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.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1990
Description: Gloucester salt marshes and undeveloped land need stronger conservation protection than afforded by wetlands statute. Scenes of Gloucester water, boats, houses, open space.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/20/1990
Description: Conservation Law Foundation urges preparedness for risk of oil spill in Boston Harbor from tanker traffic. Pilot boat. File of Liberian tanker Pluto in fog.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/23/1990
Description: Profile of Mass. Maritime Academy and tour of its training ship. Student seamen in uniform and wearing life jackets.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/05/1990
Description: Fran Tate is committed to preserving two wooden, diesel-powered tugboats, Venus and Luna, in Boston Harbor. Corroded pipes and gauges, flooded engine room.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/17/1990
Description: Vietnamese fishermen inaugurate their refurbished boat "Miss Liberty," which was banned two years ago for not having the proper equipment. Interview with one of the Vietnamese refugee fishermen,who formed a cooperative and bought a fully equipped boat that would not be in conflict with the lobster industry in the Boston Harbor. Michael and Kitty Dukakis congratulate them and their families on the Fish Pier. Michael Dukakis addresses the audience. Edited story is followed by b-roll of the fishermen and their families on the pier. Michael and Kitty Dukakis arriving at the event and talking with the fishermen. Vietnamese American woman welcomes audience to ceremony and thanks government officials who helped the cooperative. More of Dukakis's address.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1990