Description: Story #9377. Feature about Ted Kennedy's incident in Chappaquiddick. Footage of the town, ferry, and the bridge and interviews with tourists who had come to see the bridge where the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne occurred. Aerial shots of the island. Edited Footage followed by cuts. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/18/1974
Description: Story #9883. Statements by Father Robert Drinan, Governor Sargent Francis, special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal Archibold Cox, and Senator Edward Kennedy on President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon. Mary McKay interview with Father Drinan on the street. Drinan thinks that the pardon is in violation of the spirit of the United State Constitution. Governor Sargent, surrounded by news microphones, does not believe that Nixon should go to jail, but the implications of pardoning him for crimes that an ordinary citizen would go to jail for is concerning. Seated at a desk, Archibald Cox reads a statement in response to the pardon, and believes that it violates the principal of our government to pardon the President in advance of the Grand Jury Hearing. Interview with Kennedy on a pier. He comments on how pardon may signify a pardon for draft evaders, and is concerned that the pardon may have been done too soon.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/08/1974
Description: Reporter standup in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington D.C. where presidential candidate Jimmy Carter is meeting with democratic Senate candidates, including Ted Kennedy. Interview with Kennedy about his meeting with Carter. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/31/1976
Description: "Leader: ""P2 Kennedy Hearing (Offshore Oil) #9560 8/5/74""; Silent b-roll of a hearing with Ted Kennedy on Offshore Drilling. Kennedy speaks to the group about the price of oil. Several people speak for or against the decision to open up offshore drilling in the Georges Bank."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/05/1974
Description: "Leader: "" Event P2 Kennedy (on Inflation) #10761 12/16/74""; Senator Edward ""Ted"" Kennedy speaks about inflation at a hearing in the Massachusetts State House. "
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/16/1974
Description: Overview of the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Footage from the Democratic convention in San Francisco, Walter Mondale and Ted Kennedy shaking, Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro arriving, Mondale with Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson. Mario Cuomo, Jackson, Ferraro, and Mondale speaking at the convention. Reporter from the studio and voice-over throughout. Video problems in sections. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/20/1984
Description: Footage of people addressing the Massachusetts legislature Racial Imbalance Hearing. School Committee President John Kerrigan speaks against forced busing and "snob zoning." He blames Governor Sargent and Senators Ted Kennedy and Ed Brooke, and also comments on the flip of Mayor Kevin White's support. Louise Day Hicks speaks against the Racial Imbalance Law. State Rep. Royal Bolling, Sr. speaks against the procedure of having separate hearings for proponents and opponents, and gets in an argument with the Committee Chairman. Kevin White speaks in favor of integration, but against forced busing. B-roll of audience at the hearing. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/03/1974
Description: Rose Kennedy Afternoon Campaign Tea Party. Ted Kennedy's wife Joan, their children, and campaign manager Joseph Kennedy on stage in front of a cheering crowd. Ted Kennedy Jr. introduces Rose Kennedy onto stage and she speaks to the crowd. Reporter voice over with no image. Footage of Ted Kennedy speaking in front of a crowd in a tent. Shot of Michael Dukakis in the crowd. Ted Kennedy on the stage with Rose Kennedy at the Tea Party event. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/12/1976
Description: "Leader: ""F2 Senator Kennedy #6725 12/8/73""; Senator Edward Ted Kennedy speaks about Watergate at the ""Strategy for 74"" democratic conference at the Boston Sheraton Hotel. Silent b-roll of Kennedy, the crowd, including Attorney General Robert Quinn, and excerpts from Kennedy's speech. Kennedy talks about their strategy for the future and Watergate."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/08/1973
Description: "Leader: ""P1 Ted Kennedy #9076 6/17/74""; Silent footage of Ted Kennedy speaking at AWWA Boston; b-roll of the audience. Sound bite from Kennedy about the effects of Watergate. Silent footage of Kennedy at his car, greeting people as he walks into the venue. More of Kennedy's speech (soft focus)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/17/1974