Remembering Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95. During his life, he was jailed in apartheid controlled South Africa for 27 years and went on to serve as the country's first black president....
View Article1000 videos!
We just uploaded another batch of digitized news content, bringing the site total to 1000 videos. Simply as a coincidence of our processing workflow, this latest batch of media has a large number of...
View ArticleUFO Sightings in the 1960s
While processing the WHDH stories that have been digitized so far, I came across a real gem. Reporter Vin Maloney interviews passersby about their views on UFOs. The designation "UFO" was officially...
View ArticleControversy over Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Papers at BU
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy lives on today, as it probably always will. Part of that legacy includes his papers, a third of which he donated to Boston University a few years before his...
View ArticleRemembering Chet Curtis
The local Boston TV news landscape lost a major figure Wednesday with the passing of Chet Curtis. Known for his work as a WCVB and NECN anchor, Curtis actually started his broadcasting career at WHDH...
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Do you like our website? Do you have suggestions for how it could be improved? If you've spent some time searching through our video content and reading our blog posts, we'd love to hear from you. Take...
View ArticleHoward Marston and the Draft Resistance Movement
Here is an interesting closeup look at draft resistance during the Vietnam War. While our collections have a lot of footage of anti-war demonstrations and many undigitized stories about the draft...
View ArticleAlbert “Dapper” O’Neil, Boston City Councilor
Boston City Councilors are a very important part of the Boston political landscape. Because they are elected every two years, they are constantly campaigning and making sure the public knows who they...
View ArticleJimmy The Greek
While I’m not the type of person to sit around and watch sports commentary all day, all of the TVs in the cafeteria at work play ESPN around the clock. This has kept me abreast of all the latest sports...
View ArticleElma Lewis
Elma Lewis has left her mark on Boston and the national arts community. A recipient of both a MacArthur Fellow Grant and the Presidential Medal for the Arts, her work in arts education is beyond...
View ArticleNew content up!
There are now almost 1200 digitized items streaming on the site! We keep working to digitize and describe more local news content, so that we can make it accessible to you. The latest batch of videos...
View ArticleLouise Day Hicks, Boston City Councilor
Louise Day Hicks is a famous name in Boston and across the country. She is probably the best known opponent of the court-ordered busing in Boston. Over the course of her career, Ms. Hicks served in...
View ArticleWomen Construction Workers
For many years now, women have been making strides toward equal employment. The Boston TV News Digital Library has reels and reels of original footage about the women’s liberation movement, many...
View ArticleDigitize on Demand
We're very excited to offer a remarkable feature that allows you to participate directly in preserving Boston history. Through our Digitization on Demand program you can select any artifact from our...
View ArticleBruce Bolling, Boston City Councilor
Bruce Bolling was the first black Boston City Council President. He came from a prominent political family; his father Royal Bolling, Sr. was a state senator, and his older brother Royal Bolling, Jr....
View ArticleLegal Guide for Archives with News Collections
When local TV stations switched from shooting on film to mostly and then entirely shooting on videotape, most didn't want to maintain their film libraries. Luckily, instead of throwing all of this...
View ArticleNew England Aquarium Saves Baby Seals
Baby seals! They’re so cute! I was going to write an entire post mainly gushing about how cute they are and encouraging you to watch this great news story that features several baby seals doing super...
View ArticleScholarly use of the Boston TV News Digital Library
The Boston TV News Digital Library is a true landmark, one of the most innovative and progressive archival undertakings of the young 21st Century. By bringing together news cast segments, special...
View ArticleAlbert “Dapper” O’Neil, Boston City Councilor
Boston City Councilors are a very important part of the Boston political landscape. Because they are elected every two years, they are constantly campaigning and making sure the public knows who they...
View ArticleThomas I. Atkins, Boston City Councilor
Boston City Councilor Thomas I. Atkins strove throughout his life to break down barriers and become a political leader, despite being faced with mid-century American racism. Reading through his...
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