Description:
INTERIOR RENOVATIONS at CHARLESTOWN HOUSING PROJECT, EXTERIOR SHOTS, PIGEONS
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/09/1981
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Description:
Peaceful protest in front of Prudential Center in solidarity with United Farm Workers boycott of Chiquita bananas. Guitarist sings and plays “Glory, Glory Hallelujah (Battle Hymn of the Republic),” “This Land Is Your Land,” “We Shall Not Be Moved.” People march on Boylston Street with placards in Spanish and English. Picket signs “United Brands strikebreaker.” Cesar Chavez explains campaign to support UFW and inequity for lettuce pickers. Boycott is on bananas instead of lettuce because brand name is much more familiar though economic effect is on same corporate pocket. High panning shot of crowd. Interview with man from United Brands about wage negotiations in UFW strike and potential impact on profits and market prices of their produce.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/05/1979
Description:
Coal Plant, Westboro and Somerset.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/20/1980
Description:
East Boston High School exterior. Students congregate in street. Security officer tries to corral them onto sidewalk. Police on motorcycles. White students interviewed about their boycott ,which is because of previous day's racially motivated stabbing. They make racist comments about the black students in their school. They demand metal detectors. Student leaders stand on platform asking students if they want scanners, organizing their position to present to the school administration. Several takes of reporter standup. Security officer talks informally to students about safety. Interview with senior Gary Gosselin on mood inside school.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/18/1979
Description:
Exteriors of Haverhill City Hall. Environs of East Woburn neighborhood thought to be affected by hazardous waste contamination from nearby dumps. Sign on building for Housing for the Elderly. Washington Block building. Red ranch house of Anderson family. Children in summer clothes and dogs on residential street. Anderson boy on bicycle.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
06/17/1981
Description:
Edward F. King (not to be confused with Edward J. King) holds a press conference to announce his Republican gubernatorial candidacy at Park Plaza Hotel. Otto Walrab, former Chairman of the Republican State Committee, introduces King. King talks about his past experience and Massachusetts economic policy. He talks about cutting across traditional party lines, especially in Massachusetts, a heavily Democratic state. He criticizes Michael Dukakis for tax plan and for his judicial appointments, including Robert Bonin and Margaret Burnham. King takes questions from the press. Several takes of reporter standup.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/04/1978
