[Rock climbing]
Footage of rock climbing.
Footage of a log rolling contest and of the area surrounding Ketchican.
00:16 Exterior of a school where the flag is being taken down. The marching band practices. Loud audio distortion. 01:12 Inside the school where students walk through the halls. A near-empty classroom. Cars in the parking lot outside. 03:05 Students pretending to fight in the parking lot. 03:46 Shooting out a car window. 05:55 A high school volleyball game. 11:20 Significant image distortion. Game continues. 23:10 Image clears up. Game continues.
Portion of a speech by writer, actor, and TV commentator Heywood Hale Broun, preceded by footage filmed from a car of rural roads.
By 1972, rugby football as an organized sport for women, was played at three universities in the U.S., including the University of Illinois. In 1977 the Lake Shore Ale-wives became the second women’s rugby team in Chicago. This video contains Interviews with the players, footage from practice sessions and scenes of their first home game. The women reflect on the problems they must overcome in playing a traditionally male sport and the benefits they derive from it.
This video documents Chicago’s first 6.2 mile race for women. Organized and hosted by the Loop Center YWCA in April,1978, it was billed as one of the largest, if not the largest, sporting event for women to that date. Over 2000 entrants completed the race. The tape vividly captures the excitement of women of all ages, races and economic status, many of whom were motivated to run by the desire to do something ‘just for themselves.’ Loop YWCA organizers, Sharon Mier and Erma Tranter appear in the tape as does then mayor of Chicago, Michael Bilandic.