Description: Array of political buttons from 1976 presidential campaign mounted on black background: Reagan, Carter/Mondale, Harris, Shriver, Bayh, Ford/Dole, Udall, Wallace. Visuals of politicians: Biden, Kemp, Connally, Hart, Ford, Dole, Carter, Reagan, Bush. Sample of New Hampshire Republican primary ballot.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/13/1978
Description: AFSCME members (state workers) march in front of State House chanting “no pay, no work” to protest legislature's failure to pass the budget. Crowd amasses on State House steps. Union leaders address rally. Voice of Joseph Bonavita. People ascend steps, some shot at foot level, to confront legislators inside. Police stand to the side. Reporter standup refers to Rep. Ray Flynn's anti- abortion stance impeding budget process.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/05/1978
Description: POLICE SUPERINTENDENT AL SWEENEY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS TALKS TO AUDIENCE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/22/1978
Description: Alcatraz.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/14/1978
Description: Interview with Alice Rivlin, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Exteriors of the Treasury Department and the Council on Environmental Quality.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1978
Description: Anita Bryant appears at Copley Plaza Hotel press conference on behalf of US Senate candidacy of Howard Phillips. She talks about opening counseling centers to convert gays from “their death style of homosexuality.” “I stand on what is right and and decent.” Her husband Bob Green sits by her side. He holds up a snapshot of a man painting hate graffiti against Anita Bryant. Phillips says “I believe homosexuality is a disability to be overcome rather than a right to be protected…we are all creatures of god.” They both espouse banning gay people from teaching jobs. Phillips announces security has received a bomb threat and the room should be evacuated, but no one leaves.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/01/1978
Description: Bud Collins interviews Arthur Ashe at Longwood Cricket Club about playing tennis on different court surfaces. Ashe wears Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt. Game play from match in US Pro tournament: Ramirez vs Dominguez.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/27/1978
Description: At press conference Celtics general manager Red Auerbach introduces new owners John Y. Brown and 'silent partner' Harry Mangurian. Brown expresses his wish for Red Auerbach to stay with the Celtics. He says he's an active owner and talks about how he became an owner and his plans for the Celtics. He answers other questions from the press. Red Auerbach smokes a cigar throughout. Press asks Auerbach about the decision he has to make about whether to stay with the Celtics. Leprechaun logo on Celtics banner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1978
Description: Business district in Ayer. Main Street storefronts, diner, gas station, dry cleaner, liquor store, pedestrians. Sign for Routes 2A and 111. Old man sweeps sidewalk. Police station. Man smoking in front of VFW hall. Old fashioned department store. Soldier at Fort Devens training to use mine detector, sweeps instrument over ground and listens for beeps. Rifle propped against tree. Camouflage helmet on ground. Group of soldiers eat rations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1978
Description: Exteriors of banks. Angled view of high-rise headquarters of First National Bank of Boston, sidewalk facade, then tilt up. Another high-rise bank (New England Merchants?). Pan around cluster of buildings in financial district.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/19/1978
Description: Barnes & Noble bookstore at 395 Washington Street, Boston. Exterior and interior. People browse and read books on shelves and tables. Customers wait in line at cash registers. Signs for bargain basement, classical records, bestsellers, library copies, discounted paperbacks. Wide shot of bustling store.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/20/1978
Description: Health clinic at Billerica House of Correction. Nurse Donna listens to inmate's chest with stethoscope. Dispensary of medical supplies on shelves and in locked cabinets. Crutches and canes hang on wall. Infirmary ward with one patient asleep on bunk. Exterior of prison with cupola and ivy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/05/1978
Description: No audio through first half of video. Aftermath of blizzard of '78. Sunny day on impassable highway with abandoned, buried cars. Snow removal by bulldozer. Tire skidding. Driver cleans off covered car. Interview with John Tarbox, a driver from Rockland, MA who was stranded. He gets in his still buried car and starts it up. Interview with Donald Jones, a young army man from California, who has never seen snow. State police cruiser, helicopter.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/09/1978
Description: Blizzard of '78. Snow falling and blowing. People digging out on Western Avenue. Plow on Storrow Drive. Chains on truck tires. Students and dogs on Harvard Square streets blanketed with snow. Cross-country skiers and people on snowshoes. Shots inside the news van, with radio reports on blizzard in the background. People trudge along Mt. Auburn St. and Mass. Avenue in Cambridge; some carry provisions on sleds. Massachusetts Avenue street sign. Man shovels out storefront. Deep snow banks. Tractor trailer jackknifed on Mass Ave. bridge over Charles River. People wait in line in front of White Hen Pantry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1978
Description: Testimony continues in Judiciary Committee hearing on removal of Superior Court Chief Justice Robert Bonin. Bonin answers questions from Sen. Alan Sisitsky, Reps. Roland Orlandi, Paul White, James Segel. Bonin's wife Angela listens.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1978
Description: Testimony in Judiciary Committee hearing on removal of Superior Court Chief Justice Robert Bonin. Sen. Alan Sisitsky presides. Attorney Paul Sugarman gives lengthy defense.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1978
Description: Judiciary Committee hearing on removal of Superior Court Chief Justice Robert Bonin. Attorney Paul Sugarman answers members' questions. Rep. Max Volterra in audience. Judge Bonin testifies on own behalf, defending behavior under question: hiring three secretaries and attending Gore Vidal lecture on gay rights to benefit a defense fund.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1978
Description: Joint Judiciary Committee votes to remove Superior Court Chief Justice Robert Bonin. Rep. Michael Flaherty reads resolution. Sen. Alan Sisitsky opposes bill of address. Reps. Kevin Burke, Jay Healy, Peter Velis, Daniel Pokaski, Mark Lawton, Alfred Saggese, Sens. William Wall, David Locke, Robert McCarthy, Paul White, Arthur Lewis.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1978
Description: Interior of Boston Herald newsroom. Long rows of fluorescent lights and gray metal desks. Classified ad operators type and wear telephone headsets. Dark pressroom with long line of giant blue presses (not running). Visual of headline "Court asked to void subpoena of Herald American reporter" referring to Paul Corsetti.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/09/1978
Description: Mass of spectators gathered at Prudential Center finish line of Boston Marathon. David Ives watches. Cloudy, cold day. Airplanes fly around trailing message banners. First wheelchair finisher George Murray rolls in with police escort. Press photographers truck. Bill Rodgers wins a close race in 2:10:15. Randy Thomas and Kevin Ryan cross line. Rodgers climbs up to platform for Gov. Michael Dukakis, Mayor Kevin White and Will Cloney to congratulate him with laurel wreath and medal. He is then surrounded by press horde and police. More top runners cross. Bob Hall places third in wheelchair division. Other runners cross the finish line.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1978