Blizzard of 1978
It seems pretty timely that this is the week New England is going to be hit by Snowmageddon (or Snowpocalypse, if you prefer). It was this week 35 years ago that the blizzard of 1978 hit Boston. Notice...
View ArticleJohn Kerry in Cambridge, 1996
John Kerry has just been appointed as the United States Secretary of State, after 28 years of representing Massachusetts in the United States Senate. He was well-known during his time as a Senator,...
View ArticleNobel Laureates, Poets and Other Writers Reading Their Work
In our age of the Internet and instant gratification, we can pretty much just go to youtube, search for our favorite authors, and be rewarded with a video (of varying quality, granted) of said author...
View ArticleThe History of Black History Month
As we finish celebrating Black History Month this year, it seems like a good time to reflect on the history of Black History Month. For example, did you know that Black History Month actually started...
View ArticleRosie’s Place
Kip Tiernan was a prolific social activist. After coming to Boston in mid 1940s, when she was in her young twenties, she spearheaded and assisted in the founding of numerous community organizations,...
View ArticleAbbie Hoffman and Amy Carter Protest CIA, 1986
In 1986, 15 people were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct for protesting CIA recruitment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Among these protesters were 50 year old Abbie Hoffman...
View ArticleRemembering Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis died of heart and renal failure this Monday, March 25, says his wife, former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Margaret Marshall. The two-time Pulitzer winner,...
View ArticleBoston Marathon
Even though winter is quick to remind us that it isn’t over just yet (see last week’s snow storm) spring is in the air up here in Maine. The days are longer and I am starting to think about getting...
View ArticleThank You For Voting!
Thank you all so much for voting for the news stories you want to see digitized. The voting period has ended, and we’re going to start using your suggestions to choose which footage we’ll digitize and...
View ArticleTent City Protest, 1968
Affordable housing has always been an issue on Boston. Our collections have any number of stories related to the topic, including protests, press conferences, political campaign promises, and personal...
View ArticleDigitization Update
We're excited to announce that we're nearing the end of our initial round of digitizing for the Boston TV News Project. While there's still a lot more work to be done before we can begin posting video...
View ArticleDog Lady
Now that we have started to digitized the reels that I have been looking at for over a year, it is exciting to finally see what they are about. One story that was voted on was a couple reels with the...
View ArticleRemembering Seamus Heaney
Celebrated Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney died today in a Dublin hospital at the age of 74. The twelfth collection of Heaney's poetry, Human Chain, was published in 2010. His personal...
View ArticleOver 100 Hours of Video Now Available!
We at the Boston TV News Digital Library are very proud and excited to announce the availability of over 100 hours of free streaming historical news footage on our site. Many of these digitized news...
View ArticleHasty Pudding Award Winners
Every year the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University present awards to performers. They have been naming a Woman of the Year since 1951, and a Man of the Year since 1967. Over the years many...
View ArticleInterview with Reporter John Hashimoto
Recently I was fortunately enough to get to talk with former Ten O'Clock News reporter John Hashimoto. He answered some of my questions about his work on the TOCN and changes in the news industry since...
View ArticleEven more video up!
We were recently able to launch another large selection of content from our collections and updated descriptions. We now have a total of 800 news reels and tapes digitized, described, and available for...
View ArticleBlinsturb’s Fire Footage Get Lots of Attention
Great news! Over the past 2 days we've had an unprecedented number of new visitors to the site. Over 750! The vast majority of these visitors have been finding us through a Facebook shout out we got...
View ArticleRemembering President Kennedy
There are many ways to remember President Kennedy on this 50th anniversary of his assassination. Although our collections start just at the end of his life, there are a few bits of footage featuring...
View ArticleEvening Compass Covers Busing for Integration, 1974-1976
In 1974, federal judge Arthur Garrity Jr. mandated a school busing plan with the goal of abolishing de facto segregation of school children in Boston. What followed was one of the most heated struggles...
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