Description: Excavating and laying buried lines for cable tv in East Boston. Jack hammering through pavement. Cement pouring down shute. Crew with bright blue hard hats crawl in narrow trench beneath street.
Description: Promotional tape describing the variety of Cablevision's programming. Demonstration of Qube, the interactive television experiment originating in Cincinnati, in which viewers press button on home box to register sentiment on a question asked on tv; then audience responses are tabulated and displayed on screen.
Description: Local access cable production in East Boston studio. Interview with Cablevision executive on popularity of and prospects for service. Outdoors in East Boston, Kevin White signs autographs by leaning on heads and backs of children. Says Channel 2 is paragon of local broadcasting.
Description: Cars entering Callahan Tunnel shot from Sixty State Street high-rise vantage point. Panoramic view of North End and harbor toward East Boston. Long shot of arched span of Tobin Bridge over Mystic River. Tug boat pulling barge. Slow expressway traffic. Sunny day, light snow visible on ground and rooftops. Silent.
Description: 13 year old Cambodian boy in Lowell drowns, pushed into canal by white boy. Racial prejudice apparent in city with largest Cambodian community on east coast.