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  • Apple 1982: “Why personal computers are the future”

    Apple 1982: “Why personal computers are the future”

    The Apple II, released in 1977, was one of the first personal computers to gain a major foothold in the home market. At the time, it took some convincing for the public to see why they would ever need one of these machines. In 1982, Apple released “A Personal Guide To Personal Computers,” a simple and easy to understand booklet that made the case.   This footage takes you inside Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California as the Apple team works […]

  • Bill Murray and Christopher Guest at Super Bowl IX 1/2

    Bill Murray and Christopher Guest at Super Bowl IX 1/2

    Before covering 1976’s Super Bowl X, TVTV experimented with some comedy journalism by covering the pickup game between the CBS Super Bowl Broadcast team. The game featured hall of famer Johnny Unitas with play-by-play by Phyllis George. It’s also one of the earliest TV appearances for Bill Murray and Christopher Guest. Also enjoy the full documentary, TVTV Goes To the Super Bowl.

  • Sniffles and sneezes, oh my!

    Sniffles and sneezes, oh my!

    Watch out! This 1955 film shows that germs and viruses are all around us…

  • Gang borders and gun violence in Cabrini-Green, 1998

    Gang borders and gun violence in Cabrini-Green, 1998

    In this disquieting video, a man describes the dangers he faces every day crossing the invisible gang borders running through the streets surrounding Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects. The footage was shot for Ronit Bezalel’s documentary, Voices of Cabrini. The interview took place in 1998, but it continues to be incredibly relevant to the  problem of gun violence that still plagues our city today. The interview took place in George Robbins’s barbershop at 456 W. Division Street, which was torn down […]

  • Elvis Lives!

    Elvis Lives!

    Over 35 years after his death, Elvis Presley remains an American legend and cultural icon, and many of his fans are still cultishly devoted to their King. In honor of what would have been his 78th birthday, we bring you some excerpts from Thomas Corboy’s “Rock ‘n Roll Disciples” (1984), which documented the obsessive community of Elvis fans that congregated around Graceland in Memphis, TN, in the years following the singer’s death in 1977. To see the full documentary, plus […]

  • Thanks for helping make 2012 our most successful year ever

    Thanks for helping make 2012 our most successful year ever

    THANK YOU For helping Media Burn and FITV have our most successful year ever 10 MILLION Views of our videos as of December 2012 1,950 Archival documentary videotapes preserved and made available online since 2003 500 People attended one of our seven public events 60 Years since anyone had seen the four episodes of Studs’ Place we restored and screened this fall SIX Major government and foundation grants, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Historical Publications and Records […]

  • Chicago boxing character Johnny Lira

    Chicago boxing character Johnny Lira

    Today, we look back at Johnny Lira: boxer, “man about town… suave, debonair, and character extraordinaire.” In 1993, Doug Sawyer and Ben Joravsky interviewed Lira at the gym at Fuller Park at 45th and Princeton for our show Chicago Slices. He died Saturday at the age of 61. Make sure to read the fascinating recollections of Bruce Elliott, co-owner of the Old Town Ale House. They don’t make guys like Johnny Lira anymore… Check out the full hour with Lira.

  • Help us keep saving these special videos in 2013

    Help us keep saving these special videos in 2013

    Dear Friend of Media Burn: We are writing because we know that you share our enthusiasm for preserving and distributing one of the most important collections of historical documentaries anywhere.  Media Burn needs you to make a tax-deductible contribution now: http://www.mediaburn.org/donate Today we are announcing a new honor: Media Burn has been awarded an 18 month, $87,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, a program of the National Archives. The grant is contingent upon our ability to […]

 
 
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