Description: Exteriors of banks. Angled view of high-rise headquarters of First National Bank of Boston, sidewalk facade, then tilt up. Another high-rise bank (New England Merchants?). Pan around cluster of buildings in financial district.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/19/1978
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
Description: Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal speaks at Quincy Market. Sponsored by New England Regional Commission. Carol Greenwald, state banking commissioner, in audience. Questions touch on decline of dollar value, unemployment rate, Federal Reserve and monetary policy, inflation and risk of recession.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/13/1978