Description: Silent for Studio V.O. [voice over]. Footage from the opening night of the Berklee Performance Center. Silent footage includes the audience taking their seats in the auditorium, patrons in the lobby, shots of the "coming events" board, the auditorium and lobby of the performance center, programs for that evening performance, the band playing, and close-ups on some soloists. Picture is shaky and unsteady throughout. The problem appears to be printed in. This reel is the picture, but there is no soundtrack to sync it with. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 1972...1979
Description: Representative Thomas McGee elected House Speaker 1979-1980.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1979
Description: Campaigning in mayoral race: Joseph Timilty in Ashmont Hill, Dorchester. He speaks on displacement and discusses issues with local families. David Finnegan speaks to press at Boston harbor on returning harbor to its primacy. He explains the importance and efficiency of commuter transportation across the water during an energy crisis.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1979
Description: Joseph Timilty campaigns in East Boston in mayoral race. B-roll of support signs for Kevin White and Joseph Timilty. An East Boston man denounces Kevin White for mayor. Timilty greets supporters at Maverick Square outside T station. Talks about his campaign strategy. Says main issues for the East Boston neighborhood are water and sewer costs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/19/1979
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
Description: Silent footage of different drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/30/1979
Description: This is footage of Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem speaking in a panel format to a crowded theater. Some snippets of the dialog can be heard, but this is an edited peice and the women are cut off mid-sentence throughout. Mix of sound and silent. High contrast. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Women for economic justice - Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem on women in the business world."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 09/29/1979
Description: Interview with Paul Tsongas about the Iranian Revolution and how this affects the United States Foriegn Policy, including his hope that America will be able to get over its dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/14/1979