Description: Outtakes from footage of press conference about the Charles St. Jail plan. Two different men speak. One man discusses the need for the City Council to stay out of the matter of site selection. Shots of the speakers intermixed with shots of press and audience around the room. Sound. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Jail reactions - Hall and Commissioner Molaughlin react to the city council plan to renovate the Charles St. jail."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
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: Interview with Mr. Jedry, whom the house is being rebuilt for. Footage of the family watching as workers move the house into place. Reporter voiceover about the Jedry family, followed by silent footage of a house on fire with firemen. Footage of the empty lot, reporter voiceover about the new house. Interview with the Jedry daughters, Debbie, Theresa and Elizabeth. The girls talk about what it was like to lose the old house and how excited they are about the new house. More footage of the house being moved into place. Mix of sound, wild sound, and silent. Additional description from the Original WCVB Rundown for this story reads: "Chelsea Home Rebuilt -Last November, a fire destroyed a home on Eastern Ave. in Chelsea. The house was rebuilt in a matter of hours today (it's on of those modular types)."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/02/1978
Description: Entrance of Colonial Theater lit up at night. Opening of “On the Twentieth Century” starring Madeline Kahn, Imogene Coca. Mayor Kevin White holds press conference in lobby on revitalization of Boston theater district. Producer/director Harold (Hal) Prince joins him. Deputy mayor Katherine Kane, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Sonya Hamlin. Theater district banner on Boylston Street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/11/1978
Description: According to the Original WCVB Rundown this story was shot at the 2 O'Clock Lounge on the last night they were open. The club was shut down "due to it's [racy] type of entertainment." Exterior night footage of the 2 O'Clock Lounge. Shot of a woman dancing on stage. Exterior day footage of The Living Room, followed by a close up on a piece of paper taped to the door that reads, "Sale Postponed." Mix of sound and silent. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 06/01/1978
Description: According to the Original WCVB Rundown this story was shot in the 2 O'Clock Lounge on the last night they were open. The club was shut down "due to it's [racy] type of entertainment." Dark footage of a women dancing on a stage with music playing in the background. Interview with one of the strippers. Shot of a birthday cake. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/31/1978
Description: Ground Round under construction on Soldiers Field Road. Coca-Cola sign with digital clock on Storrow Drive. Wide shot of bottling plant with traffic passing. Citgo sign in Kenmore Square. Pan to White Fuel sign. Dunkin' Donuts sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/28/1978
Description: Interview with Boston Police officer Francis Mickey Roache of recently formed Community Disorders Unit to address racial violence in the neighborhoods. He comments on fire bombing of Rodriguez family in Orient Heights housing project. Interview with black female plainclothes officer about role of Community Disorders Unit.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/27/1978
Description: Inside Computer Mart in Waltham. Customer tries out Sorcerer program. Employee in back room tinkers with electronic components. Stands display personal computing magazines and manuals. Altair 8800 CPU. Printer types left to right and right to left. Strip mall storefront with 'for lease' sign. Interview with proprietor about outgrowing the location because personal computer business has multiplied rapidly. He sells systems to hobbyists and small businesses in cost range of $1,000 to $20,000.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1978
Description: Interview at Logan Airport about air traffic control conflict alert system in which radar scope shows planes flying too close in airspace. Also about runway 22L approach.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/26/1978