Description: "Interview with a tennent about the landlord and the condition of the housing. Silent footage of the building owner, Moris Tulman, in his office and being escorted through protesters. People get off a bus and go door to door with flyers about the poor housing conditions. Interview with another tennent and silent footage of the housing from the outside and the inside of different apartments. Followed by outtaks, which include more silent footage of the crowd getting off the bus and putting flyers up, the crowd at the landlord's office and meeting with Tulman, more interviews with the two women included in the final piece and wiht a child, and more shots around and inside the apartments. Mix of sound and silent."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/06/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Chelsea Fatal Fire #10212 10/15/74; Silent footage of a nighttime fire in Chelsea. Firemen on ladders, bodies removed on stretchers and placed in the back of a car, firemen inside the burned out building. Daytime footage of the exterior of the burned building and firement working inside. The Roger Goodrich reporter standup. Interview with a man who witnessed the fire. Interview with Deputy Fire Chief John? about a lack of safety systems in the building. Reporter voiceover about the three men who died in the fire. Interview with Fire Chief. More footage of the aftermath of the fire, interviews, and reporter outtakes.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/15/1974
Description: "Leader: "P1 Chelsea Fire #8217 5/12/74"; Firemen fight a daytime fire"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/12/1974
Description: Silent footage of damaged buildings and cars, burnt trees, and a bulldozer moving junk around. Reporter standup. House Bill 6611 recently approved, which states that housing will begin going up in this area within the year. Reporter summarizes different government initiatives to begin rebuilding this section of Chelsea. Cut to Governor Sargent talking about the continued rebuilding of Chelsea and aid provided by the government. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/01/1973
Description: Followup on how Chelsea is recovering on the first anniversary of the Great Chelsea fire of 1973. Footage of fire hydrant, empty lots, buildings, and the streets around Chelsea. Reporter voice over about the damage caused by the fire. Interview with a man who owned business that was ruined by the fire. Reporter voice over. Interview with another man who was affected by the fire. Reporter standup, followed by cuts. Cuts include more b-roll footage of empty lots, the streets around Chelsea, fire hydrants, reporter standup outtakes, and more from the resident interviews. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/14/1974
Description: Leader: P1 Chelsea Hospital #8083 5/3/74; A nurse checks patients in a hospital ward. A man lays in a hospital bed smoking a cigarette and watching television. Naval Hospital sign. Interview with a man from the Chelsea Naval Hospital (Captain Alspach) about the closing of the hospital and how this will affect patients and staff. Silent footage of the Naval Hospital building and grounds; man takes a patients temperature; male and female patients in beds. More of the interview with Captain Alspach (buzzing in audio).
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/03/1974
Description: Interview with Mr. Jedry, whom the house is being rebuilt for. Footage of the family watching as workers move the house into place. Reporter voiceover about the Jedry family, followed by silent footage of a house on fire with firemen. Footage of the empty lot, reporter voiceover about the new house. Interview with the Jedry daughters, Debbie, Theresa and Elizabeth. The girls talk about what it was like to lose the old house and how excited they are about the new house. More footage of the house being moved into place. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Chelsea Home Rebuilt -Last November, a fire destroyed a home on Eastern Ave. in Chelsea. The house was rebuilt in a matter of hours today (it's on of those modular types)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: "Leader: "P2 Chelsea Shooting #8265 5-16-74"; Silent footage of front of Hawthorne Pharmacy. Police go in and out of the building and a crowd gathers,"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/16/1974, 05/17/1974
Description: What can be done about paltry public education funding in Chelsea, the state's smallest and nearly poorest city? Mayor James Mitchell, Gerard Indelicato. Chelsea City Hall, classroom, triple deckers, Tobin Bridge. Picketing teachers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/30/1985
Description: Mayor John Brennan, Jr. explains Chelsea's economic plight requiring layoffs of teachers, police, firefighters. Voters failed to override Prop 2 1/2 despite the dire straits. Triple deckers. Tobin Bridge.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/10/1991