Description: Seiji Ozawa rehearses with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and female vocalist. Then Ravel's "Bolero." Orchestra tunes up.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1979
Description: Landfill dump in New Bedford. Seagulls hover over trash. Contaminated with PCBs from industrial waste. Aerovox capacitor manufacturer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/12/1979
Description: Interview with Paul Mooney, president of Boston Garden and Bruins, on construction of new stadium versus renovating existing structure. Pan interior of Garden, empty seats, basketball hoops, scoreboard. Bruins and Celtics championship banners suspended from rafters. Maintenance workers mop parquet basketball floor. Marquee of upcoming games.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1979
Description: Pilgrim I nuclear power plant exteriors in Plymouth. Atomic energy symbol on building. Boston Edison sign. Water flowing out to sea in discharge channel. Pan grounds to transformers and high tension wires.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/05/1979
Description: Inside plastics factory in Leominster. Brushes, molded bottle caps and other parts being stamped out on assembly line. Industrial noise. Young workers put together components of red plastic jugs with handles and spouts, label and pack finished product. Woman separates, trims and packs pink hairbrushes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1979
Description: Telephone survey about Boston and state elected officials. Pollsters make phone calls, fill in responses on typed questionnaires.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1979
Description: Pondville Hospital exterior in Norfolk. Snow on ground. State public health facility specializing in cancer treatment.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1979
Description: Pope John Paul II n Washington, D.C.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/07/1979
Description: Construction of Porter Square T station on extension of MBTA red line. Heavy equipment and workers in front of BayBank branch. Traffic backed up on Massachusetts Avenue. Perini crane. Claw shovel excavates pit, releases dirt into dump truck.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/20/1979
Description: Interview with Arthur Lane, president of Boston Shipping Association, on importance of having new container port serving Boston to maintain shipping industry. Proposes new facility in Lynn across Gen. Edwards Bridge because of accessibility and lack of conflicting use. Parsons Brinckerhoff estimates $132 million to build with five container cranes. Major dredging necessary. Japanese companies already threaten to stop shipping to port of Boston because it is too slow. Potential for 45,000 jobs in 15 years. Lane says Boston lacks foresight to develop shipping industry, is second class, and could become just a barge depot for Halifax and NYC. Boston money “too tied up in trust funds in financial district.” Map, aerial photo and artist's rendering.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/23/1979