Description: Harvard Yard, static and tracking shots. Bare trees and shallow snow. Students wearing parkas traverse the paths carrying books and knapsacks. Steps and Corinthian columns of Widener Library. Steeple of Memorial Church. Statue of seated John Harvard with snow. Food vendor outside gate. Entrance and ziggurat-like tiers of Science Center. Woman in wheelchair goes through doors. Adjacent Littauer building with classically columned grand facade.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/12/1978
Description: Harvard University medical area energy plant under construction; will produce electric power via diesel engines. Located on corner of Brookline Avenue and Francis Street near Mission Hill. Men on scaffolding laying bricks. Big buckets of mortar hoisted with crane. Wheelbarrow is lifted to platform. Signs “men working” and “no trespassing.” Giant claw deposits cement in dump truck. Contractors J.E. White, Dorel, Anastasi Brothers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/24/1978
Description: Staffers doing paperwork in a Congressional office. Interview with Hedrick Smith on Jimmy Carter and the power of the Presidency.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1978
Description: Wide shot of stark, modern concrete exterior of Holyoke Community College.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/03/1978
Description: Elderly people eating at South End Settlement House in a cafeteria-style hot lunch program. Interview with two men about why they appreciate the social support services and why elderly people suffer hunger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/30/1978
Description: Eagle Hill Landing clam flats in Ipswich. Interview with clam digger Tom about red tide scare and shellfish conservation necessitating shutdown of the flats.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/07/1978
Description: Film from J.P. Stevens against unionization of their textile plants and boycott of their products.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1978
Description: Rally outside Jordan Marsh and Filene's in downtown Boston to support boycott and unionization of J.P. Stevens. Little Flags Singers, George Wald, James Laughlin of Mass. Labor Council, Lt. Governor Tom O'Neill on stage on behalf of Stevens workers. Boycott button on coat. Man dressed in Santa Claus suit collects money for Krishna Consciousness (ISKAN), duping people into believing they are donating to a Christmas charity.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1978
Description: Interview with headmaster Jerome Wynegar about changes at South Boston High School in last two years in four areas: administration, discipline, curriculum review, community relations. He sees improvement in students' ability to learn with fewer disruptions than in first years of busing. He discusses the school's attempt to prepare students for their futures. He says more research is needed into educational methods for a changing world; experiential learning should be emphasized over traditional lectures. He endorses alternative programs because attendance is encouraged. reel 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1978
Description: Interview with headmaster Jerome Wynegar. Says there are more opportunities at South Boston High School than at any other school in the city. He is very sanguine about the integration of the student body, and the array in curriculum from basic skills to electives to vocational education. Compliments the administrative involvement of Joseph McDonough (community district superintendent). Says Boston School Department is notoriously bad in paying bills. reel 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1978