[Bill Veeck interim edit for Illinois Masonic]
Footage from the documentary “Bill Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”
Footage from the documentary “Bill Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”
Camera original footage of Bill Veeck at Powell’s Bookstore in Hyde Park.
The show “Comeback” is about people who have overcome obstacles. This episode profiles Bill Veeck. With 2 two-minute commercial holes.
Marvin Miller, director of the Major League Baseball Player’s Association, is interviewed by Bill Veeck in the ballpark in Clearwater, Florida during Spring Training. Raw footage for A View From The Bleachers With Bill Veeck. Part 1 of 2.
This tape contains a series of baseball-related clips from newsreels, followed by close-ups of baseball cards. Much of the newsreel footage is choppy or has no sound.
This tape features the pilot for “Bill Veeck’s Saloon,” shot at O’Sullivan’s, at 495 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL. Veeck speaks with a number of sports journalists and friends about the inflation of players’ salaries in modern day baseball and the re-negotiations of baseball contracts. It is quite an interesting look at the inner workings of the game.
Raw footage of Bill Veeck in the Wrigley Field bleachers shot for “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” Veeck continues the story of installing the ivy in Wrigley Field, and also tells of his design and construction of the yardarm above the scoreboard, the screens on the foul poles, and redesigning uniforms for players in the 1930s.