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• Video News Intersection Sampler

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  Sampler tape of documentaries produced by Tom Weinberg and Scott Jacobs in the 1970s. All are excerpts from longer pieces. Continue reading →

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #35]

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of White Sox players in batting practice at Spring Training in Sarasota, Florida. Includes shots of Thad Bosley, Roland Hemond, and others. Continue reading →

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  [Vito Marzullo raw #18]

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

  Raw tape #4 for Vito Marzullo documentary. Footage from the 1978 Democratic Party Dinner in Chicago, a reception for then-President Jimmy Carter. Alderman Vito Marzullo and other attendees talk politics over dinner. Contains a few interesting quotes, which are tough to hear due to background noise. Continue reading →

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  [Bill Veeck on the radio in Florida]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Raw footage for Inside Spring Training, a documentary about Bill Veeck and the White Sox spring training in Florida. End of footage at motel and Bill Veeck radio preamble. Continue reading →

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  [Vito Marzullo raw #19]

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

  Raw tape #19 for Vito Marzullo documentary. 1978 Democratic Party Dinner in Chicago. President Jimmy Carter delivers his keynote address to an audience of more than 7,000 Chicago democrats, including Alderman Vito Marzullo. Continue reading →

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  Comeback: Bill Veeck

  Bill Veeck

  The show “Comeback” is about people who have overcome obstacles. This episode profiles Bill Veeck. With 2 two-minute commercial holes. Continue reading →

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  [Vito Marzullo raw #23, #24, #25]

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

  Council #4, Despres #1, #2, City Hall, Ward Ext. This pastiche of a tape begins with a casual conversation in Alderman Vito Marzullo’s office at City Hall before switching to an interview with Alderman Leon Despres, a critic of Marzullo and his practices. A wayward fragment of a black-and-white film cuts into the interview, and after it ends, the crew shoots B-roll footage of City Hall and Ward Office exteriors. Continue reading →

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  The Whistling Show

  American Way, Roots of Video, Viewers Choice

  Tape featuring performances and a few small interviews with contestants at the 1st International Whistle-Off in Carson City, Nevada. We learn that, oddly enough, whistling is actually a formally studied musical field. The contestants inform us that there are two types of professional whistling – classical and bird noises. Many whistlers earn money working for Disney doing bird noises for their movies, which are produced by human whistlers rather than recordings of birds. It is unclear what employment opportunities are present in the classical whistling industry. This profession seemed to involve whistling while accompanied by classical music on a tape recorder. In this tape, the primary focus is on the different whistling styles and the contest. Most of the tape is comprised of the performances at the event. Continue reading →