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Bird Island flats

Description: Bird Island flats near airport. Macomber construction trailer. Parked bulldozer. Planes taxiing. Rear of Eastern Airlines terminal. Large ground area covered with tarpaulin. Empty roadway along the water lined with Jersey barriers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1983

Black voters

Description: African American voters line up at the polls to vote in the Boston mayoral primary election. A few young African American men pose for the camera and voice their support for candidate Mel King. Footage of voters in line to get booths; going to booths. Donna Hodge interviews several African American voters about their support for King. Hodge interviews the members of an African American family who complain of voting irregularities and registration problems.
1:00:02: Visual: African American voters line up at the polls to vote in the mayoral primary election. A few young African American men pose for the camera and voice their support for Mel King (candidate for mayor of Boston). Voters pass by the camera into a building. 1:00:26: V: Voters line up at a table. Poll workers behind the table check the voters' names against the list of registered voters. Shots of African American voters in line; of voters at the table; of poll workers seated at the table. An African American poll worker leads a white female voter to a voting booth. An African American male poll worker examines the voting rolls in front of him. 1:02:39: V: Voters check in with the poll workers at the table. Donna Hodge interviews an African American male voter. The man says that he voted for King; that it is not his first time voting; that King has a chance to win; that he did not like mayoral candidates Ray Flynn or David Finnegan. Hodge interviews a young African American female voter. The young woman says that today his her first time voting; that she voted for King because he is the first African American man to run for mayor of Boston. Hodge interviews a middle-aged African American female voter. The woman says that she has been voting since she turned 18; that she voted for King; that King did not engage in bickering with the other candidates; that she hopes King will win. Hodge interviews an African American male voter. The man says that he is a middle-class African American from New York City who wants his Boston neighborhood cleaned up; that he voted for King because the city needs prominent African Americans; that he is a first-time voter. Hodge interviews a young African American male voter. The young man says that he voted for King because he wants an African American mayor. The young man says that he was impressed by King because he went out on the streets to hand out his own campaign flyers and to meet people. The young man says that he likes King's position on employment for young people; that he is a first-time voter. Hodge interviews a young African American female voter. The young woman says that she is a first-time voter; that she voted for King because he is the best man for the job. 1:08:37: V: Hodge and the crew set up an interview with an African American family outside of the polls. Hodge asks the male family member why he was unable to vote. The man says that his address was not on the list; that he was not allowed to vote on an absentee ballot because he lacked proper identification. The man's mother says that she and her daughter were allowed to vote without showing identification; the woman says that she has been voting at this polling station for 13 years. The daughter agrees that she was not asked to show identification; that her brother was the only voter asked for identification. The man's mother says that the voter lists were not complete; that she does not understand why she and her daughter were allowed to vote but not her son. The son and daughter add that their address is not on the voter list; that there were several addresses in the neighborhood not included on the voter lists.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/11/1983

Boston panorama

Description: Boston panorama from top of Prudential Center. MIT dome building, pull out to extreme wide of Charles River and rooftops. High shots of roadways with traffic, Citgo sign over Kenmore Square. Wide view revealing earth's curve along horizon. Trinity Church, mirrored surface of Hancock building, Copley Place. Ground shots at dusk: upper Commonwealth Avenue, Prudential in background. Dark Cambridge skyline across Charles and animated Citgo sign at night. Siren sound. Very dark city traffic with headlights shining.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/17/1983

Boston skyline

Description: CU AND ZOOM OUT, overcast SKIES, SKYLINE, PEDESTRIANS, WINDY WEATHER. ALSO LILY PADS ON POND.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/22/1983

Boston skyline

Description: Long shot of Beacon Hill buildings, State House golden dome, financial district high rises in background. Back Bay skyline, Hancock Tower. Lone sailboat on Charles River. Traffic rounds big curves at end of Memorial Drive at sunset.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1983

COPLEY PLACE

Description: COPLEY PLACE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ALMOST COMPLETED
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/11/1983

Carballo appointment

Description: Dukakis announces appointment of Manuel Carballo as secretary of human services, who speaks about his mission. Press conference at Park Plaza. Bad lighting. Harry and Rena Spence.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1983

Computer medicine

Description: Computer medicine lab at Beth Israel Hospital. Demonstration of test program asking questions on screen in French or Spanish of patient visiting clinic for certain medical problems. Patient would answer via keyboard. If no complications, computer issues prescription appropriate for diagnosis. Printout of examples of computer generated dialogue. Inside computer room -- CPUs labelled “Sherlock” and “Mycroft,” tapes on shelves, teletype-like printer. Outside main entrance to hospital.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/29/1983

DEMOCRATS

Description: DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE DINNER FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT PARK PLAZA, Robert Crane, MICHAEL DUKAKIS, William Bulger, JOHN ZAMPARELLI, EDWARD KENNEDY, WALTER MONDALE SPEAK. length 20:16
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/03/1983

DEWEY SQUARE

Description: HIGH-RISE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN DEWEY SQUARE, TRIPLE DECKER HOUSES
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/15/1983