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Unemployment office

Description: People standing in claims line at unemployment office in Hurley building in government center. English/ Spanish bilingual signs. A man explains the issues with estimating unemployment rates and the importance of receiving a reliable common resolution. Answers the question "How do you measure unemployment?"
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1977

Uphams Corner

Description: Uphams Corner commercial district — intersection of Columbia Road and Dudley Street. Columbia Square building, Masonic Hall. Liggett Rexall drug store. Jehovah's Witnesses hold “Watchtower.” Little girl on miniature merry-go-round. White and black pedestrians. Shawmut Bank, Edward Everett Federal Savings, First National Bank. Latino market. Slush vendor, flavorings for shaved ice. Many signs for small shoe and clothing stores. Inside Latino food store clerk rings up purchases at old style cash register. Produce displayed in rustic bins. Man stocks shelf with Goya canned juice. Crucifix on wall. Proprietor says his customers are mostly Spanish speaking. Another businessman says area crime has decreased and there are no racial problems.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/04/1977

Wampanoag land dispute

Description: Interview in front of Mashpee Town Hall about lawsuit over Wampanoag land dispute. Town has put municipal projects on hold while money is spent in defense against tribe to protect status of current property owners and ongoing development. Police station. Interview with Mrs. Blakeman about stagnating effect suit has on residents and revival of old prejudices. Carved sign “Mashpee, Land of the Wampanoag, Incorporated 1870.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/14/1977

Welfare office

Description: Exterior of welfare office at 1491 Tremont Street in Roxbury. “Overseers of the Public Welfare” inscribed above entrance. Several people, mostly black, walk by and enter and exit the building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/15/1977

Welfare office

Description: State welfare office interiors. Receptionist takes calls on multiline rotary dial phone. Women workers at metal desks in groups of four. File cabinets stuffed with manila folders of paperwork. Form for assistance payments. Staff person talks to client/applicant in Spanish. Interviews with two supervisors about qualifications for social work jobs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/15/1977

White on tax rate

Description: Mayor Kevin White's statement that Boston property tax rate will not increase in following year. (in studio)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/12/1977

Willy Brandt

Description: Former Chancellor Willy Brandt of the Federal Republic of Germany holds small press conference at World Affairs Council in Boston. Answers questions on European affairs and thoughts on becoming commissioner. He explains the importance of preserving peace with the Soviet Union.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/10/1977

Women's Health Center

Description: Interview with two Women's Health Center representatives explaining choices and implications of using birth control. Discussion of birth control experimentation on women without consent, women's health movement, and contraceptive options. Followed by b-roll of Giger and interviewees discussing past fertility medicine and Western perception of pregnancy. Discussion of legislation around midwives. Interviewees talking about sterilization, cesarean sections, induced labor. Visuals of contraceptives— diaphragm, IUDs, foam, package of birth control pills. Giger and interviewees discuss women's health in background. Clip of books "Our Bodies, Ourselves" and "Contraceptive Technology 1976-1977." Poster "Freedom for Women" on wall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/20/1977

Women's squash

Description: Women's squash match at Harvard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/18/1977

“Massachusetts, A Special Place”

Description: Promotional film for business and tourism in Massachusetts. Theme song performed by Arlo Guthrie. Merry-go-round at “Big E” state fair. Mayor Kevin White at opening of Quincy Market. Lt. Gov. Tom O'Neill. Bull munches hay. Leonard Nimoy and Gov. Michael Dukakis at Museum of Science space exhibit. Inside Wang Labs. Boston Common, swan boat, duck pond. MIT exterior. Candle dipping, tinsmithing, other trades and crafts. Farming, corn reaper. Glass etching, flute making. Bagel making machinery. Rock climber. Car racing on obstacle course. Orange and green line trolleys ride along surface tracks. Wide shot of curved Center Plaza at Government Center. Tilt down glass Hancock building to sailboats on Charles River. Dukakis waves as he gets on T. John Marino, commissioner of commerce and development. Mime. Union Carbide and Carter's Underwear signs. © Equinox Boston Films.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1977