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Lawrence Maid Footwear

Description: Lawrence Maid Footwear, division of W.R. Grace. Workers, including many older women, exit shoe factory at end of shift. Lawrence Maid Footwear employs approximately 750 people, decreased from 2,200 in 1969. The reporter explains the decline of the shoe industry in the US. Inside, women stitch shoe parts rapidly on old sewing machines. Punch clock and time cards on wall. Great expanse of factory space, rows of fluorescent lights. Unused machines covered in plastic. Large spools of thread on shelves.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/07/1977

Lowell Canal

Description: Lowell Canal, locks, gate, flowing river, snow. Sign on adjacent brick factory building “Lowell Industrial Development Company, 95 Bridge Street, Power, Steam.” Boott Mills entrance. More industrial buildings along water.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/28/1977

Lowell mills

Description: Lowell brick mill buildings. Exteriors with new windows. Snow in courtyard. Renovated interior with “Scannell Boiler Works” insignia on lounge wall. Wannalancit Textile Co. on Suffolk Street, sign over entrance. Bird weather vane. Antique Ford truck parked outside. Mechanized loom weaving white cloth. Big spools and spindles of thread. Rhythmic sounds of machines. Close-up on old moving parts with lint and grease. Long view down factory floor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1978

NECCO FACTORY

Description: PRODUCTION OF NECCO WAFERS AND OTHER CANDY ON CONVEYOR BELTS IN FACTORY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/10/1983

PIANOS

Description: STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A PIANO AT FALCONE FACTORY IN WOBURN
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/13/1983

PIANOS

Description: Archival VISUALS OF PIANOMAKING, CHICKERING FACTORY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/24/1984

Plastics factory

Description: Inside plastics factory in Leominster. Brushes, molded bottle caps and other parts being stamped out on assembly line. Industrial noise. Young workers put together components of red plastic jugs with handles and spouts, label and pack finished product. Woman separates, trims and packs pink hairbrushes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1979

Revere Sugar

Description: Revere Sugar processing plant in Charlestown. Loose sugar offloaded by crane from ship onto conveyor belt. Exteriors of plant with silos and chutes. Charles Bennett does several takes of reporter standup about sugar growers seeking protection from foreign competition.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1982

Revere Sugar

Description: Charles Bennett interviews man from Revere Sugar about the United States quotas on the importation of sugar and the production of sugar at the Revere plant. Discussion of sugar industry while cutaways are being shot. Exteriors and interiors of Revere Sugar processing plant in Charlestown. Very long shiny Coca-Cola tank truck. Cardboard packaging being formed by machine. Sugar pours from large spout to fill boxes. Sealed boxes pass along assembly line. Five-pound paper sacks filled.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1982

SCHRAFFT'S

Description: SCHRAFFT'S FACTORY IN CHARLESTOWN
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/21/1985