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W.R. Grace site in North Cambridge

Description: W.R. Grace silo tower, tanks, and industrial buildings in Alewife area of North Cambridge. Barrel tipped over on snowy ground. Smoke or steam issuing from exhaust stacks and vents. Corroded sign on post in ground “Danger Acid.” Pool of sludge adjacent to building. Big blue tank surrounded by rusted pipes. Indeterminate tan substance spread over ground next to bleachers. Interview with Mr. Stuart (of MBTA?) about chemical analysis of conditions on the future construction site of the red line extension tunnel. “We're getting strange high acid readings in the ground water” but not sure exactly what kind of contamination.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/14/1979

Weinberger at Harvard

Description: Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger speaks at Harvard Law Forum at Sanders Theater on SALT arms limitation. Audience yells and chants in protest. Roger Fisher tries to quiet disruption. Upside down American flag suspended from balcony. Banner says “Weinberger = War Criminal.” Students asks questions about Middle East and Central America.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/17/1983

Weld and Silber - men of means

Description: Silber and Weld are men of means, but Weld denies self-consciousness about it and Silber downplays it. Family backgrounds. BU president's house. Photos of Silber as a boy. Weld home,boathouse,hall at Harvard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/11/1990

Weld's formative path

Description: People from William Weld's academic life, law practice, government career describe development of the gubernatorial candidate. Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Harvey Silverglate. Photos of young Weld. People walking on Harvard Yard paths. Middlesex School.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/30/1990

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

White Heat Swing Orchestra

Description: White Heat Swing Orchestra, a jazz big band, perform on the Charles Hotel plaza in Cambridge.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/02/1985

Who is William Weld?

Description: William Weld portrays himself as tough candidate and regular guy. At campaign headquarters on day before state convention. In shirtsleeves, talking on phone. His house in Cambridge.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/09/1990

Women's Community Cancer Project

Description: Group of women who had breast cancer formed Women's Community Cancer Project in Cambridge to inform people about the disease, research, and treatments.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1991

Women's Health Center

Description: Interview with two Women's Health Center representatives explaining choices and implications of using birth control. Discussion of birth control experimentation on women without consent, women's health movement, and contraceptive options. Followed by b-roll of Giger and interviewees discussing past fertility medicine and Western perception of pregnancy. Discussion of legislation around midwives. Interviewees talking about sterilization, cesarean sections, induced labor. Visuals of contraceptives— diaphragm, IUDs, foam, package of birth control pills. Giger and interviewees discuss women's health in background. Clip of books "Our Bodies, Ourselves" and "Contraceptive Technology 1976-1977." Poster "Freedom for Women" on wall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/20/1977

YMCA conserves water

Description: Cambridge YMCA conserves water by repairing leaky pipes and installing flow restricters in shower heads. Children in Y pool. Cambridge Reservoir. Ilyas Bhatti, MDC Commissioner. Sound effect of water lapping over stones.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/05/1989