Charlestown High environs
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Long shots of the Charlestown neighborhood from the Tobin Bridge. Traveling shots around the Charlestown High School building. The building looks shabby due to graffiti and broken windows. Traveling shot around Monument Square and environs of high school. The streets are quiet.
0:23:20: Visual: Long shots of Charlestown from Tobin Bridge (Bunker Hill monument is visible in distance); camera zooms in on Charlestown High School; camera pans over Charlestown (expressway is visible). 0:27:34: V: Shots of flower boxes decorating a brick building; camera zooms out to a shot of Cedar Street. Shots of a child playing ball; of brick row houses; of a wooden fence topped with barbed wire. Traveling shot down Cedar Street (Bunker Hill Monument is visible at intersection with Laurel Street); traveling shot continues around Charlestown High School building to Bartlett Street, to the front of the building on Monument Square and on to Laurel Street. Shots of graffiti on walls of school building; of sign for Laurel Street; of broken window on school building. A closeup of a stop sign with graffiti on Monument Square. The graffiti on the stop sign reads, "STOP forced busing." Shot of the front of Charlestown High School with the stop sign in the foreground; of children on Concord Street; of broken windows on schoool building. 0:38:48: V: Traveling shot around Monument Square. Shots of brownstone houses. Long shot from the corner of Monument Square and Tremont Street of overpass passing through the neighborhood. Traveling shot continues around Monument Square. Long shot from corner of Concord Street and Monument Square of people walking on Bunker Hill Street. Traveling shot continues. Shot of front of high school; of Concord Street.
0:23:20: Visual: Long shots of Charlestown from Tobin Bridge (Bunker Hill monument is visible in distance); camera zooms in on Charlestown High School; camera pans over Charlestown (expressway is visible). 0:27:34: V: Shots of flower boxes decorating a brick building; camera zooms out to a shot of Cedar Street. Shots of a child playing ball; of brick row houses; of a wooden fence topped with barbed wire. Traveling shot down Cedar Street (Bunker Hill Monument is visible at intersection with Laurel Street); traveling shot continues around Charlestown High School building to Bartlett Street, to the front of the building on Monument Square and on to Laurel Street. Shots of graffiti on walls of school building; of sign for Laurel Street; of broken window on school building. A closeup of a stop sign with graffiti on Monument Square. The graffiti on the stop sign reads, "STOP forced busing." Shot of the front of Charlestown High School with the stop sign in the foreground; of children on Concord Street; of broken windows on schoool building. 0:38:48: V: Traveling shot around Monument Square. Shots of brownstone houses. Long shot from the corner of Monument Square and Tremont Street of overpass passing through the neighborhood. Traveling shot continues around Monument Square. Long shot from corner of Concord Street and Monument Square of people walking on Bunker Hill Street. Traveling shot continues. Shot of front of high school; of Concord Street.
