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Dukakis listens to entrepreneurs

Description: Michael Dukakis meets with entrepreneurs to discuss the business climate in the state. Fred Salvucci.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/19/1990

Edson de Castro, Part 1

Description: Interview with Edson de Castro, founder and president of Data General, about assessing property tax differentially based on use (residential, business, industrial, agricultural). Explains why he moved some operations from Massachusetts to NH. Talks about comparative wages, benefits, labor pools, taxation, industrial environments in the two states; which factors influence the location decision for a business. Corporate welfare. “Welcome to New Hampshire - live free or die” sign on highway. reel 1 of 4.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/09/1977

Excuses for GM shutdown

Description: Michael Dukakis tries to reconcile paradox of General Motors Framingham plant shutdown (economic failure) with "Massachusetts miracle" (economic success). Barbara Gray, Chester Atkins.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/11/1987

Family Foodland

Description: B-roll footage of shoppers and employees at a Family Foodland supermarket. A butcher puts out packages of meat at the meat counter, while shoppers inspect the meat. A female shopper chooses lemons and limes from the fruit display. An employee straightens the magazine rack near the check out counter. Other employees ring up sales and provide customer service to customers. Customers enter and exit the store, move through various aisles as they shop and wait in the check out line. Exteriors of the store.
1:00:07: Visual: A butcher puts out packages of meat at the meat counter of Family Foodland. Shots of packages of meat. An African American shoppers inspect the meat at the counter. An African American female shopper chooses lemons and limes from the fruit display at the supermarket. The camera crew instructs the shopper to choose two lemons at a time. Shots of the shopper's hands as she chooses the fruit. Close-up shot of the shopper's face. 1:03:42: V: The camera crew sets up a shot. An African American worker in a suit and tie neatens the magazine rack near the check-out counter. An African American female employee helps a customer at the customer service desk. An African American female employee rings up the purchases of a shopper. The employee counts the money given by the shopper, and returns change and a receipt. A member of the camera crew helps a worker arrange a display of rice packages. 1:06:30: V: African American shoppers and employees pass through the front aisle of the supermarket. An African American female employee rings up the purchases of an African American male shopper. An African American man and woman shop in the canned foods aisle. An African American employee rings up the purchases of an African American family. Shot of the cash register. The employee rings up the purchases of a young African American woman. 1:10:22: V: A shopper hands money over to an African American female employee who works the cash register. African American shoppers wait in line at the cash registers. Shot of the canned food aisle. Shoppers continue to stand in line at the cash register. African American female shoppers push shopping carts down the canned food aisle. 1:13:01: V: Shot of the exterior of the Family Foodland Supermarket; of the sign on the building. A small number of African American men stand in front of the supermarket. Shoppers enter and exit the supermarket.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/15/1984

Family Foodland supermarket

Description: Family Foodland supermarket serves Mattapan with large, clean, well-stocked store, including ethnic foods, while other grocery chains have closed in the inner city.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/21/1990

Federal Reserve predicts hard times

Description: Addressing bankers and business leaders, Richard Syron of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston predicts hard times for New England economy in 1990s.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/02/1990

Filene's Basement

Description: Filene's Basement.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/21/1981

GARMENT INDUSTRY

Description: DECLINE OF GARMENT INDUSTRY, STITCHERS, IDLE SEWING MACHINES IN FACTORY. Textiles, fabric store, ILGWU.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/06/1986

GM plant shutdown

Description: Because of a drop in car sales, General Motors auto assembly plant in Framingham will shut down indefinitely. Dukakis expresses confidence. Rep. David Magnani. GM lay off.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/04/1987

Genetics

Description: Genetics (Biz) Industry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1982