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  [Making it in Hollywood Derrick’s edit]

  Arts & Culture, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Making it in Hollywood, On the Media

  An 6 min 30 sec. rough cut of the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood”, which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This cut centers around the comments made about acting by actors Julius Harris and Robert Walden while eating dinner at Derrick’s Restaurant.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #115]

  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. In this tape, Rostenkowski discusses air travel while on a United Airlines flight to Chicago. He tells a story about getting to Chicago’s Midway Airport from his home on Chicago’s Northwest side (he had to take two trains and a cab to get there). He goes onto discuss the benefits of the seniority system in congress. He also says that he would like to get rid of the TV cameras in the House of Representatives because House members tend to use the TV coverage as an opportunity to “get some free TV time.”

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  [The 90’s Election Specials raw: Kansas City #2]

  1992 Election, American Way, Politics, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Layoff of raw footage for The 90’s election specials. Videomaker Skip Blumberg covers Bill Clinton’s debate prep, speaking with speechwriters as well as members of a crowd waiting for a glimpse of Clinton. The majority of the tape takes place in a hotel lobby, and there are glimpses of campaign officials: Dee Dee Myers, James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton.

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  [Ant Farm time capsule opening] – El Livahpla

  Ant Farm, Outside Agitators

  0:00 Opening of the 1972 Ant Farm Time Capsule at The Art Guys Museum in Houston, Texas in 2000. Sound is very poorly recorded and is hard to understand. This is raw footage of the event and is not a completed piece.  After general footage of people milling around the gallery, there is a speech by  the museum archivist about the events of 1972.  Curtis Schreier, nearly naked in a bizarre costume, gets onstage and does a semi-inaudible performance. 14:00 […]

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  [The 90’s raw: Norval Morris]

  Chicago, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Interview with Norval Morris (1923-2004), University of Chicago law professor and advocate for criminal justice. He describes the iniquities in the American criminal justice system.

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  [The 90’s raw: Charles Paul Freund, Erika Becker, Rebuild America]

  American Way, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Interviews with Charles Paul Freund and Fred Branfman, and footage of videomaker Eddie Becker’s daughter Erika.

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  [The 90’s raw: London music, culture, and environmental activism]

  International, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Footage in London of the Atom Seed, a funk metal band, interviews with British people about their lifestyle, and an interview with Steve Trent about the ivory trade.

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  [The 90’s raw: Center for Responsive Politics + Eddie misc]

  Eddie Becker, Politics, THE 90's

  Raw footage shot for the award-winning series The 90’s. This tape begins with interviews with Larry Makinson and Joshua Goldstein of the Center for Responsive Politics, a group that tracks the money that is donated to members of Congress. It is followed by interviews with teenage skateboarders about the 1992 presidential election; an interview with 8th grader Erika Becker; video of a senate subcommittee hearing on the Iran-Contra affair; and video of journalist Mike Waldman inviting congressmen to a party.