Description: Several takes of reporter standup on the Boston Public Library having to shut down the bookmobile. Exteriors of Boston Public Library older (McKim) building. Pan of the inscription “The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty.” Move to the attached modern building entrance. Interiors of the Library. Sign reads “Effective Sunday, February 13, the Library will be closed on Sundays until further notice.” Patrons in line at circulation desk in lobby. Librarian stamps due dates on borrowing cards. Patrons at reading tables in research room.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1977
Description: Boston University gothic buildings along Commonwealth Avenue. Stone Science Building. Hayden Memorial Building. Windy day. Pedestrians in summer clothes. Tracking past BU facades, Marsh Chapel, Mugar Library, George Sherman Union. Bicycle rack.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/17/1977
Description: BostonGas complex in Dorchester. Control room filled with wall mounted dials, gauges, diagrams of flow and pressure. Outside are two main storage tanks and network of above ground pipes. Corita Kent rainbow painting with profile likened to Ho Chi Minh.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1977
Description: BostonGas tanks in Dorchester. Corita Kent tank. Tanker trucks. Man attaches hose to liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck. Wide of painted rainbow and centennial logo tanks. Outdoor maze of pipes, gauges, valves. UMass Boston Columbia Point modern campus seen hazily across bay.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/06/1977
Description: Men practicing boxing at Vinnie's gym in Brockton. Punching bag with gloves and with taped hands. Jumping rope. Interview with aspiring 17 year-old fighter.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/19/1977
Description: Clip of Bruins game at Boston Garden.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/10/1977
Description: Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars game action.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/01/1977
Description: Interview with Buckminster Fuller. He discusses his work with gang members in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, teaching them the mathematics to build geodesic domes. He discusses the way the United States treats older people and medical treatment. He talks about human potential, productivity, and the ability to receive and process information. He discusses paranormal ideas and scientific discoveries. He talks about his daughter who died when she was four. He says that he has no fear of death. He talks very quickly throughout the interview. Reporter Art Cohen poses for cutaways and reasks several of the questions after the interview.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/10/1977
Description: Bulfinch Wards, built in 1821, at Massachusetts General Hospital. Elderly patients and many nurses. Entrance to Ether Dome and historic landmark plaque. Exterior has classical facade with ivy covered columns.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/14/1977
Description: FIRST 100 DAYS OF JIMMY CARTER'S PRESIDENCY,
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/03/1977