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Allston Brighton environs

Description: Allston Brighton environs. Busy intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harvard Street. Storefronts of Macy's Liquors, Ken's Pub, Great Scott, Gladstone's. People get off green line trolley, close up on the T logo. Cars drive by, pedestrians cross the street and walk down the sidewalk. Cleveland Circle storefronts (small markets, CVS, bank, hardware). Beacon Street traffic approaches head on. Massachusetts Turnpike traffic in Allston; freight containers in adjacent rail yard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/26/1979

FOSTER, ROBERT

Description: ROBERT FOSTER, EX-CHIEF OF MBTA AT MBTA BUDGET COMMITTEE DURING FINANCIAL CRISIS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/25/1979

Green line MBTA

Description: Green line T pulling into and out of Kenmore station underground during rush hour. Old style PCC trolley and newer LRV cars. Driver's point of view, looking down tracks into dark subway tunnel. Passengers get on and off.Passenger reading Benjamin Disraeli. Passenger complains about MBTA service.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/15/1979

Green line accident

Description: Aftermath of accident on MBTA green line. Damaged trolley. Broken glass on track. Seat, glass, debris and broken parts inside LRV car. Workers detach overhead cables. Wheels off the rail.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/24/1979

Harvard Station red line

Description: Red line MBTA station at Harvard Square. Newer silver car with red stripe. Older blue car pulls into station. People descend staircase to subway platform. People pass through exit turnstiles out to street. Bus comes to stop near Harvard/Brattle station entrance on Eliot Street. Many passengers step off another bus. Exact fare coin box.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/16/1979

MBTA Power Plant

Description: MBTA Power Plant, South Boston. Power plant environmentals. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/13/1979

Porter Square T construction

Description: Construction of Porter Square T station on extension of MBTA red line. Heavy equipment and workers in front of BayBank branch. Traffic backed up on Massachusetts Avenue. Perini crane. Claw shovel excavates pit, releases dirt into dump truck.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/20/1979

Robert Foster on MBTA

Description: Video starts with people speaking over color bars. B-roll of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority advisory board meeting. Interview with Robert Foster, chair of MBTA. He is requesting a larger operating budget. He discusses the work done by the MBTA and their attempts develop a better relationship with the advisory board. He speaks of plans for transportation demands during Pope John Paul II's visit. They shoot cutaways. Interview with Ed Novakoff, advisory board representative from Brookline, who complains about green line LRVs, and does not support giving the MBTA a larger operating budget. Several takes of reporter standup in the MBTA lot, with buses in the background.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/21/1979

Trouble in Wainwright Park

Description: Wainwright Park in Dorchester. Boys play basketball. Ashmont red line T station. Interview with brothers James and Pat Hart and friend Terry Deady about racial conflict in the neighborhood. They accuse black youth from Codman Square of throwing bottles and trying to take over their basketball court. They talk about "rocking" (stoning) houses in retaliation.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1979