Description: Bromfield Street storefronts and pedestrians. John Dean Coin Co., J.J. Teaparty Coins, Bromfield Pen Center. Inside studio of artist Paul Laffoley at 36 Bromfield. Bright paints in plastic cups. Sign for “The Boston Visionary Cell,” Lafolley's think tank. The artist works on an intricate geometric painting involving Klein Bottle, aliens, complex polygons, and his idiosyncratic theories about space, dimensions and energy. His abstract pieces hang on gallery walls. Close-ups on paint bottles and brushes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1978
Description: Hallway inside the Pentagon. Stream of passersby, some in military uniform, some in civilian dress. Entrance to Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a restricted area with guard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/04/1978
Description: Shot down the table of kids getting ready to start the pie eating contest followed by shots of kids eating pie without their hands. More footage of kids eating pie with and without their hands. Footage speeds up at the very end of the reel. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Blueberry Pie Eating Contest at the Community Boat House."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 07/19/1978
Description: Anthony's Pier 4 and ship “Peter Stuyvesant” sinking next to restaurant as a result of blizzard damage earlier in the year. Tobin (Mystic River) Bridge, full view from across water. Discussion between cameraman, reporter, and Anthony's Pier 4 representative on permission to shoot footage of the restaurant and ship. Several takes of reporter standup for story on Ed King's gubernatorial campaign, his spending as head of Massport, and his budget campaign promises. Exterior shots of Jimmy's Harborside restaurant, and TASC office building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1978
Description: Footage of the funeral. Officers and police dogs marching into the cemetery. People gathered around the grave. A coffin is lowered into the ground. The officers and police dogs march out of the graveyard. A young girl places a flower on the grave and reel ends with a close-up of the gravestone. This is edited footage with wild sound. This is reel 2 of 2. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "...Silas, the german shepard attached to the Plymouth County Sheriff's office...is buried in Foxboro with full military honors" after dying in the line of duty.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 11/17/1978
Description: Footage of man in a wheelchair and people registering for the race. Interview with someone who helped organize the event. The start of the race. Interview with the injured cop who everyone is running for. Pops in the sountrack. Footage of runners and cheering crowd. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Police Marathon - Mini marathon held to benefit injured Sudbury Cop."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/29/1978
Description: Pompeii exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts. Close-ups on artifacts, human and animal statuary, frescoes, urn with bas relief, replica of villa. People wait in line on steps to enter.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/14/1978
Description: Film transfer of interview with Cardinal Karol Wojtyla day after he became Pope John Paul II. Speaks about Catholic Church in Poland.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/17/1978
Description: Silent footage of older buildings and street signs at the corner of Marshall St. and Union St.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/28/1978
Description: Prime Computer exterior in Framingham. Inside assembly plant. Automated equipment stamps capacitors into printed circuit board. Woman assembling integrated circuit board by hand. Other workers solder tiny parts. Pan of plant floor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/26/1978