Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
03/25/1977
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Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
12/19/1977
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
05/24/1977
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
07/29/1977
Description:
Promotional film for business and tourism in Massachusetts. Theme song performed by Arlo Guthrie. Merry-go-round at “Big E” state fair. Mayor Kevin White at opening of Quincy Market. Lt. Gov. Tom O'Neill. Bull munches hay. Leonard Nimoy and Gov. Michael Dukakis at Museum of Science space exhibit. Inside Wang Labs. Boston Common, swan boat, duck pond. MIT exterior. Candle dipping, tinsmithing, other trades and crafts. Farming, corn reaper. Glass etching, flute making. Bagel making machinery. Rock climber. Car racing on obstacle course. Orange and green line trolleys ride along surface tracks. Wide shot of curved Center Plaza at Government Center. Tilt down glass Hancock building to sailboats on Charles River. Dukakis waves as he gets on T. John Marino, commissioner of commerce and development. Mime. Union Carbide and Carter's Underwear signs. © Equinox Boston Films.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
06/27/1977
Description:
“Nuclear Power in New England.” Yankee Atomic Electric plant in Rowe, Massachusetts. Connecticut Yankee, Millstone I and II. Nuclear engineer Vicki Swisher explains how power is generated. Signs in at security desk, tours control room. Processing of mined rocks and soil to extract, purify, pelletize uranium 235 for conversion to fuel bundles. Refueling of rods in reactor core. Men in yellow protective suits. Pressurized steam lines to turbine turn generator. Cooling towers. Low level radioactive waste being trucked away (to where?) in steel container for disposal. Marine biologist explains aquatic environmental testing for damage to sea life. Health physicist explains air quality monitoring for emissions. Pilgrim Station in Plymouth, Maine Yankee, Vermont Yankee plants. ©1977 Electric Council of New England.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
1977
Description:
Film transfer of “Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens” (©1977) from The National Citizens Committee for Justice for J.P. Stevens Workers. Pounding sound of mechanical looms. Stevens Tower in New York City. Interview with textile workers who voice complaints about employee treatment, poor conditions, lack of training, safety violations, low wages, climate of intimidation, hostility to the union. Mills in the Carolinas. Workers leave factory, seen through chain link fence. Workers vote to organize with Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
1977
