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Buses drive up G Street toward South Boston High School
Program:
[South Boston High School, tape 1]
Original Airdate: 2/15/1977

Length: 00:20:51
Item Type: newstape - original footage


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1:00:09
Visual: Exterior of South Boston High School. A Boston Police cruiser is parked in the courtyard of the school, to the right of the steps.
Shots of exterior of the school. A Massachusetts State Police cruiser is parked to left of the steps. A group of three white students exits the school.
Shots of G Street; of rowhouses in front of the school on G Street; of the high school; of a "Wallace for President" sticker on a street sign.
Two white students exit the school.

1:06:14
V: Shot of East 6th Street. The street is snowy.
A Boston Police station wagon is parked in front of the high school. An officer exits the station wagon and walks toward the school. A small green and white bus maneuvers in the courtyard of the school. Shot of students walking down G Street, away from the school.
A student closes the window on the second floor of the school.
Shot of the exterior of the school. The green and white bus is idling in front of the school entrance.
Shot of house on the corner of G Street and Thomas Park.
A Boston Police station wagon pulls away from the school. A Boston Police cruiser pulls into the schoolyard. Two officers exit the car. Shot of one of the Boston Police cruisers in schoolyard; the cruiser is labeled "Tactical Patrol Force."

1:10:02
V: A police cruiser with flashing lights escorts a line of yellow school buses up G Street. The school buses pull up in front of the school. A few police officers station themselves along G Street. Small groups of minority students exit the school. One student stops to wave at the camera. African American students make their way toward the buses. There are a few Hispanic students among those boarding the buses. Audio of students talking to the camera crew. Students peer out of the windows of the buses. The buses pull away in single file. The small green and white bus pulls out of the schoolyard, into the street. One remaining school bus pulls away, followed by a Boston Police station wagon with its lights flashing.

1:17:34
V: Pan of houses on G Street.
A lone African American male student waits in front of the school. White students slowly exit the school. Jerome Wynegar (Headmaster, South Boston High School) stands in the schoolyard, talking to officials and passersby. A few police officers remain in the schoolyard. Students file out of the schoolyard. An African American teacher confers with Wynegar.
Audio of a voice speaking to the camera crew, "Do you realize that you're being here creates more of a disturbance than when you're not here?" A crew member responds. Bits of an ensuing conversation can be heard.
A few white students linger on the steps of the school. Wynegar remains in the school yard. Students continue to exit the building.


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