Description: Paul Tsongas announces his Democratic presidential candidacy on rainy day in Lowell. Espouses economic patriotism.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/30/1991
Description: Paul Tsongas discusses his ideas for national economic recovery, a probusiness platform for prospective presidential candidacy. Calls himself a heretic and a liberal. Says he would raise taxes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/15/1991
Description: Dukakis meets with Richard Gephardt & Albert Gore to discuss possibility of being vice presidential running mate, but no one will comment publicly on their talks. Dukakis enters WGBH.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/05/1988
Description: Profile of Ward 16 and how Kevin White will fare vs Joe Timilty in mayoral race. Dorchester homes, churches, Keystone Factory. B+W stills of Boston mayors Nichols, Tobin, Curley, Hynes, Collins.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1979
Description: Silber and Weld are men of means, but Weld denies self-consciousness about it and Silber downplays it. Family backgrounds. BU president's house. Photos of Silber as a boy. Weld home,boathouse,hall at Harvard.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/11/1990
Description: People from William Weld's academic life, law practice, government career describe development of the gubernatorial candidate. Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Harvey Silverglate. Photos of young Weld. People walking on Harvard Yard paths. Middlesex School.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/30/1990
Description: Margery Eagan & Ellen Hume on Silber's remarks on women. Clapprood declines comment on running mate. Weld says he looks out for women's interests. b-roll of Victor Kiam; Lisa Olson in Patriots locker room.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1990
Description: Mayoral election day in Lawrence. Interviews with Lawrence residents on who they think will and should win: incumbent John Buckely, or soon-to-be-winner Kevin Sullivan. Shots of Buckley and Sullivan campaign billboards. Campaign workers outside of Ward 6, Precinct 9 voting place, holding campaign signs covered in plastic, because it's raining. Buckely shows up at the voting place and thanks campaign workers and voters. David Williams interview Buckely on his experience. Williams also interviews Sullivan on his qualifications, and his misconstrued campaign advertisement, for which he was accused of racism. Video goes out in the middle of the interview, and then comes back. Buckely thanks campaign workers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/05/1985
Description: 1975 Boston mayoral race debate between current mayor Kevin White and Senator Joseph Timilty, filmed in WEEI studio. Reporter Mike Ludlum introduces White, Timilty, and City Hall reporter Les Woodruff. Ludlum sets ground rules and itinerary for debate. During debate, discussion of Timilty's accusations against White about "arrogance of power;" cronyism; corruption; CETA hiring abuse; Frog Pond; fundraising pressure; tax allocation. Film artifact obscures image intermittently starting at 00:12:16. Reel 1 of 3.
Collection: Evening Compass, The
Date Created: 10/23/1975
Description: Interview with John Kerry during his first campaign for a Senate seat. He discusses his motivation for becoming a national politician. He talks about the impact fighting in Vietnam had on him, and how the lessons from Vietnam are still relevant. He discusses public opinion about himself. He talks about the positives and negatives of campaigning. He talks about what he would like to do if he wasn't in politics, including producing a movie. There is some video dropout at the end.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/19/1984