Description: Children and parents around the cake singing "Happy Birthday" as a man helps a boy cut the cake. Interview with a man about getting to the hospital during the storm, followed by an interview with his wife about giving birth to twins. Shots of babies eating cake. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Blizzard Babies - Beth Israel Hospital held a birthday party for all the babies born there during blizzard week last year, and also invited all those folk who helped out."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/04/1979
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/12/1979
Description: Red Cross blood bank. Dated packs of whole human blood on shelves labeled by type such as A negative in refrigerated cases. Carton marked Rush. Technicians examining vials of blood with ungloved hands. Chart showing number of units of each type stored. Plasma in box in freezer. Units being packed with ice in carton.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/12/1979
Description: Ride along Blue Hill Avenue. Decrepit, boarded up and abandoned storefronts. Many defunct businesses. Vacant lot. Zion Apostolic and Immanuel Pentecostal Churches. Warren Street intersection. Bridge Free Medical Van. Houses on Supple Road. Prince Hall Masonic Lodge. Sign for the Mayor's Office of Housing. Street sweeping vehicle. Mayor Kevin White walks with Julian Bond through neighborhood with press entourage. White answers questions about his candidacy and housing policy decisions as mayor especially involving the Boston Housing Authority, and says urban revitalization will come to reality within 3-5 years but need more federal $$. White and Bond meet local business owners and community members.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/20/1979
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/11/1979
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/12/1979
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/29/1979
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/29/1979
Description: Dressing room of Boston Ballet. Young dancers prepare for dress rehearsal of Nutcracker. Put on costumes, makeup, place hair in buns, practice steps. Male solo, then duet on stage. Then ensemble dances and curtain closes. Dancers and others linger backstage. Principal ballerina says it is very crowded backstage because of scenery and difficult to make quick entrances and exits.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/04/1979
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 01/09/1979