Description: Interview on redevelopment of Charlestown Navy Yard. Environs of dry dock and old structures of yard. Mast of USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). Bulldozer clearing construction site. Several camera moves inside building 42. Glimpses of waterfront, Bunker Hill Monument, tug boat and container ship in harbor, buildings around Navy Yard, Mystic River (Tobin) Bridge. Construction sign “Charlestown Shipyard Park.” Old wharf building made of big granite blocks. Large wooden industrial building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/22/1978
Description: Fish Pier environs. Boats tied up at dock's edge. Interview with fisherman Chris, who says catch quotas are too small to make a living. Fish weather vane. Blue rippled water surface. Harbor tour boat passes. Orange netting piled up. Heavy rope on cable pulleys on deck.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1978
Description: At USS Constitution Museum press conference Henry Kissinger endorses Edward Brooke for reelection to US Senate. “Ed is a man of courage, integrity, character.” Former governor John Volpe.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/17/1978
Description: Pull back to extreme wide shot of Mystic River Bridge. Zoom in to ship below. Pan length of bridge with double decker traffic. Massachusetts Port Authority Mystic Fish Pier building. Green support structure of elevated highway. “King for Governor” sign on car. Container terminal. Hoisting equipment offloads freight from ship. Containers of many colors stacked and spread across pier like building blocks. Traffic on bridge toward and away from camera. Cars and trucks approach toll plaza. Back on Massport terminal, massive lifting apparatus grabs and deposits containers. Flatbed truck without container.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1978