Description:
In Pursuit of Old Ironsides. USS Constitution.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/23/1983
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Description:
Debate on the success of school desegregation, moderated by Jim Lehrer. Filmed in the auditorium of Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. Lehrer explains outline and rules for debate. Busing advocates include Arthur Flemming (Chairman of the US Commission on Civil Rights), Murray Saltzman, Frankie Freeman of US Commission on Civil Rights. Flemming begins debate with opening statement by the US Commission on Civil Rights. Lino Graglia of the Neighborhood Schools Association makes opening remark for anti-busing representative group. Sue Mills, Herbert Walberg of Neighborhood Schools Association. Coproduced by WGBH and WETA.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/15/1976
Description:
Excerpts of “La Bête” and interview with actor Tom McGowan who got the lead role as an understudy.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/08/1991
Description:
“Nuclear Power in New England.” Yankee Atomic Electric plant in Rowe, Massachusetts. Connecticut Yankee, Millstone I and II. Nuclear engineer Vicki Swisher explains how power is generated. Signs in at security desk, tours control room. Processing of mined rocks and soil to extract, purify, pelletize uranium 235 for conversion to fuel bundles. Refueling of rods in reactor core. Men in yellow protective suits. Pressurized steam lines to turbine turn generator. Cooling towers. Low level radioactive waste being trucked away (to where?) in steel container for disposal. Marine biologist explains aquatic environmental testing for damage to sea life. Health physicist explains air quality monitoring for emissions. Pilgrim Station in Plymouth, Maine Yankee, Vermont Yankee plants. ©1977 Electric Council of New England.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
1977
Description:
An overview of the modified (Phase IIB) Boston public schools court ordered desegregation plan: district schools, magnet schools at elementary and middle levels, specialized high school programs, technical and vocational schools. Explanation of the application process and how to indicate choices for focused programs.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
05/24/1976
Description:
Children play in front of a house with a sign on the door reading "Remember Black Tuesday." The sign is emblematic of resistance to court-ordered busing in Boston. Older sister reads to younger children on steps.
1:00:00: Visual: Three young white children play on the steps of a house. A sign reading "Remember Black Tuesday" is posted on one of the doors. 1:00:34: V: An older white girl reads to two of the children on the steps of the house. Pam Bullard talks to one of the younger children, telling her to stay still for the camera. Close up shots of the younger children.
1:00:00: Visual: Three young white children play on the steps of a house. A sign reading "Remember Black Tuesday" is posted on one of the doors. 1:00:34: V: An older white girl reads to two of the children on the steps of the house. Pam Bullard talks to one of the younger children, telling her to stay still for the camera. Close up shots of the younger children.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
09/09/1976
Description:
Film transfer of “Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens” (©1977) from The National Citizens Committee for Justice for J.P. Stevens Workers. Pounding sound of mechanical looms. Stevens Tower in New York City. Interview with textile workers who voice complaints about employee treatment, poor conditions, lack of training, safety violations, low wages, climate of intimidation, hostility to the union. Mills in the Carolinas. Workers leave factory, seen through chain link fence. Workers vote to organize with Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
1977
Description:
Examination of the shortage of affordable housing locally.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/27/1985
Description:
MDC WATER PROCESSING PLANT INTERIORS, EXTERIORS. OLD DRAWING OF BOSTON HARBOR. LAYING + FIXING PIPES, MEN WALKING IN PIPES, DRAWING OF PIPE SYSTEM. History of Boston's water supply.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
11/26/1982
Description:
Democratic presidential candidates at Faneuil Hall comment on violence in Israeli occupied territories (West Bank). Also, when asked who is ducking the issues, only Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart respond.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/25/1988
