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  [Rostenkowski raw: New York Democratic convention #6]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. On the floor of the convention center at the 1980 Democratic National Convention. Features footage of Rostenkowski on the speakers’ podium and outside the convention hall. He comments on how well the convention has gone. He goes on to discuss making compromises between competing factions of the Democratic Party when setting the Party’s platform. Later in the video, back inside the convention hall, President Jimmy Carter is giving a speech, presumably his nomination acceptance speech. After Carter’s speech, the hall erupts into celebration (boisterous music, balloon drop, etc.).

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  [Making It in Hollywood raw: Dr. John #2]

  American Way, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Making it in Hollywood, NHPRC, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  This video contains footage shot for the 1976 documentary “Making It in Hollywood,” an in depth look at the entertainment business through the eyes of both Hollywood hopefuls and veterans. In this video, we watch footage from a Hollywood party thrown at actress Sally Kirkland’s home, featuring a musical performance by Dr. John and Ronee Blakley.

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  [Vito Marzullo raw #34]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Politics, Vito Marzullo

  Raw tape #34 for Vito Marzullo documentary. “City Council with Vito wired #4.” Continuation of city council footage. Alderman Vito Marzullo, fitted with a wireless microphone during a city council meeting, provides an uncensored view of how Chicago politics actually work.

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  [Nelson Algren Committee meeting]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  A 1999 meeting of the Nelson Algren Committee, an organization dedicated to the preservation and proliferation of Algren’s memory and works in the literary world. A slew of celebrated Chicago media and political figures, some who were also friends of Algren’s (Studs Terkel, Leon Despres, and Art Shay), attend the meeting and say a few words about the importance of Algren’s work.

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  [Bughouse Square debates]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  CAN-TV coverage of the Bughouse Square Debates at Washington Square Park in Chicago in July 2001. The event, a free speech forum, traces its history to the early twentieth century when soapbox orators, beatnik poets and radicals gathered at the park to rant and rave. Generally, the video is a static shot of the podium with occasional cutaways to the crowd.

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  [A public address by Studs Terkel at Harvard University]

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Studs Terkel speaks at the JFK School of Government at Harvard University. Also speaking is John K. Galbraith, a prominent political and economic figure of the twentieth century.

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  [Studs Terkel birthday video]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  A compilation of Studs Terkel footage and photos spanning throughout his entire career.

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  Common Ground

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  An episode of the show “Common Ground,” hosted by Warner Saunders with guest Studs Terkel. They discuss social issues, pitting Terkel’s optimism against Saunders’ realism.