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  [Boxing at Fuller Park]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports

  Ben Hollis interviews boxers training at Fuller Park in Chicago at 46th and Princeton.

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  Pop Video Test IV: Entertainment, parts 1 and 2

  Ant Farm, Arts & Culture, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, On the Media, Performance, Skip Blumberg, Tom Weinberg

  “The Pop Video Test” was a joint effort between Scott Jacobs and Tom Weinberg of the Chicago Editing Center, and the Video Group of the Bell and Howell Corporation. This cooperative effort between the independent video community and a corporate video distributor was intended to test the viability of the home video market. The videomakers assembled ten hours of video pieces meant as an alternative to available pre-recorded programming (ie Hollywood movies). Fifty VCR owners in the Chicago area agreed to examine and review the tapes. Test viewers then received the programming two hours at a time, in groupings labeled Video Art, Documentary, Entertainment, and Potpourri.

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  [Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks I, tape #3]

  Sports

  This tape is footage from the final rounds of the February 15, 1978 bout between World Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali and challenger Leon Spinks in Las Vegas. 36-year-old Ali was defeated by the 24-year-old Spinks.

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  Slices of Chicago

  Chicago, CLIR, Communities, Eleanor Boyer, Guerrilla Television, Image Processing, Latinx, Tom Weinberg, Viewers Choice

  Compilation tape highlighting the work of the members of the Chicago Area Videomakers Coalition. The group was formed in 1977 to formally bring together Chicago’s independent videomakers to create a higher profile and bring their work to the public. This tape was first broadcast on Channel 44 on June 18, 1977, based on a commitment from general manager Ed Morris. The production of this tape made it apparent that the most pressing need in the videomaking community was editing facilities. In 1978, aided by the visibility produced by the sampler tape, the Coalition opened the Chicago Editing Center, which provided low-cost editing facilities to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #8]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) in Atlantic City. Shot for the 1985 TV series “Once A Star.” Also included is a short interview with boxing manager and trainer Lou Duva (1922-2017).

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #7]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) in Atlantic City, shot for the 1985 TV series “Once A Star.” Patterson, his son Tracy, and many other fighters, including Evander Holyfield, go through an orientation meeting in preparation for fighting in the state of New Jersey.

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #9]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) for the television series “Once A Star,” in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Patterson is asked about some of his more famous fights with Ingemar Johansson and Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali, his love for the sport, and his eventual retirement.

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #10]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) at a boxing arena in Atlantic City. Taped for the 1985 television series “Once A Star.” Patterson talks about his legendary boxing career and his schooling in Brooklyn, New York.