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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #26]

  Bill Veeck, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” In this video, Veeck is interviewed in Assembly Hall at the Illinois high school basketball championship tournament in Champaign, IL.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #49]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for any Season.” This tape features footage of opening day at Wrigley Field. Bill Veeck walks through the stadium, finds his seat, and sits in the bleachers. He eats nachos. There are various shots of the crowd.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #75]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” This tape features stills of Bill Veeck. Silent with onscreen timecode.

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  [3 segments from The Bill Veeck Show]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  This tape features three segments from “The Bill Veeck Show.” The first is with Johnny Unitas and Sid Luckman, the second is discussing dance music, and the third features a heart and lung machine.

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  [Veeck B-Roll Pix Group E]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  This tape features a series of still images and baseball cards shot for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”

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  [Mary Frances Veeck #2]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Audio only of an interview with Mary Frances Veeck, wife of Bill Veeck. She discusses moving often, raising her children, and hosting/entertaining at her home. Shot to be used as voiceover in “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”

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  [Cubs salute the fans 1984]

  Cubs, Sports

  This tape includes footage from the final game of the 1984 regular season between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs thrillingly defeat the Cardinals to win the division and take the field to thank the thousands of Cubs fans in attendance at Wrigley field.

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  [ESPN coverage of Eddie Gaedel anniversary]

  Chicago, Sports

  ESPN news report celebrating the 35th anniversary of Eddie Gaedel’s entrance into the world of baseball. Bill Veeck put the little person to bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951. There are interviews with people involved, including two of the players from that game between the Browns and the Tigers. The report concludes with a commemoration of Veeck’s life, as he had just passed away in January of that year. Included are clips from the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”