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  Introduction to the Sony Portapak and Camera

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, On the Media

  A demonstration of the Sony Portapak 1/2″ tape recording deck, including using camera and microphones, and a discussion of best practices for avoiding damage and achieving the highest quality recordings.

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  Bob Collins Obituary

  Chicago, On the Media

  WBBM-TV obituary for radio broadcaster Bob Collins.

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  Five Day Bicycle Race, part 7: Mock Turtle Soup

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Politics, Tom Weinberg

  Part 7 of political coverage by a group of image workers under the name The Image Union. Following up on their live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, Mock Turtle Soup was a live, five-hour election night TV special. The show features pre-recorded videos interspersed with live studio coverage and commentary of the election results as broadcast by the major news outlets. The studio portions also feature telephone calls from viewers.

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  Five Day Bicycle Race, part 6: Mock Turtle Soup

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Politics, Tom Weinberg

  Part 6 of political coverage by a group of image workers under the name The Image Union. Following up on their live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, Mock Turtle Soup was a live, five-hour election night TV special. The show features pre-recorded videos interspersed with live studio coverage and commentary of the election results as broadcast by the major news outlets. The studio portions also feature telephone calls from viewers.

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  Five day bicycle race, part 5

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  A documentary made at and about the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City, which was produced as a live 3-hour cablecast for five days during the convention. It was subsequently broadcast on WTTW and other PBS stations. It chronicles the events on in and around the convention, and includes interviews with various delegates, politicians, members of the media, and people connected to Jimmy Carter, including Rosalynn Carter and Jeff Carter (Jimmy’s son). It also includes footage from the convention floor, and demonstrators outside the convention, led by Ron Kovic.

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  Five day bicycle race, Part 3

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  A documentary made at and about the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City, which was produced as a live 3-hour cablecast for five days during the convention. It was subsequently broadcast on WTTW and other PBS stations. It chronicles the events on in and around the convention, and includes interviews with various delegates, politicians, members of the media, and people connected to Jimmy Carter, including Rosalynn Carter and Jeff Carter (Jimmy’s son). It also includes footage from the convention floor, and demonstrators outside the convention, led by Ron Kovic.

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  Five day bicycle race, Part 1

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Highlights from a documentary made at and about the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City, which was produced as a live 3-hour cablecast for five days during the convention. It was subsequently broadcast on WTTW and other PBS stations. It chronicles the events on in and around the convention, and includes interviews with various delegates, politicians, members of the media, and people connected to Jimmy Carter, including Rosalynn Carter and Jeff Carter (Jimmy’s son). It also includes footage from the convention floor, and demonstrators outside the convention, led by Ron Kovic.

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  [Radio Free Venice interview]

  American Way, Judith Binder, On the Media

  This video shows an interview with Tom Reveille, operator of the pirate FM radio station Radio Free Venice in Venice Beach, CA. He is an advocate for “grass-roots radio,” and is purportedly in a prolonged legal battle with the FCC on the constitutionality of their operation.