1974

State Drug Forum

Description: "Leader: "P2 State Drug Forum #8392 - 30 May 74"; Silent b-roll of a State forum on drug use. Sound bites from speakers about illegal drug use, different opinions on legislation to control the sale and use of illegal drugs, treatment and rehabilitation versus imprisonment, solutions for drug abuse, marijuana versus heroin use. Speakers include doctors, a representative of the Massachusetts Narcotics Enforcement Association, police, former drug addicts, and lawyers."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/30/1974

State Energy Hearing

Description: "Leader: "P1 State Energy Hearing 1/30/74 #7162"; Silent b-roll of energy hearing at the state house followed by sound footage of men testifying."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/30/1974