Description: Suffolk Downs race track. Starting gates. Wide shot of grounds. Zoom into entrance sign. Blue line trolley passes in background.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/25/1979
Description: Footage from the opening night of the Berklee Performance Center. B-roll of patrons entering the Center and mingling in the lobby, tickets being taken, programs being handed out, and the audience seated in the auditorium. Michael Dukakis opening speech, followed by a speech by a representative from the Berklee Performance Center introducing the night's Jazz program. More footage of both speeches. Part of one of the Jazz performances, and a reading about drums, Africa, and slavery while a man plays bongo drums. Picture is shaky and unsteady throughout. The problem appears to be printed in. The picture and soundtrack were separated on the reel, but synced for the clip. Mix of sound and silent. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 1972...1979
Description: Silent for Studio V.O. [voice over]. Footage from the opening night of the Berklee Performance Center. Silent footage includes the audience taking their seats in the auditorium, patrons in the lobby, shots of the "coming events" board, the auditorium and lobby of the performance center, programs for that evening performance, the band playing, and close-ups on some soloists. Picture is shaky and unsteady throughout. The problem appears to be printed in. This reel is the picture, but there is no soundtrack to sync it with. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 1972...1979
Description: Mounds of ground beef placed on styrofoam trays on conveyor belt to be wrapped in plastic. Hamburger meat in supermarket. Cut fish parts packaged on trays. Seafood department at Star Market. Prime beef sign. Pan butcher case.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/16/1979
Description: Boston police superintendent Ed Connolly shot in house in Jamaica Plain. Exits with bullet wound, blood soaks shirt, helped into cruiser.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1979
Description: Kevin White refuses to debate mayoral candidate Joe Timilty. Chuck Turner wants Boston construction jobs to go to city residents. Controversy over Boston Water & Sewer Commission rate increase. 1637 tulip bulb speculation in Holland. Jerry Brown interview.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/22/1979
Description: 1) Human services secretary Charles Mahoney speaks to advocates about increasing accountability and facing cutbacks; Hubie Jones rebuts. 2) Utah Gov. Scott Matheson speaks to Congressional committee on presumed radiation danger from nuclear fallout, comparing power plant reactor accidents and leaks to atom bomb tests. 3) Citizens group questions safety of Pilgrim I plant in Plymouth and requests shutdown and independent monitoring. 4) Michael Wheeler on public opinion about government regulation. 5) Massachusetts legal drinking age is raised to 20 while adjacent states are at 18; New Hampshire state liquor store; Sen. Sharon Pollard; neighboring alcohol sellers see boon to business. 6) R.D. Rosen visits New Age Exposition; counterculture accoutrements and tofu tasting. Anchor Lydon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1979
Description: Interview about illegal chemical waste disposal at The Liquidator, Inc. in Dorchester. Lot of Liquidator enclosed by chain link fence around trailer, shipping containers, scrap metal and tire heaps, corroded barrels. Closure posting from Boston Board of Health. “Hazardous building” sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1979
Description: Representative Thomas McGee elected House Speaker 1979-1980.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/03/1979
Description: B+W wire service stills on Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after accident. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter visit site wearing protective shoe coverings. Anti-nuclear protestors at Seabrook. Gov. Edward King.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/03/1979