Description: Silent footage of a mosaic in the Park Street Subway station that reads, "First subway in America," people looking at the art, a woman speaking to the crowd, and close up on sections of the artwork. Silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/04/1978
Description: No parking signs, meters, cars in a parking lot, and a subway train going by. Silent footage of EPA Hearing on the Boston Transit Control Plan. Interview with a man who wants to encourage the use of public transportation. Reporter standup. Governor Dukakis speaking about reducing the use of the automobile. Interview with a man who thinks that people will resist mandatory regulations. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/20/1975
Description: "Leader: "P1 investigators - MBTA - 9/26/73" "P1 Investigators MBTA 9/26/73" "P1 Close investigators MBTA 9/26/73"; Footage of the MBTA subway in Boston; walking into the station; on the platform; silent footage of people getting on a bus; and interview b-roll. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.11192"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/26/1973
Description: Leader: P2 investigators MBTA 9/26/73; Interview with a few different men (including a Mr. Sullivan) about the MBTA Reorganization Bill. Reel 2 of 2. See Acc.2394.11191
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/26/1973
Description: Footage of a train on the tracks. Pull out of the Lechmere sign at the station to a train arriving. Wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/03/1976
Description: Leader: M.B.T.A [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority] #9685; P2 New MBTA Train 8/19/74; Interview with a man about the chance to invest in and modernize the Boston transit system. Interview with another man about the new state of art train car. Bob Clinksdale reporter standup in front of the new train. Footage of Governor Francis Sargent speaking to a crowd outside the Park Street T stop, Sargent on the new train. More footage of the interviews and of the train car. Reel 1 of 2. See Acc. 2394.00060
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/19/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 MBTA Abortion Issue #7015 1/15/74"Viewer CautionAn advertisement for a medical facility, Preterm, that offers reproductive services including abortion. Footage of advertisements on the MBTA. A press conference with women who discuss the legal action being taken against the MBTA for refusing the advertisement from Preterm. Roger Goodrich reporter stand up about the MBTA refusing an advertisement that mentioned abortion due to the expected controversy and the legal pushback from the medical clinic that placed the ad. Outtakes include more footage from the press conference, MBTA trains, ads on the trains, and the Preterm health clinic."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/15/1974
Description: Leader: F1 MBTA Car Mockup #9265 7/8/74; Silent footage of a display version of a new MBTA car design in front of Boston City Hall. Footage of the interior. Governor Francis Sargent cuts a ribbon in front of the car. Sign that reads State of the Art Rapid Rail Car. A crowd of people stand outside the car waiting for the opening ceremony. People inside the car. Silent footage of Sargent speaking. He cuts the tape and the crowd goes into the train car.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/08/1974
Description: Hearing on a subway crash that occurred on 2/6/1973. Silent b-roll of the meeting, statements by different people at the hearing about how employees handled the crash. Silent b-roll of firemen rescuing a woman on a stretcher. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1973
Description: Footage of the artist and others by the mural and close up shots of the mural. Wild sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "T" unveils a 24' x 4' mural done by a teacher and it will hang at the Beaconsfield station..."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/26/1976