Description: A pageant of Kennedy family members (including matriarch Rose and Jackie Onassis) assembles at Faneuil Hall to hear Sen. Edward Kennedy announce his presidential candidacy. Ted appears but the tape does not include the announcement itself.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1979
Description: Edward Kennedy Fundraiser at Park Plaza. Exteriors of Park Plaza lit up at night. Interiors of Park Plaza ballroom. Cocktail party to raise money for Kennedy's campaign. Kennedy enters the room, and addresses the crowd about the Iran Hostage Crisis. Joan Kennedy stands on stage with him.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/12/1979
Description: Governor Edward King's first press conference in office. Lieutenant Governor Thomas O'Neill sits next to King throughout. King talks about the Cabinet meeting he just had about the administration's future plans. He takes questions from the press, mostly focused on the budget.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/24/1979
Description: Interview with Bill Ezekiel, campaign manager for David Finnegan in Boston mayoral race. Interview with Padraig O'Malley, pollster for Finnegan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/07/1979
Description: Fabergé eggs on display at Museum of Fine Arts.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/10/1979
Description: Next Move Theater troupe performs skits outside Quincy Market to celebrate opening of restored Faneuil Hall. General manager James McLean. People mill about inside food arcade. Variety of offerings and vendors include pizza, cheesecake, Eagerman's bagels, Coffee Connection, breads, fancy pastries, Belgian fudge, butchered meats, chicken wings, Aegean Fare, quiche, Brown Derby Deli hot dogs, clams. Close-ups of people eating ice cream cones, fruit cups, fried foods, frankfurts, egg rolls.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1979
Description: Arthur Fiedler obituary. History of the Boston Pops bringing symphony music to all people. Clips from interview with Fielder on starting the Pops and the original Shell performance space. Footage from Pop Fourth of July performance.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1979
Description: Boston mayoral candidate David Finnegan speaks outside Faneuil Hall in opposition to low property taxes paid by developer of Quincy Market pursuant to deal made with city. He compares the tax rates paid by Faneuil Hall and Milton Street in Dorchester.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1979
Description: First Night New Year's Eve celebration in Boston. Full moon visible adjacent to Prudential Center. Bell ringers in church tower. People marching with banners, fanciful costumes, masks, stilts. Comments from participants.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/31/1979
Description: Boston waterfront. Dock scenes. Just caught fish in barrels on dock. Lumpers with rubber gloves and overalls. Boston Fish Market Corporation building. Press conference led by Massport director David Davis, who announces renovation of Fish Pier. Rep. Joseph Moakley speaks. He goes over the history of the fishing industry in Boston, Massachusetts, and the United States. He provides details on the redevelopment of the pier, and mentions the effects of the 200 mile limit enacted by Congress. Helen Keyes of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce speaks. George Kariotis, transportation secretary Barry Locke, Lt. Gov. Tom O'Neill are present.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/15/1979