Description: Hazardous waste dump in Kingston. Barrels and drums half buried in cement oozing coagulated residue. Dented drums piled up and tumbling down slope. Stencilled letters "castor oil derivative." Bulldozer excavates pit. Interview with (?) Plymouth police chief Richard Nagle who got report of illegal dumping of 55-gallon chemical drums at several locations, source unknown.
Description: Power lines in Weymouth adjacent to residential neighborhood were sprayed with herbicide. Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Carson about ruinous effect on their vegetable garden and concern for their health because of presumed toxicity of chemical. Boston Edison claimed not to intend to spray close to homes.
Description: Hiroshima survivors speak at Brookline High School, some in Japanese with translator. One offers a Buddhist chant. One says she wants only friendship with the US. Gruesome photos lined up along edge of stage show burned bodies after atomic bomb explosion, and mushroom cloud.
Description: Horse mounted police in front of Hyde Park High. Boston police cruisers and motorcycles. Black students exit school. Interview with Boston Police Superintendent Connolly about clash inside school, calling it minor incident. Interview with ninth grade boy who attributes fight to racial tension and reaction to previous day's shooting at Cambridge school. Wide exterior of school.
Description: Construction of interstate route I-190 in West Boylston. Interview about danger of silt getting into Wachusett Reservoir, contaminating drinking water supply for greater Boston. Dump trucks drive back and forth on site cleared for road.
Description: Interview with Nancy Concannon, Vice President for Operations, John Hancock Corporation regarding JH being targeted by clerical group "9 to 5" over unfair wage practices. Stand-ups and Hancock visuals. .