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Abernathy, Rev. Ralph

Description: Silent and sounds footage from a story on Ralph Abernathy and the Boston segment of the Poor People March in Washington, including an Abernathy making an address at Northeastern University and a speech at Boston Common. Additional footage includesSouthern Christian Leadership Conference members marching. People gathering supplies and boarding buses for Poor Peoples March. Man puts "I have a dream" bumper sticker on car. Interview with Mr. Frederick on the cost of Poor Peoples March. Two men fight on the street. Reporter standup. Footage of the march. Silent interviews with people on the street. Crowds boarding Greyhound buses to Resurrection city.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 05/09/1968

BALLOONS

Description: CHILDREN LAUNCH BALLOONS ON BOSTON COMMON TO MARK 'WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD.' Ray Flynn speaks.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1984

BOSTON COMMON

Description: PEOPLE WALKING NEAR PARK STREET STATION ALONG BOSTON COMMON. pedestrians. Aerial of Boston and pond on Common.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/16/1985

Blute on Boston Common garage

Description: Rep. Peter Blute charges that employee has been embezzling receipts from Boston Common parking garage, run by Convention Center Authority. Entrance to garage with cars.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1990

Boston Common Demonstration

Description: Anti-Vietnam War demonstration on the Boston Common. Theatrical and musical performances. Polish Freedom Fighter tries to disrupt demonstration, and is carted off by the police. Two men give speeches on the dangers of the Vietnam War and the need to address the privilege of white middle class America.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/1968

Boylston and Tremont intersection

Description: Intersection Boylston and Tremont Streets; potential site for GSA building. Boston Common sign. Path with bare trees through the Common. Entrance to Washington-Essex Building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/09/1980

CONCERTS ON THE COMMON

Description: CONCERTS ON THE COMMON CLIPS: JOHNNY MATHIS, MARVIN GAYE.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1983

Cushing, Richard (Cardinal)

Description: Boston Common Martin Luther King Ceremony. Cushing, Kevin White, Karthryn White, and others walking to Common. They walk up the steps to the bandstand. Cushing addresses the gathered crowd. There is a bit of audio of clapping, but the rest is silent. Note from original catalog card: Loaned to CBS but they say they didn't use it. Card reads [April '68]
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 04/1968

Demonstration

Description: Rosemarie Van Camp interviews a young man about the crowd of Students for a Democratic Society members who took over the president of a college's office. Two young men playing trumpet and saxophone. Speakers address a crowd near the Boston Common at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration. Speakers include Paul Parks, Father McMannis, and Kevin White, condemning the war. Mayor White also addresses the recent Kent State shooting and violence on other college campuses. Silent footage of the Northeastern University Law National Law Enforcement Seminar. Sound footage of hippies and other people lying about on a grass lawn listening to a musical performance.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 05/1970

Developers planting program

Description: Children celebrate Arbor Day on Common. John DeVillars proposes developers pay for tree-planting (+eventually water purification, land acquisition) to make up for pollution + reducing open space in Mass.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/28/1989