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Ambulance

Description: Driving along with Boston ambulance on Albany Street to rear emergency entrance of New England Medical Center. View from behind ambulance and then head on. Flashing lights and sirens.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/10/1977

Amtrak and Orange Line

Description: Back Bay Amtrak station entrance. Train, viewed from above, starts up and moves slowly along tracks. Train histle and bells. Railroad bed. Commuter train pulls up, passengers board. Two trains pass in opposite directions. Looking down tracks to old and new Hancock buildings. Orange line elevated structure along Washington Street. T train passes overhead with typical clunking sound; congested vehicular traffic below. Camera moves on complex steel skeleton of tracks above.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1977

BU and MIT exteriors

Description: Exteriors with snow of Boston University buildings on Commonwealth Avenue. George Sherman Union, Marsh Chapel. Peter Fuller Cadillac Olds building. MIT exteriors along Memorial Drive. Walker Memorial, dome building, gray edifices. Peabody Terrace contemporary complex (Harvard graduate student housing).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1977

Bank headquarters and Gillette

Description: Downtown exteriors of Boston banks. Monolithic view of Federal Reserve Bank from Summer Street. High rises in financial district. Keystone building. Severe angle view of Shawmut. Revolving clock at entrance to State Street Bank. Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill, Noyes sign. First National Bank of Boston. Gillette headquarters along water.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/25/1977

Boston City Hall

Description: No audio. First half runs in black and white, second half in color. Exteriors of Boston City Hall, wide and close shots. People crossing plaza, and going through revolving door at entrance to City Hall. Municipal workers exit building; some carry briefcases.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/11/1977

Boston Public Library

Description: Several takes of reporter standup on the Boston Public Library having to shut down the bookmobile. Exteriors of Boston Public Library older (McKim) building. Pan of the inscription “The Commonwealth requires the education of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty.” Move to the attached modern building entrance. Interiors of the Library. Sign reads “Effective Sunday, February 13, the Library will be closed on Sundays until further notice.” Patrons in line at circulation desk in lobby. Librarian stamps due dates on borrowing cards. Patrons at reading tables in research room.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1977

Celtics vs Rockets

Description: Celtics vs Houston Rockets with Moses Malone. John Havlicek, Scott, Curtis Rowe, JoJo White, Dave Cowens. Souvenirs for sale. Fans entering Boston Garden. Audience says tickets cost about $9 per seat. They discuss ticket pricing and player salary.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/06/1977

Charles River views

Description: Elevated view of Cambridge from Boston side of Charles River. Sailboats. Traffic over Longfellow Bridge. Then reverse view of Boston: State House golden dome with cupola. Prudential building in far right frame. Old Hancock adjacent to new Hancock with reflective surface. Pan west over MIT buildings on Cambridge side at a distance. Red line T train crosses river approaching Charles Circle.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1977

Charles Street Jail

Description: Charles Street Jail exteriors. A reporter asks members of administration about issues with the Charles Street Jail and Deer Island regarding the possibility of a new combined facility. Stated problems with building a new jail include security and the size of the proposed site. Charles Street physical plant issues include plumbing, recreation facilities, eating facilities, kitchen facilities, and noise level.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/25/1977

Combat Zone

Description: Combat Zone environs. Marquees and store signs: “adult movies,” “uncensored books,” “nude review,” “XXX.” Publix Theater, Pussycat Cinema, Naked i, Two O'Clock Lounge. New England Medical Center adjacent. Display of pornographic materials and erotic books. District police headquarters sign and police station on Washington Street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1977