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Gas Tax

Description: "Leader: "P2 Gas Tax #10859 12/26/74"; Interviews with customers, gas station owners. and Congressman Michael Harrington on a possible gas tax. Silent b-roll of gas station, gas prices, people filling their cars. about the possibility of Jim Boyd reporter standup about a possible increase in the gas ta by President Ford. Outtakes include more interviews with drivers at a gas station and reporter outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/26/1974

Gas explosion in Brookline

Description: Gas explosion caused fire on Beaconsfield Street in Brookline. Thought to have been caused by laying of Cablevision underground lines. Destroyed apartment building with rubble, blown out windows.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/15/1984

Gas for Customers Only, pt. 2

Description: During the gasoline crisis in the 1970's some station owners restricted sales to regular customers only. In response to this tactic and several others, Federal Energy Director William F. Simon prohibited station owners from discriminating against customers. This story is about how gas station owners are responding to this new regulation. Silent footage of a gas station and "customer only" signs being taken down. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1974

Gas for Customers only, pt. 1

Description: During the gasoline crisis in the 1970's some station owners restricted sales to regular customers only. In response to this tactic and several others, Federal Energy Director William F. Simon prohibited station owners from discriminating against certain customers. This story is about how gas station owners are responding to this new regulation. Interviews with owners of gas stations who are upset by the law that stops them from serving "regular customers only." Some silent footage of gas stations and people taking down "regular customers only" signs. Pops in the soundtrack This is 1 reel of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/13/1974

Gas heat conversion

Description: BostonGas spokesperson says there is unprecedented demand for conversion of oil heating systems to gas. He is confident all residential customers can be served; fuel supply is adequate until well into the future. Says gas is cheaper than oil, cleaner burning, and the most efficient. Talks about LNG, propane, methane and gas exploration, and potential for coal gasification. Above-ground pipelines and BostonGas tanks in Dorchester, including Corita Kent rainbow painting.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1979

Gas on Sunday

Description: "Leader: "P1 Gas on Sunday #7689 3-24-74"; Silent footage of cars waiting in line at gas stations, gas station signs, people at the pump, and signs saying that stations are open or closed. Interview with a gas station employee about how they are allowed to be open on Sunday now. Jim Boyd stand up in front of a gas station in Norwood about how some stations are open on Sundays now. Followed by outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/24/1974

Gas spill on Malden River

Description: Huge spill of raw gasoline on partially frozen Malden River in Medford. Cleanup crews try to contain environmental damage. pollution.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/15/1988

Gas station

Description: Amoco gas station. Service attendant fills tank with leaded regular. Price is 71¢ per gallon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/09/1979

Gas used in Soviet Georgia

Description: American physicians visited Soviet Georgia to investigate beatings and use of poison gas to put down autonomy uprising in Tbilisi. Smuggled footage of brutality and dead bodies.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/26/1989

Gay Bars

Description: Several men speak at a hearing. They enumerate problems caused by gay bars, such as prostitution, violence, and noise. A woman angrily asserts that she lives above the bar and she can sleep. Silent b-roll of the hearing. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973