Description: James O'Leary, MBTA director, explains how T can improve the Washington Street bus service which replaced the El.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1987
Description: Orange Then Blue jazz band, composed of New England Conservatory alumni and named after a Mingus tune, rehearse and talk about their attitude toward performing the music, both standards and originals. Bruce Barth, Matt Darriau, Adam Kolker, Dave Mann, George Schuller, Roy Okutani, Pat Hollenbeck.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1985
Description: Orange line Egleston station. POV riding up escalator to outdoor platform with few passengers waiting. Empty train pulls up, people board. POV riding along track, looking inbound to Boston and down onto track bed. Train interior. Characteristic screeching and locomotion clunking sounds. Train passes through Dudley station. Map sign of MBTA subway system.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1977
Description: Physicist creates sculptures ("orbs") from light spikes, i.e. electric field in a contained atmosphere, which change with human contact.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/06/1987
Description: Bishop Roberto Gonzalez is ordained at Holy Cross Cathedral as first Hispanic auxiliary bishop in Boston archdiocese, and youngest.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1988
Description: Interview with residents at Orient Heights housing project about prejudice among residents, and outside groups, including white supremacy groups, coming in causing trouble. Two white boys say “the white kids don't want to live with the blacks or the spics [sic].” Interview with woman from Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights about unresponsiveness of city officials to racial violence, following fire bombing of Guatemalan family by 200 whites. Interview with man from an advocacy group on the history of similar racially motivated attacks in East Boston and the lack of response from the community and officials. He mentions that violence in housing projects, specifically, is not given enough attention by the police. He also describes lawsuits brought by minorities who have been discriminated against. Exteriors of Orient Heights project, many windows boarded up. Black and white kids play. Mural of JFK and Big Bird.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/27/1978
Description: Orpheum Theatre marquee: “Opera Company of Boston, Damnation of Faust.” Produce for sale on sidewalk below. White bas relief entrance on Hamilton Place. Signs for Meatloaf concert. Ticket window with posters for Cecil Taylor and Artist's Ball. Poster for gala benefit for restoration of Modern Theatre.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/30/1978
Description: Bruins vs St. Louis Blues. Bobby Orr scores winning goal in sudden death overtime to gain Stanley Cup. Replay of the goal. Team celebrating. Blues and Bruins congratulating each other after game. Some dropout at the end of the tape.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/15/1970
Description: Bruins retire Bobby Orr's number 4 in center ice ceremony at Boston Garden. Raise number to rafters. Crowd cheers relentlessly. Johnny Bucyk helps make presentation. Bobby dons jersey and makes a thank-you and farewell speech.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/09/1979
Description: Exterior of Orson Welles Restaurant. 1001 Plays games arcade next door offering pinball and early video games
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/05/1978