Description: Bromfield Street storefronts and pedestrians. John Dean Coin Co., J.J. Teaparty Coins, Bromfield Pen Center. Inside studio of artist Paul Laffoley at 36 Bromfield. Bright paints in plastic cups. Sign for “The Boston Visionary Cell,” Lafolley's think tank. The artist works on an intricate geometric painting involving Klein Bottle, aliens, complex polygons, and his idiosyncratic theories about space, dimensions and energy. His abstract pieces hang on gallery walls. Close-ups on paint bottles and brushes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1978
Description: Anthony's Pier 4 and ship “Peter Stuyvesant” sinking next to restaurant as a result of blizzard damage earlier in the year. Tobin (Mystic River) Bridge, full view from across water. Discussion between cameraman, reporter, and Anthony's Pier 4 representative on permission to shoot footage of the restaurant and ship. Several takes of reporter standup for story on Ed King's gubernatorial campaign, his spending as head of Massport, and his budget campaign promises. Exterior shots of Jimmy's Harborside restaurant, and TASC office building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1978
Description: Pompeii exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts. Close-ups on artifacts, human and animal statuary, frescoes, urn with bas relief, replica of villa. People wait in line on steps to enter.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/14/1978
Description: Close-up on architectural fabric of Prudential Center exterior. “Where's Boston?” pavilion.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/19/1978
Description: Boston Public Garden. Teal duck with iridescent head and blue barred wing on bank of lagoon. Swan boats circulate on clear spring day. Patch of tall purple tulips. More ducks drift in water and preen on grass.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1978
Description: Quincy Market environs, domed roof of long market building. Extremely high shot looking beyond expressway. Exterior of market, children eating ice cream. Entrance to Crate & Barrel, Crabtree & Evelyn, The Berkeley Shop, other shops. Grasshopper weather vane on gold cupola of Faneuil Hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1978
Description: Frantic pace of food ordering and preparation in S&M Deli on Beacon Street, Boston. Fleet of line cooks make variety of sandwiches and salads in rapid succession. Orders called out by restaurant staff in lunchtime rush. Bins of ingredients - iceberg lettuce, sliced meats and cheeses, tomatoes, pickles. Assorted breads and rolls, condiments, sauces. Sodas, packaged snack cakes, potato chips, crushed ice. Customers crowd near counter awaiting takeout orders. Staff in perpetual motion. Close-up as price is rung into cash register. Storefront.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1978
Description: Interview with New England Aquarium official about alleged harpooning of great white shark off Long Island. Inside Aquarium, looking into giant tank. Sharks of various sizes and colors swim past. Close-up on dorsal fin in water. Lower view into tank. Large tortoise and many fish glide by. Head on view of approaching shark - eyes, mouth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/26/1978
Description: Footage of State House interior renovation. Construction workers laying plywood, sawing, hammering. Close shots of tools on construction site; interior structure; people at work.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1978
Description: State House exteriors in summer. Several views including looking up Park Street. Straight on and angle perspectives. Golden dome, cupola. Henry Cabot Lodge statue.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/19/1978