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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #42]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage for the documentary Veeck: A Man For Any Season. This tape continues an interview with Bill Veeck at home. The tape begins in the middle of him discussing what it is like to be disfigured. He describes various public health perceptions about leprosy and cancer. Later, he talks about his “ongoing love affair” with the English language and quotes Rudyard Kipling’s “The Wolf.” The end of the tape is footage of glass mobiles hanging inside and in Veeck’s backyard.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #5]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Bill Veeck is interviewed in his living room at home. Raw footage for “A Man for Any Season.”

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #21]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  This tape contains footage shot for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” We continue to watch footage of Bill Veeck at a University of Illinois men’s basketball game.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #38]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” This tape features a conversation with Veeck in his Hyde Park home.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #56]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary Veeck: A Man for Any Season. In this tape, Bill Veeck and John Mengeldt sit near Lake Michigan and discuss the business of baseball.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #74]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” This tape features footage of Veeck in his garden, followed by some stills of Veeck. Onscreen timecode.

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  [Bill Veeck discusses Wrigley scoreboard]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Cubs, Sports

  On a sunny day outside Wrigley Field, Bill Veeck talks about the importance of the Wrigley Field scoreboard. He compares it to the electronic scoreboards around the league. Veeck goes on to talk about the inception of the Comiskey Park scoreboard and publicity stunts.

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  [Veeck B-Roll Pix Group H]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  This tape consists of a series of images of baseball cards shot for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”