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Boston Herald interior

Description: Interior of Boston Herald newsroom. Long rows of fluorescent lights and gray metal desks. Classified ad operators type and wear telephone headsets. Dark pressroom with long line of giant blue presses (not running). Visual of headline "Court asked to void subpoena of Herald American reporter" referring to Paul Corsetti.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/09/1978

Brooke visuals

Description: Visuals related to the district attorney's inquiry into the finances and divorce case of Senator Edward Brooke. Shots include court drawings, newspaper headlines, and articles from The Boston Globe, photographs of A. Raymond Tye (Boston liquor wholesaler) and Brooke, and the typed cover of the district attorney's inquiry.
1:54:07: Visual: Shots of court drawings relating to an inquiry into the divorce case of Edward Brooke (US Senator). The drawings include Brooke sitting in the courtroom, lawyers approaching the judge's bench and testimony being given. 1:56:50: V: Shot of newspaper articles and headlines about the Brooke case. One Boston Globe article has a headline reading, "Brooke admits to swearing falsely on $49,000 loan." Another article includes a photo of A. Raymond Tye (Boston liquor wholesaler). 1:57:44: V: Shot of the typed cover page of the district attorney's inquiry into the Brooke divorce case. 1:58:32: V: Shot of another court drawing related to the inquiry into the Brooke divorce case. The drawing shows the judge sitting at the bench. The stenographer is seated in front of the judge. The lawyers stand in the courtroom. 1:59:24: V: Shots of the front page of The Boston Globe from Tuesday, August 22, 1978. A headline reads, "Brooke case: Fraud found, he's cleared. Medicaid to in-law held illegal by state panel." 2:00:39: V: Shots of a still photo of Brooke.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1978

Dapper O'Neil interview

Description: Interview with Albert "Dapper" O'Neil during his run for Suffolk County sheriff. He accuses his oppenent of corruption and complains that no Boston newspapers will report the negative allegations he has made against his opponent. He discusses his plan to make the sheriff's department more visible and says "I'm a law and order man." He discusses his plan for the Charles St. Jail. He defends the office of the sheriff in the face of claims that the state should take over its responsibilities. He accuses the current sheriff of patronage and speaks against it in his campaign. He expresses his conservatism against the liberalism of the current sheriff., which includes his position against furloughs and halfway houses. He explains how he got the nickname "Dapper." He explains why he thinks former mayor and governor James Curley is the greatest man that ever lived. Video dropout in the middle of the video.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1978

Harvard Square, T strike

Description: Traffic on Massachusetts Avenue through Harvard Square. Subway kiosk with sign “Rapid Transit To All Points.” Cars stopped at corner of Dunster Street. Cars stopped on Boylston (JFK) Street. Sign for The Garage and Strawberries Records. “Closed” sign at red line station entrance. Out of Town News. Stacks of newspapers. Boston Herald American front page headline “Walkout may halt T today.” Yellow electric cable buses parked in Bennett Street MBTA yard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/06/1978

Newsroom technology, Part 1

Description: Newsroom of South Middlesex News. VDTs (video display terminals) outnumber electric typewriters. Wire machines. Paste-up artists crop photos with exacto knife, lay out pages. Several people smoke as they work. Computer punch tape in ribbons on floor. Man working at phototypesetting machine. reel 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/11/1978

Newsroom technology, Part 2

Description: Editor Bob Moore at South Middlesex News shows how copy is typed, formatted and corrected on VDT monitor, new electronic equipment to the newsroom. Close-up of hands on computer keyboard. He inserts numerical codes for type size, headline size, column width. “Makes for better typing…no more proofreaders…reporters love it…it lifts them psychologically.” Paper has been largely eliminated from the newsroom. Composing room jobs reduced and people retrained. Cost savings put toward buying the technology and enhancing the editorial staff. Cartoonist working in pen and ink; his drawings posted on the wall. reel 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/11/1978

Visuals of Droney, DeSalvo, et al.

Description: Photos of Middlesex County district attorney John Droney. Campaign literature for Scott Harshbarger and Guy Carbone. Photo of Albert DeSalvo. Newspaper headlines on fighting organized crime in the sixties.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1978