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  [TVTV Goes to the Super Bowl raw: Super Night at the Super Bowl]

  1976-1-17 / American Way, Eclectic Sports Collection, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Tom Weinberg, TVTV

  Raw footage of the behind-the-scenes documentary about the events and personalities surrounding Super Bowl X in Miami between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. Features intimate portraits of the players and the CBS personnel who broadcast the events of Super Bowl week. Produced with multiple lightweight video cameras in TVTV style, it is both informative and revealing of the extremes surrounding football culture and hype. This video contains footage from a party/banquet thrown by CBS and the taping of “Super Night at the Super Bowl,” a CBS television special. Continue reading →

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  [TVTV Goes to the Super Bowl raw: Bob Wussler]

  1976-1-1 / American Way, Eclectic Sports Collection, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Tom Weinberg, TVTV

  Raw footage from the behind-the-scenes documentary about the events and personalities surrounding Super Bowl X in Miami between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. Features intimate portraits of the players and the CBS personnel who broadcast the events of Super Bowl week. Produced with multiple lightweight video cameras in TVTV style, it is both informative and revealing of the extremes surrounding football culture and hype. This tape features an interview with CBS TV Executive Bob Wussler. Continue reading →

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  Freeze Frame: Baseball, Briefcases, and Bombshelters

  1987-1-1 / Chicago Collection, Political Documentaries

  “Freeze Frame,” a show sponsored by the Illinois Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Episode #2: Baseball, Briefcases and Bombshelters. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #2]

  1985-08-07 / Chicago Collection, Eclectic Sports Collection, Once A Star, White Sox

  00:00 The continuation of a discussion with former Chicago White Sox outfielder Jim Rivera. They are at Jungle Jim’s Saloon. 00:50 They talk about Minnie Minoso. 02:29 Rivera tells an anecdote about John F. Kennedy. He got Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s autographs on a baseball on opening day when he was a player. He then tells a story about meeting Harry Truman and his wife, Bess. 05:18 Rivera talks about living in Angola, IN. He was from New York City, … Continue reading →

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  [Sweetwater Clifton #3]

  1985-8-14 / Chicago Collection, Eclectic Sports Collection

  Raw footage for “Once a Star.” Continuation of interview with Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, one of the first black players in the NBA and former Harlem Globetrotter. Continue reading →

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  Time Out, episode 143

  1984-12-7 / Chicago Collection, Eclectic Sports Collection, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that was hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are award winning sports columnist John Schulian, WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team Kenny McReynolds, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt. Continue reading →

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  [Bill Veeck commentaries]

  1984-2-10 / Bill Veeck, Chicago Collection, Eclectic Sports Collection

  Raw tape with at least six takes of Bill Veeck commentary shot at Murphy’s Bleachers. Topics include drugs and society and a vehement call on the major league owners to enforce the player contracts. Continue reading →

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  Time Out, episode 114

  1984-4-30 / Chicago Collection, Eclectic Sports Collection, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are John Schulian of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and All Pro Chicago Bears Safety Gary Fencik. Continue reading →