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  Classic Commercial Collection #1

  American Way

  Collection of black and white commercials, most likely from the 1950s, advertising cigarettes, cleaning supplies, toothpaste, easy to prepare food, beer, and automobile products.

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  [None of the Above raw #26]

  American Way, Chicago, None of the Above, Politics

  Raw footage for the documentary “None of the Above,” and in depth ethnographic look at non voters in the U.S. In this video, Skip Blumberg continues to spend time with non voter Michael Johnson while he works as part of the floor crew at the United Center in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention.

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  [None of the Above raw #50]

  American Way, None of the Above, Politics

  Raw footage of Gene Tencza for “None of the Above,” a documentary that follows a number of non-voters during the 1996 presidential election and investigates the reasons why they don’t vote. Tape 4 of 4 for Tencza.

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  [The 90’s Election Specials raw: St. Louis debate #4]

  1992 Election, American Way, Politics

  Raw tape for The 90’s election specials. Washington University in St. Louis for the first presidential debate.

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  [The 90’s raw: Orion Samuelson]

  American Way, Chicago

  Raw tape for the award-winning series The 90’s. The tape begins with ten minutes of aerial shots of Midwestern farmland from a small airplane. The rest of the tape follows Orion Samuelson (who created and hosted U.S. Farm Report for WGN Radio AM-720), at the 1991 Farm Progress Show in Dalton City, IL. He broadcasts live from the show, then walks around and does reports in front of a video camera. Wind noise is frequently loud on the tape.

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  [The 90’s raw: Venice Beach #2]

  American Way, Outside Agitators, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Maxi Cohen tours California’s Venice Beach, showing us some of its usual characters (mostly various street musicians).

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  Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show

  American Way, Viewers Choice

  A sweet, interesting, and enjoyable documentary about a double dutch championship for junior high age kids in New York. The tape featured mainly local kids from Manhattan and the boroughs, but the event drew an international crowd to the Lincoln Center on 6/13/81. We spend time with the teams as they practice and compete and hear about how they train and how they feel about their sport. The tape manages to simultaneously capture all of the tension of the competition and give a personal look at a number of the teams. Blumberg manages to catch the participants at their most raw and emotional moments, like when a 10 (?) year old girl is sobbing uncontrollably like she had just lost a family member. Blumberg asks her what place her team got. They were #1.

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  [Vermont Avenue: Extra Large Clothing Store, Y-Que]

  American Way, Skip Blumberg, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage of Los Angeles examining the up and coming area of Los Feliz on Vermont Avenue. Cameraman Skip Blumberg focusing many of his questions on the recession. Also features an accidental run-in with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.