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American Airlines terminal

Description: American Airlines terminal at Logan Airport. Ticket counter, passengers, escalators flanking staircase. Flight arrival and departure screens. People descend on escalator. Baggage on conveyor belt. Skycap loads suitcases onto cart. DC-10 parked on wet tarmac.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1979

Cesar Chavez and Chiquita boycott

Description: Peaceful protest in front of Prudential Center in solidarity with United Farm Workers boycott of Chiquita bananas. Guitarist sings and plays “Glory, Glory Hallelujah (Battle Hymn of the Republic),” “This Land Is Your Land,” “We Shall Not Be Moved.” People march on Boylston Street with placards in Spanish and English. Picket signs “United Brands strikebreaker.” Cesar Chavez explains campaign to support UFW and inequity for lettuce pickers. Boycott is on bananas instead of lettuce because brand name is much more familiar though economic effect is on same corporate pocket. High panning shot of crowd. Interview with man from United Brands about wage negotiations in UFW strike and potential impact on profits and market prices of their produce.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/05/1979

East Boston High boycott

Description: East Boston High School exterior. Students congregate in street. Security officer tries to corral them onto sidewalk. Police on motorcycles. White students interviewed about their boycott ,which is because of previous day's racially motivated stabbing. They make racist comments about the black students in their school. They demand metal detectors. Student leaders stand on platform asking students if they want scanners, organizing their position to present to the school administration. Several takes of reporter standup. Security officer talks informally to students about safety. Interview with senior Gary Gosselin on mood inside school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/18/1979

George Bush

Description: George Bush as prospective presidential candidate at Logan Airport press conference. Introduced by William Saltonstall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/01/1979

Moonies picket WGBH

Description: Moonies chant, picket, march on Western Avenue in front of WGBH to protest what they call biased coverage of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Unification Church. Interview with Michael Smith, Eastern US director of CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles). Says "Channel 2 is contributing to religious intolerance."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1979

Outside South Boston High

Description: Outside South Boston High School. Buses arrive. Mostly black students exit school and board buses. Police cruisers and motorcycles stationed in front of school. Interview with headmaster Jerome Wynegar who says despite some trouble and a severe lack of students, classes will go on, and faculty will try to keep up morale. He says “…kids come here to learn, believe it or not.” Several takes of reporter standup.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/18/1979

Solar collector explanation

Description: Explanation of solar energy on roof of elderly housing project in Quincy. Collector cells concentrate sunlight and convert it into photovoltaic electricity to run pump motor to circulate hot water. Man describes installation costs for residential heating system and how savings are achieved.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/20/1979