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Ten O'Clock News; Trolleys and buses
04/14/1976
Footage shot from car driving westbound on Commonwealth Avenue beyond Boston University, parallel to green line trolley with cigarette ads on side. Driver swears at other cars in traffic. Driver, reporter, and camera operator discuss best ways to shoot. Pass Tech HiFi, Tweeter, Firestone Tire. Trolley curves away toward left at Packard's Corner. Inbound trolley stops to admit passengers. Two trolleys pass each other in opposite directions. Yellow MBTA bus at Charles Circle. Red line train crosses Longfellow Bridge over Charles River toward Cambridge. Sound of metal wheels on tracks. People get on bus to Porter Square.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Trolleys and buses
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:08:05
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Bridges
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Transportation
- Roads
- Locations
- Allston (Boston, Mass.)
- Cambridge (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Trolleys and buses,” 04/14/1976, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed February 23, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_854C0A419B22455C9ED58C0D49DF71AF.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Trolleys and buses.” 04/14/1976. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. February 23, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_854C0A419B22455C9ED58C0D49DF71AF>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Trolleys and buses. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_854C0A419B22455C9ED58C0D49DF71AF