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Ten O'Clock News; Amtrak and Orange Line
10/04/1977
Back Bay Amtrak station entrance. Train, viewed from above, starts up and moves slowly along tracks. Train histle and bells. Railroad bed. Commuter train pulls up, passengers board. Two trains pass in opposite directions. Looking down tracks to old and new Hancock buildings. Orange line elevated structure along Washington Street. T train passes overhead with typical clunking sound; congested vehicular traffic below. Camera moves on complex steel skeleton of tracks above.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Amtrak and Orange Line
- 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
00:20:36
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Amtrak
- Transportation
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Railroads
- Locations
- Back Bay (Boston, Mass.)
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Amtrak and Orange Line,” 10/04/1977, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1DC1954A9D134B878DED669B5BB82F89.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Amtrak and Orange Line.” 10/04/1977. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1DC1954A9D134B878DED669B5BB82F89>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Amtrak and Orange Line. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1DC1954A9D134B878DED669B5BB82F89