Description: Bath Iron Works builds ships for US navy. Several have been dispatched to the Persian Gulf. However the shipyard lacks enough defense contracts to sustain its workforce. Welders, shipbuilders.
Description: Boston skyline. Waterfront buildings from boat moving across harbor. Marina, rows of piers, drain pipe dripping into harbor, oily surface of water, pollution.
Description: Long shot of Beacon Hill buildings, State House golden dome, financial district high rises in background. Back Bay skyline, Hancock Tower. Lone sailboat on Charles River. Traffic rounds big curves at end of Memorial Drive at sunset.
Description: Footage of the Bunker Hill Monument against a blue sky. Children play on the surrounding grass slope. Pans to adjacent columned building with US and Massachusetts State flags. Footage of the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") in Charlestown Navy Yard. “Welcome aboard” sign; masts without sails; shipmates with striped shirts. Early US flag with 15 stars hangs from bowsprit. Visitors ascend gangplank. National Park Service booth with attendant. Boston Naval Shipyard plaque. Aft view of ship.
Description: George Bush's presidential campaign 1988: on Boston Harbor; endorsed by Springfield police; ads including Dukakis riding tank. File of Boston Harbor from boat approaching waterfront skyline, clear day.