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Ten O'Clock News; Charlestown High exterior
09/09/1976
No audio at very beginning. Police officers and US Marshals are stationed outside of Charlestown High School. African American and white students exit the school. White students walk away from the school. African American students board buses and depart. Members of the media record the event from across the street, under Bunker Hill Monument. Gary Griffith does several takes of reporter standup from the South End. He gives an update on the senatorial race in the second Suffolk district. Elevated train tracks are visible on Washington Street. South End environs Shot of the Prudential Center. Washington St. street sign.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Charlestown High exterior
- 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
00:20:05
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- African American students
- Police patrol
- Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
- Elections
- School buildings
- Busing for school integration
- Police
- Locations
- South End (Boston, Mass.)
- Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Griffith, Gary (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Charlestown High exterior,” 09/09/1976, GBH Archives, accessed December 6, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9B820672413848EC902004B8B1F7D38A.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Charlestown High exterior.” 09/09/1976. GBH Archives. Web. December 6, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9B820672413848EC902004B8B1F7D38A>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Charlestown High exterior. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9B820672413848EC902004B8B1F7D38A