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S&M Deli

Description: Frantic pace of food ordering and preparation in S&M Deli on Beacon Street, Boston. Fleet of line cooks make variety of sandwiches and salads in rapid succession. Orders called out by restaurant staff in lunchtime rush. Bins of ingredients - iceberg lettuce, sliced meats and cheeses, tomatoes, pickles. Assorted breads and rolls, condiments, sauces. Sodas, packaged snack cakes, potato chips, crushed ice. Customers crowd near counter awaiting takeout orders. Staff in perpetual motion. Close-up as price is rung into cash register. Storefront.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1978

School bus strike

Description: Long rows of parked school buses behind chain link fence. Striking bus drivers wear union buttons. Union members meet in conference room. Interview with David Finnegan about negotiations and wage issue. Interview with two steelworker union officials on stalemate with Hudson and Brush Hill Cos. Close-up on padlock. Bus drivers with placards. Man in information center talks to parent on phone about alternative transportation to school.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/10/1978

School opening

Description: South Boston High exterior on first day of school. Press photographers stand around outside waiting for something to happen. Three upperclassmen say it is quieter inside since desegregation furor has died down, and learning can take place. They discuss news programs in the school. Several takes of reporter standup. Graffiti “stop forced busing” still visible on street. School bus arrives, lets off two black girls. Interview in front of School Committee headquarters with woman from Citywide Education Coalition who appraises current state of Boston schools: parents are involved and important to educational improvement; vocational education is woefully lacking; must upgrade reading and basic skills. “City can someday have an attractive and credible public school system.” She cautions that just because it is quiet now compared to the first years of busing, people should not assume the school system is okay; it still needs criticism and community input. Editor's note: Content given off the record was edited out of this footage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/06/1978

Seabrook construction, Part 1

Description: Construction of Seabrook nuclear power plant. Wide shot of site. Hard hat workers, cranes, bulldozer, thousands of reinforcing rods. Area of excavation through rock walls. reel 1 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1978

Seabrook construction, Part 2

Description: Construction of Seabrook nuclear power plant. Hard hat workers. Heavy equipment. Giant concrete tubes. Pan parking lot. Abandoned railroad tracks. Seagulls scavenge in field with felled trees. Interview with PSNH official Norm on delays and cost increases allegedly brought on by opposition groups. Talks about anticipated rally by Clamshell Alliance. Guarded entry booth. No Trespassing sign. reel 2 of 2.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1978

Seabrook demonstration

Description: Large crowd of people at a demonstration against Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Arlo Guthrie addresses the crowd, talks about the Clamshell Alliance, and then sings a song. Protest banners held by crowd. Shots of the Seabrook plant construction site. Helicopter flies overhead. Slow pans across the demonstration site. Solar panel and diagrams for solar power plan. Solar power skit by men in costumes. Closeups on groups of people in the crowd and at campsites. Group of people play music at campsite. Line of Porta Potties. Police stand by jeep behind No Trespassing sign on Seabrook site. Interview with man on the size on the demonstration.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/25/1978

Sen. George Rogers convicted

Description: State Sen. George Rogers of New Bedford convicted of corruption (bribery and conspiracy via fraudulent $5000 consulting contract in vocational education scandal) in Suffolk Superior Court. Defense attorney Sullivan mobbed by press. Rogers fainted in court and is wheeled out on stretcher. Prosecutor Stephen Delinsky says sentence is fair. Rogers will serve time in Barnstable House of Correction. Sullivan will appeal. Glimpse of Gail Harris.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/24/1978

Sharks at Aquarium

Description: Interview with New England Aquarium official about alleged harpooning of great white shark off Long Island. Inside Aquarium, looking into giant tank. Sharks of various sizes and colors swim past. Close-up on dorsal fin in water. Lower view into tank. Large tortoise and many fish glide by. Head on view of approaching shark - eyes, mouth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/26/1978

Skateboarders

Description: Indoor skateboard rink in Cambridge. Teen and younger boys practice maneuvers on ramps, slides, tubes and half-pipes. Caution signs advise on technique and warn about injuries. Boys wear helmets, gloves, elbow and knee pads.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1978

Solar houses

Description: Three solar houses in Lincoln. Bare trees, snow on ground. Two men splitting downed tree trunk on Audubon grounds. Collector panels on roof. Sound of power saw. Frozen pond. Long-haired white cat.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/28/1978