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Rollins School in Lawrence

Description: Rollins School is example of overburdened educational system in Lawrence. Interview with the principal of the school on all of the repairs that need to be made. The student population has dramatically increased without any changes to the building. Interview with mayor Kevin Sullivan on the dilemma of serving growing population. He talks about local aid provided by the state. Special needs classroom scenes. Following the edited story is b-roll of classrooms and school building, including Mayor Sullivan in front of the class talking to students.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1990

Rowers on Charles River

Description: Rowers on Charles River near Harvard, practicing for regatta. One-, five-, and nine-person shells. All male and all female crews. Exteriors of boat house. Florida Institute of Technology team bus.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/19/1979

SPEECH RECOGNITION

Description: IBM film on computer software that produces words on the screen by human speech recognition. Two speakers using technology to write memos. Demonstration of several features, like adding new words to the dictionary and editing previously written memos.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/01/1984

Saint Patrick's Day

Description: St. Patrick's Day Lunch at Boys and Girls Club of Boston in South Boston. State Senator William Bulger speaks to the audience and tells jokes. Bulger sings Irish ballad "The Wearing of the Green." Tom McGee is on stage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1984

Saint Patrick's Day Lunch

Description: Ray Flynn, William Bulger, Thomas McGee, Joseph Casper, Jim Kelly, and Mike Flannery at Annual Saint Patrick's Day Lunch at the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, in South Boston. People eating at tables. People speaking to the crowd, telling anecdotes and jokes, and discussing drug and alcohol problems in South Boston.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1984

School opening

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

Seabrook Occupation

Description: Mix of sound and silent footage. Preparations for the Clamshell Alliance Seabrook Occupation, a protest of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Man reads list of rules for peaceful occupation. Closeups of license plates and bumper stickers. Cathy Wolff holds press conference on international support for the demonstration, the nonviolence civil disobedience training received by the protesters, and direct action that might take place after the occupation. Man speaks at press conference on the need to protect the salt marsh area being bulldozed by construction. Silent footage of crowds at occupation. Helicopter flies overhead. Silent footage of the salt marshes and wildlife. Protest march towards Seabrook site, singing and chanting. Interviews with protesters. Police officer directs protesters. Occupation site and activities. Interview with occupation organizer. Protesters talk publicly with police officers about the arrest procedure that is likely occur. Police announce over megaphone that protesters who don't vacate will be arrested and charged with trespassing. Protesters are peacefully arrested. Interviews with protesters on getting arrested. School buses drive away loaded with arrested protesters. Crowds applaud arrested protesters as bus drives by.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/1977

Seabrook demonstration

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

Seabrook evacuation zone

Description: Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant is working to license their plant through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, while Rep. Ed Markey and other Massachusetts politicians, especially Governor Dukakis, argue against it. Seabrook requests evacuation zone be reduced from 10 miles to 1 mile, which will cut Massachusetts out of the discussion.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/18/1986

Seamus Heaney

Description: Poet Seamus Heaney reads excerpts from “Sweeney Astray," in Grolier Book Shop. No audio at the very end.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/28/1984

Seamus Heaney

Description: Poet Seamus Heaney readings his poems at Grolier Book Shop, with introductions to each poem, and banter before and in between readings. The poems read are, "Digging" "Follower" "What ever you say, say nothing" "Oysters" and "The Guttural Muse".
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/18/1982

Seamus Heaney, Part 1

Description: Poet Seamus Heaney reads his work outside. Heaney and Christopher Lydon discuss which poems to read and how to film the reading. Heaney gives context to each poem before reading it. He reads 5 poems in memory of his mother, 1 poem in memory of the poet Robert Fitzgerald, and "A Peacock's Feather" written for his niece on her christening. He also reads "The Face of the Horse" by Nikolay Zabolotsky, translated by Danny Weisbord. reel 1 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/29/1986

Shannon on stop and search

Description: As follow-up to Stuart murder, James Shannon condemns Boston police practice of stop and search. Don Murray of Patrolman's Association ridicules proposed civilian review board. Bruce Bolling at a press conference.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/18/1990

Sharks at Nantasket Beach

Description: Brown sharks sighted of the coast of Nantasket Beach. Reporter Marcus Jones is on Shark Alert. He interviews MDC Police patrol, who takes the camera crew out on the water. Local are trying to spot sharks. Interviews with locals. Press conference at the New England Aquarium, who say there's nothing to fear. Editor's note: The b-roll following this edited story on the tape was entire comprised of third party footage, and so has been edited out.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/12/1986

Snow in Public Garden

Description: Boston Common, Public Garden, John Hancock building, Prudential Center, Commonwealth Avenue, Boylston and Charles Streets, Government Center, snow falling, people playing in the snow.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/17/1985

South Boston High School

Description: South Boston High exterior. Parking space designated for press. Graffiti on street: “print the truth.” Two Boston police officers in front of school. Five school buses approach with lights blinking. Mostly black students stream off buses, go up steps to school entrance. Jerome Wynegar walks up. More buses arrive with black students. Long line of buses depart, descend hill. Students enter main hallway, walk through metal detector. Close-up on needle meter. Students in art class draw on large sheets of paper; teacher gives individual attention. Shots of empty classroom, with PA announcements being made in the background. Walking shot down dark hallway with lockers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/08/1978

South Boston High School

Description: English class of four white students at South Boston High School. Teacher addresses whole class and works individually with students. Students work on essays at desk. Teacher talks to one student about restructuring his essay. View from second story window onto parking lot and over rooftops of South Boston buildings and houses. Boston Police Tactical Patrol Force cruiser drives off. Three white students in math class.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/08/1978

State of the City address

Description: Ray Flynn's State of the City address focuses on Stuart murder case, police behavior, and racism. He contrasts and challenges stereotypes of different Boston neighborhoods. Interviews with people responding the speech.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/10/1990

State of the Union / war update

Description: In State of the Union President Bush refers to new world order, encourages volunteer solutions to domestic problems, hints at cease-fire if Iraq promises to withdraw from Kuwait, and frets about Baltic sovereignty. Edward Kennedy and Dick Cheney seen in audience. Brigadeer General Pat Stevens of the U.S. Army speaks on the military situation in the Middle East.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/29/1991

Steaming Kettle closes

Description: Environs shots for story on Steaming Kettle coffee shop closing. Downtown environs, Summer Street at Winter Street. People, traffic, buildings around Downtown Crossing. Jordan Marsh Company sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/27/1990

Striking Patriots

Description: Tony Collins press conference, explaining his defection from the striking union. Substitute Patriots practice at Sullivan Stadium. Interview with coach Raymond Berry speculates on chances with the new team. Patrick Sullivan press conference saying he thinks more Patriots will be coming back.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/01/1987

Stuart case investigation

Description: Interview with defense attorney Judith Lindahl tells how police wrongly pointed to William Bennett as Stuart murder suspect and how system implicates innocent people. Interview with John Kiernan, defending prosecutors' tactics.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/05/1990

Suffolk and Middlesex DA races

Description: Candidates in the district attorneys' races in Suffolk and Middlesex counties. Interviews with Lloyd MacDonald, Ed Gargiulo, and Scott Harshbarger. John Droney and John Kerry, Droney's aide at the time, at a campaign event. Newman Flanagan, Guy Carbone, Paul Cavanaugh.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/15/1982

Susan Sontag

Description: End of Susan Sontag interview. Discussion of the play Jacques and his Master and Songtag's staging of it, while cutaways are being shot. Stage area. American Repertory Theater.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/17/1985

TOCN show tape

Description: Reporter Christopher Lydon talks about presidential campaign. Reporter Gail Harris reports on President Ronald Reagan's press conference about an environmental report; footage of Lieutenant Governor John Kerry, David Bartley, and Congressman James Shannon (all candidates for US Senate) commenting on acid rain. Bartley says Kerry and Shannon are not doing enough about acid rain. Harris reports on new seat belt and air bag regulations. Lydon presents mobster Raymond Patriarca obituary, compares Patriarca to "The Godfather." Harris reports on new technology for detecting cancer. Footage of South Norfolk Council for Children representative Cathy Wheeler telling story of "Angie." Reporter Meg Vaillancourt gives stats for residential programs for youth with mental health issues. Footage of New Bedford Council for Children representative Jean Peterson talking about budget. Philip Johnston, human services secretary talks about state of children's mental healthcare. Dr. Eli Newberger (of Children's Hospital) testifies on state funding of mental health support services for children. Dr. Michael Jellinek (Chief of Child Psychology at Mass. General Hospital) talks about budget. Vaillancourt talks about growing difficulty of mental health over time. Charles Fried (Harvard Law School) and Anthony Lewis (New York Times) studio interview on Supreme Court at term's end: apparently conservative trend and states' rights inclination in recent decisions. Broadcast ends with international news: OPEC; Libyan bombing; dock worker strike in Great Britain; correspondent in England talks about economic situation of British Pound Sterling.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/11/1984

TOCN show tape with Chomsky and Silber interview

Description: Ten O'Clock News broadcast. Anchors Christopher Lydon and Gail Harris. David Williams reports on gubernatorial political campaigns of Michael Dukakis and Greg Hyatt. Marcus Jones reports on Healthy Start program providing better maternal health services to poorer women. Interviews with Dr. Juliette Tuakli-Williams, Sen. Jack Backman, Joan Tighe, Rep. Patricia Fiero, and Kathy O'Donnell. "Today on Wall Street" segment. Gail Harris reports on 1987 federal budget and tax reform bills. Christopher Lydon reports on Reagan Administration and Tip O'Neill's views on US aid to Nicaraguan Contras. On-set interview with Noam Chomsky and John Silber on contra aid. Silber argues for and Chomsky argues against US aid to the Contras. The two guests interrupt each other and talk over each other. Gail Harris reports on employee strikes in several business. Christy George reports on the development of Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through history. Interview with Charles Sullivan, Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Interview with Kevin Crane, attorney for a developer, on the development plans along Mass Ave. Interview with Kate Mattes, local business owner of Kate's Mystery Books. Interview with author Robert Parker. Interview with Betty Desrosiers on the effect of the Red Line extention on Mass. Ave development plans. Interview with Cambridge resident Joel Bard. Interview with developer Peter Wasserman. Weather and Sports reports. Lydon reports on Chilean human rights violations and South African funerals. Harris reports on a Soviet launch of a manned space craft and Haley's Comet.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/13/1986

TOYS

Description: Footage for a story on the commercialization of cartoons and the link between cartoons and toys. Interiors of a toy store with closeups on individual toys, especially action figures. Shots of shoppers in the story, a child with her grandparents. Interview with shopper, Virginia Bernard, on toys, TV and how she buys her granddaughter toys from shows she doesn't actually like. Several takes of each section of reporter stand up. Interview with psychiatrist from Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School about the link between cartoons, toys, and the effect on children.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/18/1985

Teen justice

Description: Meg Vaillancourt interviews South Boston high school sophomore boys about their view of confessed teenage murderer William Flynn in the Pamela Smart trial. Interview with Edward Loughran, Commissioner of the Department of Youth Services, about regulations surrounding juvenile offenders charged with capital crimes in Massachusetts.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/18/1991

Tent City housing

Description: Low-income residents line up to become potential South End homeowners in Tent City project. Photographs from the 1968 tent city protest. Interviews with applicants and Tent City administrations on affordable housing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/13/1987

The Heidi Chronicles

Description: Interview with playwright Wendy Wasserstein on "The Heidi Chronicles" and the evolution and complexities of the women's movement. Footage of a performance of the play.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1991

Train Crash

Description: Commuter train collides with freight train on Allston train tracks by the Massachusetts Turnpike. Investigation in to the cause of the crash. Conrail is responsible for both the freight train and the T commuter rail. After the edited story,there is part of another edited story about the Massachusetts State government.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/07/1986

Tsongas to resign

Description: Paul Tsongas holds a press conference, announcing that he will resign his Senate seat for health reason. His wife, Niki Tsongas, is at his side throughout, as are his two sisters and his brother in law. Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Tom McGee, stands behind him. Tsongas acknowledges the hard work of his staff. Crowd gives him a standing ovation. He takes questions from the press.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1984

Tsongas, Gorin, Orr on arena

Description: Press conference where Paul Tsongas, Bobby Orr, Wayne Cashman, and Boston real estate developer Rosalind Gorin present information on their interactions with Delware North concerning buying both the Boston Bruins and the Boston Garden, to build a new arena by North Station.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/28/1985

Updike interview part 1

Description: Parts of a series of interviews with John Updike. First interview is about his interest in visual art and his experience drawing. He comments on cartoons and modernism. After a long pause in footage, there is a discussion between Updike and Lydon, while the cutaways are being shot. The second interview is about Eastern European writers, during which he mentions Danilo Kis, Bruno Schulz, and Milan Kundera. Tape ends with an extended shot of Updike's book "Just Looking." part 1 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1989

Updike interview, Part 2

Description: Studio interview with John Updike about Eastern European writers. He recommends Yugoslav writer Danilo Kis, although it might be hard to find in bookstores. He also talks about a Polish writers including Bruno Schulz. He compares Polish poets and prose writer. He talks about the work of Milan Kundera. He describes Eastern Europeans writers' situation and their often surreal styles sometimes resulting in "magical realism."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1989

Urban development, condo conversion, Latino voters, Victory Gardens

Description: Four stories from 1983. 1) Urban development in Boston is an issue in the mayoral race. Helicopter aerial of skyline from harbor. Tilt up Prudential and Hancock towers. Pan of Copley Place. Anthony Tappe of Boston Society of Architects comments on deterioration of Victorian Boston because of the scale of new development, making for a less desirable and livable city. Controversy over Mayor Kevin White's intense involvement in urban planning process is discussed by mayoral candidates at a BSA forum on the future of city planning. David Finnegan, Dennis Kearney, Lawrence DiCara, Robert Kiley, Ray Flynn, Mel King. Robert Ryan, BRA director. Marriott Long Wharf Hotel. 2) The dichotomy between preserving rent control/affordable housing and encouraging free market business development through condo conversions in Boston. Struggle of 87-year-old Hester Hurlbutt of 250 Commonwealth Avenue to stay in her apartment. Mel King comments on housing displacement. Ray Flynn favors ban on evictions. David Finnegan disagrees, worried about economic climate. Scenes of Back Bay, Copley Place, Boston Public Library. Sign for luxury condominium for sale. Mayoral candidates Dennis Kearney and Lawrence DiCara campaigning. 3) Latino voters will have an impact on Boston's mayoral race. Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Hernandez, Yohel Camayd-Freixas endorse Mel King. Jose Masso, Gov. Dukakis' Hispanic liaison, says Latinos will split ideologically according to their respective nationalities. 4) Joseph Nelson and Mabel "Matty" Matheson talk about the tradition of the Fenway Victory Gardens. Other plot tenders revel in the therapeutic value and beauty of gardening. Views of flower beds and vegetables.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1983

Use of unnamed sources

Description: Use of unnamed sources is rampant in Stuart murder case. District Attorney Newman Flanagan at press conference. News room scenes. Interview with Andrew Costello of the Boston Herald on the reasoning and practice behind using unnamed sources in news reporting. Boston Globe and WGBH practices on using these souces. Interview with Ellen Hume on the rights of the public and the rights of individuals. Clips from "All the President's Men."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/08/1990

Vietnamese fishermen

Description: Vietnamese fishermen inaugurate their refurbished boat "Miss Liberty," which was banned two years ago for not having the proper equipment. Interview with one of the Vietnamese refugee fishermen,who formed a cooperative and bought a fully equipped boat that would not be in conflict with the lobster industry in the Boston Harbor. Michael and Kitty Dukakis congratulate them and their families on the Fish Pier. Michael Dukakis addresses the audience. Edited story is followed by b-roll of the fishermen and their families on the pier. Michael and Kitty Dukakis arriving at the event and talking with the fishermen. Vietnamese American woman welcomes audience to ceremony and thanks government officials who helped the cooperative. More of Dukakis's address.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1990

Viewers' opinions of Mapplethorpe

Description: Mapplethorpe exhibit at ICA opens to the public. Free speech demonstrators and police stand out front. Footage of some of the photographs in the exhibit. The opening of the exhibitions. Interviews with patrons waiting to go in on what they expect and why they came, and with patrons coming out, on what they thought of the exhibition.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990

Visions for Boston

Description: Boston Society of Architects has organized a contest asking designers to rethink Boston for the future. Both fanciful and practical entries were encouraged. Exhibit of their drawings. Interview with Steven Cecil of the BSA committee that organized the event. He describes the goals of the contest and highlights some of the entries, including one by Boston architectural firm Communitas. Dramatic view from high window of Boston landscape Hancock tower in center.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/08/1988

Vote to oust Silber

Description: People leaving meeting at Boston University. Interview with Howard Zinn on vote to remove John Silber as BU president. Zinn says acts of conscience and criticism of administration result in retribution. He calls for a change in the situation at BU. Interview with John Silber, who says BU is a place of debate and academic freedom without repression. Faculty assembly votes (456 to 215) to ask Board of Trustees to dismiss Silber. Press conference held by psychology professor Joe Speisman, who speaks on behalf of faculty. Other professors, student leader Maureen Sultzer, and District 65 labor union representative Carol Yorman speak about their support of the vote to remove Silber from office and other related matters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/18/1979

WBZ newsroom

Description: Shots of the WBZ newsroom. People typing on typewriters, sitting as desks, answering phones. Still images of helicopters. Charles Bennett interviews a newsman on WBZ's new helicopter, which they use to cover more region wide news events. He describes the technological capabilities of the news helicopter, and the way news gathering technology is evolving, including satellites. They shoot cutaways.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/11/1980

War from Vietnam vet's perspective

Description: Footage of Vietnam War combat. Interview with lawyer Howard Levine about his choice to be in ROTC, his service during Vietnam, his twin sons who know people in Persian Gulf war, and the justifiability of military draft. Close up on Bronze Star medal.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/14/1991

Water supply, Quabbin Reservoir

Description: Eastern Massachusetts demand is too much for the water supply from the Quabbin Reservoir. Conservation measures are being taken, mainly in stopping leaks from the pipes used to transport the water. The Water Resources Authority is seeking an alternative supply for Boston area water, which may include the Sudbury river. Environmentalist argue against the idea. Massachusetts Environmental Affairs Secretary James Hoyte says they're keeping the option open. Additional story on the Merrimack River, it's possible use as an alternative water supply, and the debate over that decision.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/12/1986

Winston man

Description: David Goerlitz, a former model for Winston cigarette ads, has quit smoking and now visits schools to teach children dangers of the habit. Goerlitz speaking a at school assembly. Print ads featuring Goerlitz. Goerlitz accuses the tobacco industry on targeting children and young teens. Interview with students after assembly on teh lack of smoking education in schools. Interview with Goerlitz on why kids listen to him more than other antismoking advocates. Goerlitz talks with school kids after the assembly. Marcus Jones reports in front of a Winston cigarette ad featuring Goerlitz that is still up in Boston. Following the edited story is b-roll of Goerlitz talking to kids after school assembly. Closeups on print ads.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/25/1989

Women voters on Ferraro

Description: Story on the changes in the way women are voting, and the way they voted specifically in the 1984 presidential election. Interviews with women voters about the Mondale-Ferraro ticket. One woman says “If Godzilla were running against Reagan, I would have voted Godzilla." Interview with Rep. Susan Schur on the way the voters decided who to vote for in the 1984 presidential election, especially women voters. Footage from Bush/Ferraro vice-presidential debate. Interview with man on contemporary women's voting practices. Examination of women's voting in Massachusetts specifically, including for both Mondale/Ferraro, and for John Kerry in the Senate. Footage of many campaign rallies, including for Gary Hart, Mondale, Ferraro, Kerry, and Reagan. Massachusetts Republicans applaud Reagan, who embraces Dapper O'Neil on City Hall Plaza.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/08/1984

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

Wynegar on end of receivership

Description: South Boston High School headmaster Jerome Wynegar interviewed on end of federal receivership of his school. Calmly says he seldom encounters overt hostility. He expects no substantial change in programs and attitudes now that jurisdictional control has reverted to the city. Exteriors of South Boston Highs School, and shots of Wynegar outside the school. Several takes of the reporter standup. A very bitter and angry Robert Lunnin, member of the South Boston Marshals and the South Boston Information Center, interrupts reporter standup. Lunnin says Wynegar lies, exaggerates attendance; that resistance to forced busing comes from both students and parents; that desegregation will never work “especially with the housing situation” (referring to effort to integrate blacks into public housing). He vehemently pronounces “forced busing.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/30/1978

“Is School Desegregation Working?”

Description: Debate on the success of school desegregation, moderated by Jim Lehrer. Filmed in the auditorium of Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. Lehrer explains outline and rules for debate. Busing advocates include Arthur Flemming (Chairman of the US Commission on Civil Rights), Murray Saltzman, Frankie Freeman of US Commission on Civil Rights. Flemming begins debate with opening statement by the US Commission on Civil Rights. Lino Graglia of the Neighborhood Schools Association makes opening remark for anti-busing representative group. Sue Mills, Herbert Walberg of Neighborhood Schools Association. Coproduced by WGBH and WETA.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/15/1976