Description: TV AD "VOTE NO ON Q3" AGAINST DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE. RADIOACTIVITY. Ballot referendum.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/28/1982
Description: U.S. Representative Edward Markey encounters Michael Dukakis on steps of the Capitol. They casually discuss nuclear freeze referendum. Reporters ask them questions. Exterior shots of Capitol building. Shot of Markey leaving Capitol. Interview with U.S. Representative Brian Donnelly on how Massachusetts produces great political leadership; and on attainment of elected office as a means of upward mobility by Irish and Italians. They have a more informal discussion while shooting cutaways. Editor's note: Content given off the record was edited out of this footage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/16/1982
Description: Lab interior at New England Nuclear in Boston. Technicians in white coats, gloves, protective shoe coverings. Working at glass shields titrating liquids in vials, flasks. Rat in plastic bin. Radiation detection meter, geiger counter clicking. “Caution Radioactive Material” sign. Waste bins being emptied. Solutions manufactured from isotopes “tagged” with tritium or carbon-14 for biomedical research tracers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1982