[Bill Veeck #1 at O’Sullivans]
Several takes of Bill Veeck doing an introduction and sports commentary.
Several takes of Bill Veeck doing an introduction and sports commentary.
Audio of interview with Mary Frances Veeck about her husband, Bill Veeck. Shot to be used as voiceover in “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”
John Callaway and Bill Veeck sit at 57th Street Beach in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and discuss book recommendations for summer reading. However, most of the segment is taken up by listing the books displayed in the windows of prominent bookstores, and Veeck gets little time to share his thoughts.
Sample interviews and monologues shot for “Bill Veeck’s Saloon,” a TV pilot for an opinion show starring baseball legend Bill Veeck.
Raw footage of Bill Veeck in the bleachers at Wrigley Field. This is the first of several tapes of Veeck sitting in the bleachers, talking about his tenure with the Cubs, his personal history with Wrigley Field, and baseball in general. In this tape, Veeck joins Leo Breen, who sells him season tickets and helps him find his bleacher seats.
This tape features raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” In this video, Veeck is interviewed in Assembly Hall at the Illinois high school basketball championship tournament in Champaign.
Raw footage for Veeck: A Man for Any Season. This tape features Veeck at home talking about jazz and tells a story about playing rummy in the hospital.