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Construction site

Description: Construction site generics. Pile driver makes repeated loud pounding noise. Backhoe with giant swiveling armature scoops dirt and releases it into dump truck. Equipment from J.F. White contracting company. Striped safety barrier with amber flashing light. Hard hat workers on scaffolding. Project is Blodgett pool building at athletic center across from Harvard Business School. Port-O-San outhouse. 'Hazardous Area' and 'Restricted Access: Hard Hats Required' signs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Eco-fuel

Description: Solid waste treatment facility in East Bridgewater. Front-end loader moves municipal trash. Large and metallic items separated from garbage. Rest is sorted, shredded, moved on conveyor belt to rotating drum for conversion to “eco-fuel.” Oversize pieces successively screened and reduced. Salvaged metal is sold as scrap. Plant operator describes the whole recycling process. Sand and glass removed to go to landfill. Control room with switches, monitors, gauges, failure lights. tape 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Eco-fuel

Description: Explanation of “eco-fuel” process from control room of East Bridgewater trash facility. End product in barrel is brown granular powder that does not absorb water. Brockton garbage truck empties load onto receiving area heaped high with raw materials. Eco II tank truck. Interview with Kathy about recycling garbage to generate electricity. Process produces a clean burning, cheaper alternative to imported oil. Remainder is buried as landfill. Local towns use this method to alleviate waste disposal burden. tape 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Music Hall

Description: Grand lobby, interior of Music Hall. Ornate chandelier, marble columns, heavenly mural. Gilded architectural details — carved moldings, capitals, medallions, angels. Interview with Harry Lodge, who gives history of Music Hall (formerly Metropolitan Theater), originally designed in 1920s by Clarence Blackhall for Vaudeville and movies. Describes the proposed restoration program to be completed in fall 1980 if lease secured and funds raised. In order to bring the Metropolitan Opera to Boston, the theater needs deeper stage for performing arts, updated communication systems, ventilation systems, and a renovated auditorium (seats 4,300). The theater is used for ballet, concerts, movies. Lodge states that this renovation with revitalize Boston as a major center for the performing arts. Lodge shows a drawing of the proposed plan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977