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Somerville affordable housing

Description: Tenants at Clarendon Hill Towers in Somerville will buy the complex to keep it affordable, once the HUD-financed mortgage is up. Elderly residents meet. Eugene Brune.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/10/1989

Somerville and Arlington libraries

Description: Snowy exterior Somerville municipal complex with library, city hall, high school. Building under construction next to library. Robbins Library in Arlington. Arlington High School and Lowe Memorial Auditorium.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/06/1977

Somerville mayoral candidates

Description: Profiles of two mayoral candidates Michael Capuano and John Buonomo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/03/1989

Sonia Johnson for president

Description: Mormon English teacher Sonia Johnson makes appearance in church as Citizens Party candidate for president. Demure woman in white ruffled blouse describes self as radical feminist focused on passage of ERA. Discusses imperative of third party to challenge the rich white male status quo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/23/1984

Sony products show

Description: Huge array of audio and video equipment is on display at Sony products show. Children's graphics toys called My First Sony, many Walkman headsets, televisions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/08/1991

Sound effects and ambience

Description: Sound effects & ambience: train, wind & surf, splash, traffic, helicopter, applause, gulls, fireplace, lapping water, car door open/shut, faucet, camera clicks, industrial, stream flow, more…
Collection: Ten O'Clock News

South Africa - Gillian Garb

Description: Story about the current political situation in South Africa. Footage of people in South Africa attending church, walking down the road, and protesting. Politicians in the United States fighting over the issue of Apartheid, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu telling Ronald Reagan to "go to hell," and an interview with Gillian Garb, an ex-pat from South Africa, about Apartheid and being a white South African who disagrees with the current government. Reporter voice-over through reel. Sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 08/04/1986

South African Investments, pt. 1

Description: Interview in front of the Massachusetts State House with a man from the state government who says that the state has stopped doing business with South Africa, and another man who says that the State needs to divest of these bonds as soon as possible. Sound. This is 1 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1978

South African Investments, pt. 2

Description: Story about calls for the Massachusetts State government to divest in South Africa. Interview with a community activist Mel King about how he feels about his tax dollars being used to buy South African Bonds. Reporter standup in front of the State House about the State's South African investments. Sound. This is 2 of 2 reels.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 10/18/1978

South African in exile

Description: Jan von Mehren interviews Aggrey Mbere, a member of the African National Congress about apartheid in South Africa. Mbere left South Africa thirty-five years ago and currently teaches history at Roxbury Community College. He says that the South African government has realized that it must accommodate the opinions of black South Africans. Mbere talks about Nelson Mandela and his own desire to return to South Africa in the future. This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item: Christy George interviews Gabu Tugwana by telephone
1:00:04: Visual: Shots of Aggrey Mbere (African National Congress) teaching a history class at Roxbury Community College. Shots of students in the class. Jan von Mehren reports that Mbere teaches world history at Roxbury Community College. Von Mehren reports that Mbere keeps up on events in his native South Africa. V: Footage of Mbere being interviewed by von Mehren. Mbere says that the structure of white supremacy is still intact in South Africa. Von Mehren reports that Mbere was born in Johannesberg; that Mbere joined the African National Congress (ANC) when he was 22 years old; that Mbere left the country a few years later. V: Footage of Mbere being interviewed by von Mehren. Mbere says that he has been away from South Africa for thirty-five years; that he becomes nostalgic for his country sometimes. Mbere says that he would like to return some day. Von Mehren notes that Mbere believes that the lifting of the ban on the ANC was inevitable. V: Footage of Mbere being interviewed by von Mehren. Mbere says that the South African government has realized that it must accomodate African opinion. Mbere speculates as to whether the situation in South Africa has been influenced by the democracy movement in Eastern Europe. Von Mehren reports that Mbere has been inspired by the example of Nelson Mandela (jailed ANC leader). V: Shot of a poster of Mandela on the wall. Footage of Mbere being interviewed by von Mehren. Mbere says that Mandela is indefatigable; that Mandela has fulfilled his mission as leader of a people. Footage of Mbere and his students in class at Roxbury Community College. Von Mehren reports that Mbere is fairly confident about returning to South Africa; that Mbere is apprehensive about his return. V: Shot of Mbere and Von Mehren walking in a corridor. Footage of Mbere being interviewed by von Mehren. Mbere says that he still has many strong feelings about South Africa; that he must come to a clear understanding about the situation before returning.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/02/1990