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Markey for Congress

Description: John Markey Announces for Paul Tsongas seat in the House. John Markey at a podium on the street speaking to some people gathered around. Image is dark. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/06/1978

Massport container terminal

Description: Massport shipping container terminal. Sign on truck “King for Governor.” Freight containers stacked two and three high. Tractor trailers parked in truck bays. Overhead hoisting equipment.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1978

Massport container terminal

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

Medford Fair - potato chips

Description: Footage of crowds at the Medford fair. Children playing games and a potato chips eating contest. Background sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/17/1978

Medi Mart Drug Store

Description: Medi Mart Drug Store in Allston, exterior and interior. Pharmacist wears white jacket, fills prescriptions behind counter, types label. Generic versions of drugs next to brand name equivalents. Vitamins displayed on open shelves. Price list of common drugs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/29/1978

Medicaid and abortions

Description: Interview with administrator Jane of Preterm gynecological clinic at 1842 Beacon Street, Brookline, about cutbacks in Medicaid reimbursement for abortions. Letterhead, signage, quote of Margaret Sanger on contraceptive freedom. Receptionist on telephone.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1978

Memorial service for Golda Meir

Description: Memorial service for Golda Meir at temple in Brookline. Elma Lewis and Kitty Dukakis are among the crowded congregation. Gov. Michael Dukakis, wearing yarmulke, on stage with dignitaries. Cantor sings. Dukakis gives tribute. Others, including former US ambassador to Israel Walworth Barbour, offer prayers, poems, remembrances.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/12/1978

Midair collision avoidance system

Description: Demonstration of midair collision avoidance system on radar screen at Logan air traffic control tower. Simulated flight numbers flash “CA” for conflict alert when the plane positions are too close.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/26/1978

Murals at St. Elizabeth's Pediatric

Description: Footage of different cartoon characters painted on the wall, a woman paints while children watch, a little girl leaving the ward looks at the paintings, reporter interviews a man who had organized the painting, followed by more footage of people painting. Mix of sound and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "[People] paint disney characters on walls in St. Elizabeth's Pediatrics Ward."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/09/1978

Mussel farming

Description: Mussel farming in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, through “suspended culture” via rope immersed in shallow sea water. Hundreds of young, thin shelled mussels clustered densely on rope off side of boat. Man explains mariculture and how mussel growth promotes food chain. Bobbing view of ocean with many buoys lined up in lanes. Open box of nitrogen frozen mussels.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/29/1978