Description: Environs of Fresh Pond reservation in Cambridge. Joggers, dogs, and bicyclists share perimeter path. People relax on grass. Distant view of three high-rise buildings of Rindge Towers public housing. Pan of parking lot. Cover of master plan. Rippling, sparkling surface of water. Police call box. Two boys on swings.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1978
Description: Fuel tank trucks, chemical and solvent truck, Exxon, Old Colony, liquefied methane (LNG) trucks marked “flammable gas,” on the highway. Entrance ramp to Route 93 in Somerville. Following Virginia Pipe Line Company tanker. Road sign “Fuel Truck Route.” White Fuel truck on Southeast Expressway.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/21/1978
Description: Fusion. Alcatron. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/14/1978
Description: Governors Conference in Boston. Sen. Edward Kennedy and Rep. John Anderson meet with the National Governors Association, including Govs. Jerry Brown, Ella Grasso, Reubin Askew, Dixie Lee Ray, Ed Herschler, James Longley, Harvey Wollman, Richard Lamm, Meldrim Thomson, Mike O'Callaghan, and Richard Snelling. End of the discussion on health care and insurance policy. Governor Dukakis speaks and Senator Kennedy responds. Many closeups on Kennedy, Dukakis, and audience pans. Governor Snelling introduces John Anderson and the panel on government regulations. Cuts of Anderson's speech about the problem of over-regulation by Congress and the legislative veto, with shots of governors around the table. The Director of the US Office of Management and Budget, James T. McIntyre, speaks to the same issues. Rep. Anderson takes questions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/28/1978
Description: Green Berets at Fort Devens airborne division. Headquarters of 10th Special Forces Group / 1st Special Forces. Soldier with two helpers suits up and becomes extremely laden with packs and gear. Equipment strapped and tied to him, front and back. Gun, snowshoes, skis on table. Soldier unloads parachute from front pack. Another gathers up the unfurled parachute and folds into pack. Stone marker bearing JFK quote “Ask not what your country can do for you…” reel 1 of 3.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1978
Description: Helicopters land at Fort Devens. Interview with Col. Greene about threefold mission of the Green Berets special forces: guerrilla warfare, direct action, internal defense / training troops in other countries. They also support Reserves and ROTC programs. Talks about his service in Vietnam. reel 2 of 3.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1978
Description: Continuation of interview with Col. Greene at Fort Devens. “Green Berets are in low profile phase now; high profile caused animosity.” Three soldiers rappel on wooden training tower in long bounds. reel 3 of 3.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1978
Description: Small planes land at Hanscom Field. Cessnas, Beechcraft, prop jets, twin engines. Plane wheels make skid sound when touching ground. Planes arrive in quick succession, making roaring noises. Fuel exhaust haze near ground. Many planes parked in rows, tethered to tarmac. Sign: “L.G. Hanscom Field Air Terminal, a Massport facility.”
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/10/1978
Description: Harvard Coop record department. Close-up on classical records and posters of conductors. Shelves of LP album spines. Shoppers browse bins. Customers pay, cashier opens register drawer, makes change, bags records. 8-track tapes stacked on shelves. Audio cassettes displayed.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Traffic on Massachusetts Avenue through Harvard Square. Subway kiosk with sign “Rapid Transit To All Points.” Cars stopped at corner of Dunster Street. Cars stopped on Boylston (JFK) Street. Sign for The Garage and Strawberries Records. “Closed” sign at red line station entrance. Out of Town News. Stacks of newspapers. Boston Herald American front page headline “Walkout may halt T today.” Yellow electric cable buses parked in Bennett Street MBTA yard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/06/1978