Description: Former Boston Redevelopment Authority director Ed Logue tours and comments on development downtown and in Charlestown and Cambridge. He talks about housing prices, the vitality of different neighborhoods, and urban design. He decries prominent glass towers as insensitive to surrounding historical buildings. International Place, Exchange Place, Rowes Wharf, waterfront, Athenaeum. Audio goes out at the very end.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/26/1986
Description: "Leader: "P2 Edaville RR Saves Energy #6852 12/25/73"; Reporter voiceover about a Festival of Light at the Edaville Railroad run on an antigue steam powered generator in order to comply with President Nixon's request for people to not light ornamental lights due to the energy crisis. Interview with with a man from the railroad. Silent b-roll of the christmas light display. Bob Windsor reporter standup about the steam locomotion power source. Outtakes include more of the interview with the man from the railroad, the light display, the steam trains during the day, and reporter outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/25/1973
Description: News Conference with Dr. Kenneth Edelin after he was acquitted of performing an illegal abortion, which had done in 1973. Reporter standup in front of the Suffolk County courthouse. Mix of sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 12/06/1976
Description: Dr. Kenneth Edelin, who was acquitted of performing an illegal abortion, walking down a hallway surrounded by reporters and exterior shots of hospitals around Boston. Mix of wild sound and silent.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 03/03/1975
Description: Interview with researcher Dave Sicilia who was commissioned to prepare a perspective for the Thomas Edison Centennial. History of Thomas Edison and the early electricity in Boston. Old stock footage of Edison and Boston. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 02/20/1986
Description: "Leader: "P1 Edison Meeting #7923 4/16/74"; Silent footage of a meeting of the Boston Edison Company including shots of graphs and a picture of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth. A man speaks to the group about returning the Pilgrim Plant to operation, consumer complaints about high rates, oil prices, and their fight to remove the fuel adjustment clause."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/16/1974
Description: "Leader: "P2 Edison Meeting #7835 4/8/74"; Consumer group Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (MECA) protesting Boston Edison. MECA asked Edison to launch investigation of the oil companies and allow a member of MECA to be involved. Edison told them no. Reporter Natalie Jacobson interviews Allen Davis (director of public relations for Edison) and a woman from MECA. Silent b-roll of the Edison building, interviews, and members of MECA on the street. Followed by outtakes which include more of the interview with Davis, he is interrupted by a man from MECA and they have an argument about energy prices and profits on camera; more interviews with members of MECA; reporter standup and voiceover outtakes."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/08/1974
Description: Globe (pro) and Herald (anti) differ in editorial stances on need for state tax increase. Their readers break down accordingly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1989
Description: Interview with Edson de Castro, founder and president of Data General, about assessing property tax differentially based on use (residential, business, industrial, agricultural). Explains why he moved some operations from Massachusetts to NH. Talks about comparative wages, benefits, labor pools, taxation, industrial environments in the two states; which factors influence the location decision for a business. Corporate welfare. “Welcome to New Hampshire - live free or die” sign on highway. reel 1 of 4.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/09/1977
Description: Interview with Data General president Edson de Castro about comparative employment climate of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Claims labor pool in NH is more motivated, whereas unemployed in Massachusetts would rather depend on welfare. Sign for Blue Star Memorial Highway. “Welcome to, Bienvenue au New Hampshire - live free or die” sign. Route 95 traffic, many trucks. reel 2 of 4.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/09/1977