Description: Inside Cambridge Trust Company bank customers write checks and present them to tellers to be cashed. Wide shot of UMass Boston contemporary brick buildings along Dorchester Bay. Planes fly low over campus on approach to airport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/20/1977
Description: Interviews with people in Harvard Square about whether they think Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank should resign, after the revelation of his relationship with Steve Gobie. Most feel he should not.
Collection: CCTV
Description: Interviews with people in Harvard Square about whether they think Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank should resign, after the revelation of his relationship with Steve Gobie. Most feel he should not. This is a slightly different version of #4400. One person interviewed here is not in #4400, and the order of some of the people is different.
Collection: CCTV
Description: Interviews with people in Harvard Square about the controversy surrounding the Robert Mapplethorpe “Perfect Moment” exhibit at the ICA. Most feel that the government should not censor NEA-granted artwork or that the controversy is overblown. One person suggests showing the more adult-themed pictures in a separate area. Another person suggests creating a rating system for art that would prevent its being viewed by those under a certain age. Interviews with people in Harvard Square about the police’s confiscation of large numbers of guns from Henry Stram’s apartment. Many people feel that the confiscation was justified because of one or more factors: the large number of weapons, the power of some of the weapons, and the unsafe condition of the apartment.
Collection: CCTV
Description: Cambridge activist attempted to visit El Salvador as part of Sister City Project but was denied entry. She wonders if US is also thwarting her efforts. File of Salvadorans.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1989
Description: Michael Dukakis and Paul Tsongas attend announcement of Cambridge public schools computer literacy campaign. Mayor Alfred Vellucci. Four children at terminals.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1983
Description: Affordable housing is at a shortage in Cambridge while commercial construction is booming. Inclusionary zoning would require all developers to build low and moderate income residential units. Harvard University does not want to be subject to linkage regulations. City council meeting. Councillor David Sullivan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/06/1985
Description: Cambridge City Hall exterior. Draper Labs building near Kendall Square. Porter Square Shopping Center sign and Mass. Avenue traffic. Cambridge Common with bare trees. Old newspaper article and photo of Mayor Edward Quinn.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1979
Description: Plight of low-income tenants in Cambridge whose rents increase despite rent control. Tenants join forces to form eviction-free zone. Affordable housing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/05/1988
Description: Propositions are put forth in Cambridge to enable renters to become home owners, involving some exemptions from rent control. Affordable housing.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/05/1988