Description: Antibiotics, crowd shots, Harvard Square, Kenmore Square. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/30/1982
Description: Blizzard of '78. Snow falling and blowing. People digging out on Western Avenue. Plow on Storrow Drive. Chains on truck tires. Students and dogs on Harvard Square streets blanketed with snow. Cross-country skiers and people on snowshoes. Shots inside the news van, with radio reports on blizzard in the background. People trudge along Mt. Auburn St. and Mass. Avenue in Cambridge; some carry provisions on sleds. Massachusetts Avenue street sign. Man shovels out storefront. Deep snow banks. Tractor trailer jackknifed on Mass Ave. bridge over Charles River. People wait in line in front of White Hen Pantry.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1978
Description: HARVARD CUPOLA, BOATHOUSE, CHARLES RIVER, PEOPLE WALKING NEAR HOLYOKE CENTER
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/19/1982
Description: COMPACT DISCS (MOSTLY CLASSICAL) IN RECORD DEPARTMENT OF HARVARD COOP
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/25/1984
Description: John Sayles (writer, director, actor) speaks at the Brattle Theatre. He reads excerpts from his story “The Halfway Diner.” He takes audience questions. He talks about his film “Night Skies” and how it was not completed, but inspired other works. He talks about how he started writing “Eight Men Out.” He talks about “Return of the Secaucus 7” and its supposed similarity to “The Big Chill.” He talks about funding his films. He talks about his writing process for his films and his literary work. He talks about his early days in East Boston. He talks about his film “Breaking In.” He talks about “Clan of the Cave Bear” and how his written version was changed for actual production. He talks about his television pilot “Shannon’s Deal” and the differences between working in TV and working in film. He talks about his acting work. He talks about his writing his films while taking an actor’s experience into consideration. He talks about early distribution for “Return of the Secaucus 7.”
Collection: CCTV
Description: Interviews with people in Harvard Square about whether they think Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank should resign, after the revelation of his relationship with Steve Gobie. Most feel he should not.
Collection: CCTV
Description: Interviews with people in Harvard Square about whether they think Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank should resign, after the revelation of his relationship with Steve Gobie. Most feel he should not. This is a slightly different version of #4400. One person interviewed here is not in #4400, and the order of some of the people is different.
Collection: CCTV
Description: Interviews with people in Harvard Square about the controversy surrounding the Robert Mapplethorpe “Perfect Moment” exhibit at the ICA. Most feel that the government should not censor NEA-granted artwork or that the controversy is overblown. One person suggests showing the more adult-themed pictures in a separate area. Another person suggests creating a rating system for art that would prevent its being viewed by those under a certain age. Interviews with people in Harvard Square about the police’s confiscation of large numbers of guns from Henry Stram’s apartment. Many people feel that the confiscation was justified because of one or more factors: the large number of weapons, the power of some of the weapons, and the unsafe condition of the apartment.
Collection: CCTV
Description: Pedestrians standing on street corner, walking down sidewalk, and crossing the street in Harvard Square. Young people being interviewed in group around a park bench on the Cambridge Common. Person holding a caterpillar.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 05/1968
Description: Libon Motors Volkswagen dealer on Western Avenue in Allston. New and used VWs on lot. Window sticker with itemized price. Inside showroom at Porter Chevrolet. “OK” used car lot near Fresh Pond, Cambridge. Coolidge Bank in Harvard Square. Cool-O-Mat automated teller machines (ATMs). Suffolk Franklin Bank. Boylston-Fairfield branch of Shawmut Bank in Back Bay. Sign for NOW checking account paying 5% interest at Home Savings Bank.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/24/1978