[Joe Cummings & Bill Stamets March 2, 1994]
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. “Hustlin’ Scrap.” Joe Cummings goes to a scrap metal yard to interview the men who roam Chicago’s alleys collecting scraps to return for cash. After leaving the lot, Cummings drives around River North and Downtown and talks about life in Chicago.
In November of 1986, Joe Cummings visits O’Hare Airport to discover just how O’Hare runs from the inside. He learns about the logistics, economics, food, as well as problems facing O’Hare in 1986.
SKOKIE 60076: JOE CUMMINGS interviews with staff and visitors of the Emily Oaks Nature Center in Skokie. Here’s My Story woman, DEBORAH ROBINSON talks about the time she got her hair caught in the dishwasher.
SKOKIE 60076: JOE CUMMINGS examines Skokie transportation and rides CTA bus #97: Interviews with GLADYS GLAZER, MRS. JEAN BLITT, FRANK the bus driver, PAT HARRINGTON about her hair, and ANTHONY HARRIS, about his hat.
SKOKIE 60076: JOE CUMMINGS interviews ELIZABETH CHEETHAM, Skokie Heritage Museum Supervisor, and tours the oldest house in Skokie. Across the street, interview with JOHN GROSSMAN, construction supervisor, about the newest buildings being built in Skokie. BIRL POTHOLE PATCHER: at the industrial reasearch park, BIRL, at Northwestern University, Evanston: interviews with the research team and a demonstration of the one-man pothole patching truck.
SKOKIE 60076: JOE CUMMINGS interviews kids in Warren Park. How do you say the word “CHICAGO?,” What does it mean, “in order to make a friend, you have to be a friend?” CHRISTINE “KIKI,” HEATHER, ALISA, and MARCIE proclaim their undying friendship for each other.
Portrait of WBBM/Chicago radio news man Joe Cummings. We follow him out on the streets getting stories, in the studio reading broadcasts, and talking about his love for Chicago.