Description: MWRA funds study to determine how long it will take Boston Harbor to flush out pollutants after cleanup process. Waves in water tank in MIT lab.
Description: Building formerly occupied by R.H. Kennedy department store in Downtown Crossing. Plaque of Mercantile Library building, first site of MIT. Filene's and Jordan Marsh signs.
Description: Gay MIT student Robert Bettiker is discharged from ROTC and billed for scholarship. ROTC students put on uniformed drill on BU field. MIT main building. Students walk on campus, lounge on green. ROTC cadets march in parade dress.
Description: Four Harvard ROTC students talk about what duty means to them, and possible service in Persian Gulf war. They attend training classes at MIT in army camouflage uniforms.
Description: Interview about disposal of low-level radioactive waste at MIT. Can store six months' worth from research. Lab environs from which the waste is a byproduct.