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Ambulance

Description: Driving along with Boston ambulance on Albany Street to rear emergency entrance of New England Medical Center. View from behind ambulance and then head on. Flashing lights and sirens.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/10/1977

Liquid protein diet

Description: Various brands of predigested liquid protein on shelf at Arlington Health Foods. Book “Last Chance Diet” by Dr. Robert Linn. Interview with store manager on demand for the product, what type of customers use it, how successful they are losing weight. Vats of bulk grains. Shelves of vitamins and supplements. Customers paying at counter. Storefront.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/29/1977

Rats

Description: Norway rats, bred in lab, in glass containers lined with wood shavings. Shiny dark brown-gray fur. One cleans and grooms self. They are kept for the purpose of testing rat poisons by public health department. Man pours vats of grain into mixer. Barrels labelled “poison.” Pail labelled “pest control chemicals.” Shelves stocked with sugar, vegetable oil, peanut butter, nutmeg, pet food. Posters explain how to avoid attracting rats.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/29/1977

Steve's Ice Cream, Somerville

Description: The original Steve's Ice Cream in Davis Square Somerville. Menu board. Old fashioned ice cream machine in window, churning with ice cubes, dasher scraped down with spatula. Steve Herrell, owner, peels bananas and purees them. Customer places order. Ice cream is squished with “mix-ins.” Interview with Herrell on FDA labeling regulation to list natural and artificial ingredients. Comments on using only pure ingredients and non-fat dry milk instead of casein substitute. Label on quart container.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1977

US Attorney Harrington

Description: Interview with Ted Harrington upon selection as US Attorney.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/13/1977

Welfare office

Description: State welfare office interiors. Receptionist takes calls on multiline rotary dial phone. Women workers at metal desks in groups of four. File cabinets stuffed with manila folders of paperwork. Form for assistance payments. Staff person talks to client/applicant in Spanish. Interviews with two supervisors about qualifications for social work jobs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/15/1977