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Amtrak and Orange Line

Description: Back Bay Amtrak station entrance. Train, viewed from above, starts up and moves slowly along tracks. Train histle and bells. Railroad bed. Commuter train pulls up, passengers board. Two trains pass in opposite directions. Looking down tracks to old and new Hancock buildings. Orange line elevated structure along Washington Street. T train passes overhead with typical clunking sound; congested vehicular traffic below. Camera moves on complex steel skeleton of tracks above.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1977

East Boston resident vs. Massport

Description: Federal Aviation Administration. East Boston residents sing a song protesting incursion of airport into their neighborhood (Neptune Rd. East Boston). David Davis, Tom O'Neill, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Fred Salvucci all seen. Interview with a woman about plane noise and eminent domain. She feels that the people in the neighborhood are being uprooted. Interview with a man on noise abatement and eminent domain for Logan expansion. Residents would like to prevent the destruction of their neighborhood. Interview with other longtime residents complaining about Massport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/22/1977

Harvard Square and rapid transit

Description: Harvard Square environs. Rapid Transit sign over Harvard Square kiosk. Out of Town Tickets. People step off narrow escalator ascending from subway station. T sign, subway system map with “You Are Here,” bus routes map sign. People go downstairs to red line station. Harvard Trust Company sign, Harvard Coop, Nini's Corner. Electric bus with overhead cables. Abandoned red line trolleys parked in MBTA lot behind Harvard Square.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/22/1977

Kendall Square

Description: B-roll footage of traffic on the outskirts of Kendall Square, focused on a rotary near one lone high-rise building. Clip of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Department of Transportation building). Footage from moving vehicle of many undeveloped lots under scant snow cover. Clips of pipes in large plot; scarce buildings on surrounding blocks. Still images of Kendall Square map with development plan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1977

Orange line in southwest corridor

Description: Orange line Egleston station. POV riding up escalator to outdoor platform with few passengers waiting. Empty train pulls up, people board. POV riding along track, looking inbound to Boston and down onto track bed. Train interior. Characteristic screeching and locomotion clunking sounds. Train passes through Dudley station. Map sign of MBTA subway system.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1977

Stills of Boston 1850-1920

Description: Subway maps from Boston Transit Commission. Archival photos of downtown Boston and environs 1850-1920. Park Street, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, Copley Square, Bowdoin Square, Tremont, School, Arlington, and Newbury Streets, Commonwealth Avenue, Washington Street, Scollay Square, India Wharf, State House.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/28/1977