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  A Couple Minutes With Willie Little

  Black, CLIR, Roots of Video

  A brief conversation with teacher Willie Little about Chicago public schools, followed by a 2-minute humorous travelogue of Hollywood.

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  [Joe Cummings at WBBM #3]

  Chicago, CLIR, Roots of Video

  Raw tape from the 1978 documentary “Overnight Man,” which follows WBBM/Chicago radio news man Joe Cummings. Similarly enjoyable behind-the-scenes banter with Cummings in the WBBM studio.

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  [Vito Marzullo raw #4]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, NHPRC, Politics, Roots of Video, Vito Marzullo

  Raw tape #4 for Vito Marzullo documentary. Ward Office. After the documentary crew sets up the camera and lighting, Marzullo talks casually with a few people who visit the office.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #103]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. The crew waits in Rostenkowski’s office for him to arrive and shoots his secretary. Eventually Rostenkowski arrives and does a short interview.

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  [The 90’s raw: TV museum, the Disney store, Washington Times]

  Eddie Becker, Politics, Roots of Video, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Becker visits and shoots a TV Museum, some ice skaters, Brass Plum (a clothing store), the Disney store, the Hemlock Society (a group that advocates euthanasia), and tapes an interview an unidentified former journalist from the Washington Times, who talks about the “moonies.”

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  The Real Realness Of The Higher Highness

  Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Documentary about a festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in August 1976.

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  Overnight Man

  Chicago, Roots of Video, Viewers Choice

  Portrait of WBBM/Chicago radio news man Joe Cummings. We follow him out on the streets getting stories, in the studio reading broadcasts, and talking about his love for Chicago.

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  Image Union, episode 223: Bronx Baptism

  Image Union, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Image Union episode featuring “Bronx Baptism” by Dee Dee Halleck. Color film. Shot at a Puerto Rican Pentecostal Church in the Bronx during a mass baptism. Opens with title cards explaining the way the Pentecostal faith provides an inroads for Puerto Rican immigrants to find community in New York City. This video has Spanish audio with English subtitles.