Description: South Boston High exterior on first day of school. Press photographers stand around outside waiting for something to happen. Three upperclassmen say it is quieter inside since desegregation furor has died down, and learning can take place. They discuss news programs in the school. Several takes of reporter standup. Graffiti “stop forced busing” still visible on street. School bus arrives, lets off two black girls. Interview in front of School Committee headquarters with woman from Citywide Education Coalition who appraises current state of Boston schools: parents are involved and important to educational improvement; vocational education is woefully lacking; must upgrade reading and basic skills. “City can someday have an attractive and credible public school system.” She cautions that just because it is quiet now compared to the first years of busing, people should not assume the school system is okay; it still needs criticism and community input. Editor's note: Content given off the record was edited out of this footage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/06/1978
Description: Large crowd of people at a demonstration against Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Arlo Guthrie addresses the crowd, talks about the Clamshell Alliance, and then sings a song. Protest banners held by crowd. Shots of the Seabrook plant construction site. Helicopter flies overhead. Slow pans across the demonstration site. Solar panel and diagrams for solar power plan. Solar power skit by men in costumes. Closeups on groups of people in the crowd and at campsites. Group of people play music at campsite. Line of Porta Potties. Police stand by jeep behind No Trespassing sign on Seabrook site. Interview with man on the size on the demonstration.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/25/1978
Description: Begins with a reporter voice over with no picture. Interview with animal technologist Carla Skinder about Smoke the seal and why she has to be driven to Maine instead of swimming like Andre. This is reel 1 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1978
Description: Footage of a seal in a cage, Smoke, being loaded into the New England Aquarium van. The truck drives away. Reporter, Roger Goodrich, closing standup in front of the seal enclosure at the New England Aquarium. Sound. This is reel 2 of 2.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1978
Description: Interviews with members of the New Hampshire Sno-Shakers Snowmobile Club about snowmobiling benefits to those who ride and the community. Interviews with two police officers about problems with snowmobilers. B-roll of people on snowmobiles driving down the road and through a field. People milling around outside the New Hampshire Sno-Shakers Snowmobile Clubhouse. Interview with a young boy and an older woman about snowmobiling. B-roll of the snowmobile club getting ready and riding through the woods and fields. Shots of snowmobile paths that run parallel and across the road. More b-roll of the snowmobile club members discussing their ride. Interview with an older woman about how she dislikes the irresponsible snowmobilers that give them a bad name. B-roll of trails, no trespassing signs, snowshoe tracks, and more people riding snowmobiles. Mix of sound and wild sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Footage of a snow sculpture of George Washington bust and a young boy doing some finishing touches on it. Shot of Washington and Abe Lincoln sculptures. Wild Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "For Weather... A 12-year old youngster in Needham... decided to do some ice/snow sculptures in front of his house. Would you believe the subjects are George Washington and [Abe] Lincoln?"
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/20/1978
Description: Exterior shot of the Children's Hospital followed by shots of the solar panels on the roof. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Children's Hospital spends $195,000 on a new solar system for the pediatrics wing."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/22/1978
Description: Interview in front of the Massachusetts State House with a man from the state government who says that the state has stopped doing business with South Africa, and another man who says that the State needs to divest of these bonds as soon as possible. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1978
Description: Story about calls for the Massachusetts State government to divest in South Africa. Interview with a community activist Mel King about how he feels about his tax dollars being used to buy South African Bonds. Reporter standup in front of the State House about the State's South African investments. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1978
Description: Empty classroom at South Boston High School. Mr. Healey's science class, mostly black students, sparsely attended. Geology principles written on blackboard and other science posters on classroom walls. Boy writes in spiral notebook. Students in the hallway. Boys in mechanical shop class. Black and white boys play basketball in gym. Black teacher works with black student on vocabulary lesson. Students do class work at desks.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/08/1978