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  [The 90’s raw: ACT-UP rally in San Francisco]

  Communities, LGBTQIA, Outside Agitators

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. At a unity rally for ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power), an AIDS activist group, during the 6th Annual International AIDS Conference.

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  [The 90s Election Specials raw: John Rossen #1]

  1992 Election, Chicago, Global Perspectives on War and Peace, Outside Agitators

  Raw footage of a interview conducted for “The 90’s” with John Rossen, a Spanish Civil War veteran, former Communist Party member, and now editor of The New Patriot, a left-wing newspaper published in Chicago.

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  Lord Of The Universe

  Guerrilla TV, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, TVTV, Viewers Choice

  This video is for personal/educational use only. More info at TVTVNow: //www.tvtvnow.com/

  Produced by video pioneers TVTV, this video won the prestigious Columbia-duPont award for documentaries. It explores the mystery of Guru Maharaj Ji, the sixteen-year-old leader of a cult-like new age group, the Divine Light Mission (DLM), known to his followers as “The Lord of the Universe.” The video investigates the Guru’s opulent living conditions and the secrecy surrounding his teachings, as well as portraying the dissolution of the 1960s counterculture towards the close of the Vietnam War. It chronicles a gathering of his followers at Houston’s Astrodome in 1974 as they wait for its promised levitation, and features interviews with devotee Rennie Davis and skeptic Abbie Hoffman.

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  [Studs Terkel raw interview for Anthem]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  This is a full one camera unedited interview with Studs Terkel, who speaks about his life, politics, history, and America.

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  Pugs ‘n Pols

  American Way, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Roots of Video

  Three documentaries by Chicago videomakers from the 1970s: “Jane Byrne Election Night” by Scott Jacobs, “Golden Gloves” by Tom Weinberg and Scott Jacobs, and “Election Day (Chicago Style) by Scott Jacobs and Valjean McLenighan.

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  Veeck: a man for any season rough edit

  Bill Veeck, Harold Washington

  An early edit of a documentary about Bill Veeck, the former owner of several baseball teams including the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians. It follows his career highlights, his life, and his thoughts. Veeck was a unique showman and entrepreneur responsible for many baseball innovations, including fan appreciation days and “give aways.” 

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  Watch It!, episode 104-1

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, Politics, Tom Weinberg

  A “video scrapbook” featuring camcorder footage from people around the world. This episode is devoted to the King of Chicago Politics, the late Mayor Richard J. Daley.

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  [Vito Marzullo raw #9]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, NHPRC, Politics, Roots of Video, Vito Marzullo

  Raw tape #9 for Vito Marzullo documentary – “Checkbook journalism.” Continuation of previous footage of Marzullo and one of his precinct captains in the ward office. Also contains footage of director Tom Weinberg and Vito Marzullo looking through the 25th Ward Democratic Organization’s checkbook and ad book, as well as an explanation of the ward’s finances.