Description: Reviewing opinions on the dangers of boxing and risk of brain damage. Scenes of bowers training and sparring in the ring at Connolly's Gym. Interview with doctor Francis Rocket on the danger of brain damage. Interview with Boxing Commissioner James McCarin, using Muhammad Ali as an example of a boxer affected by brain damage from the sport. Footage of Ali, he slurs his speech. Boxing can also cause blindness. Interview with eye doctor Edward Ryan. Gym owner Jim Connolly defends boxing in comparison to other more dangerous sports like hockey and football.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1986
Description: Man preparing slices of brain tissue in lab. Alzheimer's disease.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/01/1984
Description: Brains, McLean Hospital. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/16/1982
Description: Braintree, MA MBTA visuals; rain.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/21/1980
Description: Braintree residents protest at Clean Harbors site for proposed toxic waste incinerator. Rep. Brian Donnelly, Sen. William Golden.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/18/1990
Description: Christy George reports on the end of a two-week fast by chaplains at Brandeis University. George notes that the chaplains fasted to protest the university's investments in South Africa. George's report includes footage from a gathering of apartheid protesters on the Brandeis campus. Father Maurice Loiselle, Rabbi Albert Axelrad and Reverend Diane Moore discuss their fast and the university's policy regarding South Africa. The protesters sing and hold hands at the gathering. George reports that the chaplains' fast serves as the last phase of a community protest against apartheid. George notes that Brandeis trustees will review their investment policy at an upcoming meeting. George reviews the apartheid protest at Brandeis University since last year. George's report includes footage of Brandeis students at a shantytown on campus from the previous year.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/13/1987
Description: Tour of Brandeis campus on the 40th anniversary of the university. Inside chemistry lab, library, student center, cafeteria, students playing lacrosse.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/06/1988
Description: Fire at 5 West Street Boston, housing the Brattle Book Shop. Firefighters on ladder aim hoses into upper windows. Ice chunks flow in street. Badly damaged books lie in puddles. Ice encrusts burnt out building. Icicles cover hydrant. Ken Gloss says loss is total (400,000 antiquarian books and rare manuscripts). He and his father George are determined to reopen in new location next week.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1980
Description: Brattle Book Shop fire in progress at night on West Street Boston. Flames and smoke shoot out of top of building. Boston firefighters aim powerful spray. Film transfer, no audio. Shot by Danny Sullivan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/01/1980
Description: At University of Lowell, James Braude and Barbara Anderson participate in final debate on the CLT tax rollback petition. They make tuition analogies for student audience.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1990