GBH Openvault
Ten O'Clock News; Insurance companies
Part of The Big Dig.
1/17/1979
Constant traffic near Federal Reserve Bank and South Station. Noisy cars, vans, large and small trucks. One car screeches through intersection. Next location: Central Artery - camera looks down onto white line on road surface as stream of vehicles zip through head on from top to bottom of frame. Tilt up Travelers Insurance Co. building. Storefront of Morante Insurance Agency. Two men get into taxi in middle of street. Life of America Insurance Corp. home office. New England Life headquarters, pan to Prudential tower. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. inscribed over entrance to older building near newer Hancock glass tower. Liberty Mutual entrance. Zoom into upper Prudential building, bare tree to the side. Length: 19.17
License Clip
- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Insurance companies
- 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 became an 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.)
- Asset Type
News tape
- Media Type
Video
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Insurance companies,” 1/17/1979, GBH Archives, accessed October 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F64B05D1B77F8F3BF18FB0FC161A36A1.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Insurance companies.” 1/17/1979. GBH Archives. Web. October 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F64B05D1B77F8F3BF18FB0FC161A36A1>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Insurance companies. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F64B05D1B77F8F3BF18FB0FC161A36A1