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  • [Chicago Slices raw: Geoff Hoyle]

    [Chicago Slices raw: Geoff Hoyle]

    This video contains raw footage for the television show “Chicago Slices.” Videomaker Skip Blumberg interviews actor and comedian Geoff Hoyle. Hoyle talks about his part in the “new Vaudevillians” tradition and his interest in studying the human condition and relaying it back to his audience.

  • [Inside Spring Training raw #38]

    [Inside Spring Training raw #38]

    Raw footage for the documentary “Inside Spring Training,” a look at the 1978 Chicago White Sox pre-season preparation. Second day in St. Pete. Workout, locker room, Bosley to bus.

  • [Tom Weinberg accepts Silver Circle award]

    [Tom Weinberg accepts Silver Circle award]

    Video of the award ceremony, shot from the audience.

  • Studs Terkel compilation

    Studs Terkel compilation

    Archival footage of Studs Terkel. First piece is a look at the circus narrated by Terkel. Followed by two episodes of the show Studs’ Place, which was broadcast out of Chicago from 1949-51. It featured improvised comedy and some jazz performances.

  • [Rostenkowski raw #207]

    [Rostenkowski raw #207]

    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. Continuation of a rally for Rostenkowski in the field house in Chicago’s Pulaski Park (which sits in Rostenkowski’s district on Chicago’s northwest side). Rostenkowski concludes the rally by saying that Richard M. Daley, candidate for Illinois State’s Attorney, “is a good man, and will be a good public official.” A polka band plays while Rostenkowski mingles with the crowd following the speech. The camera then follows Rostenkowski to his home across the street from the park.

  • [Chicago Slices raw: Lunch With Jack Brickhouse]

    [Chicago Slices raw: Lunch With Jack Brickhouse]

    LUNCH WITH…JACK BRICKHOUSE: Hall of Fame WGN-TV broadcaster, voice of the Chicago Cubs and Sox. Interviewed by Tom Weinberg at the 410 Club in the Wrigley Building. Talks about Minnie Minoso and other characters in sports and broadcasting that he encountered in his career.

  • [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #14]

    [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #14]

    Raw footage of Bill Veeck in the Wrigley Field bleachers shot for “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” Veeck continues the story of installing the ivy in Wrigley Field, and also tells of his design and construction of the yardarm above the scoreboard, the screens on the foul poles, and redesigning uniforms for players in the 1930s.

  • [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #37]

    [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #37]

    This video contains footage from a speech given by Bill Veeck at Northeastern Illinois University in April 1985. This footage was shot for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” Tape five out of five. Q&A.

 
 
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