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• [Visualization Lab demo reel]

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  This tape is a demo reel for a computer graphics company, CDI Computer Services. It features then cutting edge (1993), now rudimentary looking, computer animation produced for several automobile manufacturers, including Dodge, Cadillac, GM, and Ford. It also features some military animation of mobile rocket launchers firing missiles. The whole video is set to a jazzy, upbeat Kenny G.-type score. The missile being launched over the jazzy score unintentionally creates a creepy, albeit humorous, juxtaposition.

• [Interview with Matt York, editor/publisher of Videomaker Magazine]

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  This tape appears to be raw footage from an interview with Matt York, the editor and publisher of Videomaker Magazine that was shot for “The 90’s.” Topics discussed include:

• The Documentary Channel: Enhanced TV Demo

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  A short demo for an interactive function that can be used when watching The Documentary Channel using WebTV. This function allows the viewer to find information on the program that is currently playing, find future TV listings, chat with other viewers, etc.

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  [Wired In raw #102: Lily Tomlin #2]

  American Way, Viewers Choice

  Raw footage for “Wired In,” a never completed series on the technological trends and innovations of the 1980s. Lily Tomlin does multiple takes of a spoof PSA about Pac-Man addiction. She is also interviewed about her general feelings about technology. 

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Compu-Erotica]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2

  Interview with Ron and Nancy Pejril, who run the Compu-Erotic Bulletin Board System (CEBBS), chat room focused mainly on sexual topics. We see shots of the computer with messages from the members and hear the Pejrils’ thoughts on electronic dating.

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  Chicago Tonight, episode #15036

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  A 1997 interview with Studs Terkel on Chicago Tonight. John Callaway interviews Terkel on Labor Day. The two talk about Terkel’s impending retirement from radio, the importance of history, and the effects of the technological age on society.