Description: Crumbling bridge on Route 1 in Revere, which injured a driver, points out severe need for bridge repairs. Apparent surplus of state and federal highway funds is being diverted.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/25/1990
Description: Bridgewater State Hospital. Footage of exteriors, interiors, interview with Medical Director James Gilligan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1980
Description: Bridgewater State Psychiatric Hospital.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1980
Description: Kim Reid , a student at Brighton High School, sits with a group of students in a classroom. The students talk about school activities and look at yearbooks while discussing a movie they saw on television. Another group of students in the classroom also look at yearbooks. This tape also includes footage of Reid exiting Brighton High School and boarding a school bus outside.
1:00:00: Visual: Kim Reid (Brighton High School student) sits with a three white and Hispanic students in a classroom at Brighton High School. They talk about ordering sweatshirts to sell at school. The students talk about scheduling meetings after school. Another student points out that Kim needs to know about meetings in advance because she needs to arrange transportation home. The students talk about choosing a theme for their class night. A female student seated across from Kim looks at a yearbook. A racially diverse group of boys is seated near Kim's group. A white teacher arranges files and papers at her desk. Kim's group continues to talk to one another. Kim's group looks at a yearbook. Close-up shot of Kim. The students talk about the upcoming prom. Shots of a girl turning pages of the yearbook. Kim opens the yearbook in front of her. Kim says that she knows fewer people now than she did in the ninth grade. The group identifies and talks about the people in the yearbook. The group of boys also look at yearbooks. 1:08:24: V: Kim walks over to the teacher's desk. She looks for a book on the teacher's desk. The crew sets up a shot of Kim walking across the room with a book. Kim sits down with her group. Kim and the other students talk about a TV movie. Shots of the two other girls in Kim's group. Shots of the group of boys talking to one another. 1:14:00: V: Shots of the exterior of Brighton High School; of school buses waiting on Warren Street in front of the school. An African American male student jokes around with the camera crew. Kim descends the stairs toward the buses with a group of African American and Asian American students. The students wave and talk to the camera crew as they board the buses. A police officer stands against the fence on the sidewalk. Kim walks toward her bus. The camera crew does a three takes of Kim and other students boarding the buses.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/15/1985
Description: In wake of Laval Wilson's suggestion that Brighton High be closed, parents, teachers and students unite to proclaim support for the school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1989
Description: Outdoor press conference with Brock Adams, US Secretary of Transportation, flanked by Sens. Edward Brooke and Edward Kennedy, on southwest corridor mass transit project. Fred Salvucci stands behind them. $669 million in federal funds approved. An additional $1 billion will be invested through public/private initiatives for urban development contingent with relocation of the orange line. Kennedy and Brooke make grateful remarks. Reps. Mary Good and James Craven. Mel King appears (in t-shirt and baseball cap) to acknowledge the efforts of community activists. This very large scale public works project will create jobs and keep the neighborhoods from being physically divided along racial lines. Adams answers question on air traffic congestion expected at large airports.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/11/1978
Description: In Brockton, drug crime is rampant, police short- staffed. Night scenes shot from cruiser. Man with knife arrested. Drugs exchanged from cars. Officers lined up. Man holding bottle in bag. Former chief Richard Sproules.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/16/1990
Description: Brockton is broke and cannot pay city employees. Piles of trash, overflowing dumpster. Brockton downtown streets, police department, high school exterior. Boys playing soccer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/06/1990
Description: Because of local aid cuts, Brockton cannot afford to repair potholed roads and clean up dumped trash. Garbage collection, DPW trucks, city seal.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1989
Description: Resigning chancellor Randolph Bromery disagrees with governor's attitude toward public education. Stephen Tocco claims education is "very high priority" for Weld, but not as high as public safety.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/06/1991