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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #79]

  CLIR, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business.

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  [Puerto Rican Independence Movement Saturday Workshops in Chicago #2]

  CLIR, Guerrilla TV, Latinx, Roots of Video

  A Saturday workshop conference held in Chicago for the Puerto Rican Independence Movement

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #8]

  Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business.

  This tape features actress Sally Kirkland phoning to invite people to one of her “press parties”; Kirkland speaks with several people, including actress Dyan Cannon, and musician Kinky Friedman (who confides that he “distrusts” Paul McCartney, and that he will soon be firing his management staff), and Kirkland leaves a message for actors Keith Carradine and Christina Raines.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #61]

  American Way, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features footage of kids selling maps to stars’ homes, plus b-roll of Grauman’s (Mann’s) Chinese Theatre.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #109]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. First ten minutes or so is b-roll. Then there is a flurry of activity because Rostenkowski is about to announce his acceptance of the position of Chairman of Ways and Means. The crew rushes to get to the meeting, but nothing of the meeting is on camera. Poor audio throughout.

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  Tom Weinberg reads the Wall Street Journal – Bill Tabb reads U.S. News and World Report

  Performance, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Two pieces by Paper Tiger Television: Tom Weinberg reads the Wall Street Journal (1982) and Bill Tabb reads U.S. News and World Report (1982).

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  Five Day Bicycle Race

  Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla TV, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video

  A documentary made at the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City, which was produced as a live 3-hour cablecast for five days during the convention. It was subsequently broadcast on WTTW and other PBS stations. It chronicles the events in and around the convention, and includes interviews with various delegates, politicians, members of the media, and people connected to Jimmy Carter, including Rosalynn Carter and Jeff Carter (Jimmy’s son). It also includes footage from the convention floor and demonstrators outside the convention, led by Ron Kovic.

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  Image Union, episode 0429: Video Music (long version)

  Image Union, Roots of Video

  Compilation episode of Image Union featuring music videos. Music videos include “PRL 8-53,” “Vasectomy,” and “How It’s Done” by Phil ‘N’ the Blanks, “Video Child” by The Almighty Crabbes, “Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling” by the Suburbs, “Language is a Virus” by Laurie Anderson, and “September” by Floyd Dillman.