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AFSCME rally

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

Barnes & Noble

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

Boston Herald interior

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

Boston Repertory Ballet, Part 2

Description: Interview with Samuel Kurkjian, founder and artistic director of the Boston Repertory Ballet, about the difficulty of starting a new dance company. reel 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/24/1978

Boston firefighters at work

Description: Boston Fire Department works to extinguish remnants of fire in railroad yard (near Back Bay/South End?). Many hoses with arcing spray. Fire apparatus. Charred debris of freight cars and structural beams. Foster Electric trailer. Henry Wolfers Lighting. Many shots seen through smoke, haze, glare on lens. Water dousing burnt warehouse. Four firefighters, one black.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/09/1978

Car dealers, NOW accounts

Description: Libon Motors Volkswagen dealer on Western Avenue in Allston. New and used VWs on lot. Window sticker with itemized price. Inside showroom at Porter Chevrolet. “OK” used car lot near Fresh Pond, Cambridge. Coolidge Bank in Harvard Square. Cool-O-Mat automated teller machines (ATMs). Suffolk Franklin Bank. Boylston-Fairfield branch of Shawmut Bank in Back Bay. Sign for NOW checking account paying 5% interest at Home Savings Bank.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1978

Commercial signs

Description: Ground Round under construction on Soldiers Field Road. Coca-Cola sign with digital clock on Storrow Drive. Wide shot of bottling plant with traffic passing. Citgo sign in Kenmore Square. Pan to White Fuel sign. Dunkin' Donuts sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/28/1978

Durgin Park

Description: Durgin Park restaurant next to Faneuil Hall. People wait in line for seats. Steam table. Plate of corn bread. Waitresses in white uniforms. Families crowded at tables with red and white checkered cloths. Fish plates with corn. Big roast beef meal. Boston baked beans sign. More signs for fresh strawberries, swordfish, oysters. “Specialty of the house - prime rib $9.” “Lobster platter $7.50.” Menu with prices. Interview with notorious waitress Dotti “the witch.” Pressed tin ceiling. Flapping banner outside. View from window onto Quincy Market. Interview with owner about differences with BRA and developer James Rouse over desire to keep Durgin Park as a pristine Boston institution amidst neighboring commercial revitalization.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/21/1978

Falling snow in Boston

Description: People walk across expanse of City Hall Plaza as snow falls at Government Center. Four children repeatedly slide down snow pile on plastic flying saucer. Slow moving traffic at dusk on Southeast Expressway - light snow, slick roads, headlights.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/13/1978

Fire station environs

Description: Boston fire station environs. Inside garage. Close-up on trucks and equipment. Response to fire call with siren on and lights flashing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/11/1978