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  [Rostenkowski raw #205]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Video Makers Choice

  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. At a rally for Rostenkowski in the field house in Chicago’s Pulaski Park (which sits in Rostenkowski’s district on Chicago’s northwest side), a candidate for judge is giving a speech offscreen while the camera captures various audience members. Next Rostenkowski gives a speech. In the speech, he discusses various issues, including: the importance of voting; the late Mayor Daley; social programs proposed by the Democrats; the importance of staying in a “changing neighborhood”; commitment to one’s neighborhood; extending the “L” to O’Hare airport (and telling the residents that it will raise the property values); and his family’s decision to stay in Chicago rather than move to Washington D.C. At around eleven minutes, a member of the camera crew on the stage knocks something over, startling Rostenkowski during his speech. The tape abruptly ends at just over fifteen minutes.

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  Image Union, episode 1102: impressions of Harold

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, Image Union, NHPRC, Politics, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  Image Union episode featuring “Impressions of Harold: 1983-1987” by Bill Stamets.

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  [Studs Terkel with Nelson Algren]

  Anda Korsts, Chicago, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Studs Terkel, Tom Weinberg, Video Makers Choice

  Studs Terkel chats and jokes with Nelson Algren. Algren had recently moved from Chicago to New Jersey, and this move was the subject of most of the conversation, told mainly through deadpan jokes.

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  [Wired In raw #100: Bill Murray]

  American Way, Video Makers Choice

  Raw footage for “Wired In,” a never completed series on the technological trends and innovations of the 1980s. Raw tape of Bill Murray doing takes for a promo. He rants about technology. “People have hands… Watches should have hands.”

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  [Rostenkowski raw #302]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Video Makers Choice

  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. This tape takes place on election day, 1980. Rostenkowski is interviewed in his office. Rostenkowski discusses his family’s history in politics. His grandfather and father were both politicians; his father was a Chicago alderman and served in the Illinois State legislature. He then discusses his own history in politics. He discusses how Mayor Richard J. Daley discouraged him from running for a U.S. House seat that was being vacated in his district. Rostenkowski tells how in order to win Daley’s blessing (and the nomination) he had to promise Daley that he would continue to service the Chicago Democratic Party even from Washington D.C. Rostenkowski touches briefly on the new roles that congress has taken on in his 22 years as a member, saying that congress now has revenue sharing deals in place with cities. In an especially progressive moment, Rostenkowski says that if the federal government really wants to conserve natural resources, they must invest in the cities in order to reduce suburban sprawl. He also says that this investment must bring young people who will make roots in the city’s old neighborhoods.

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  Image Union, episode 223: Bronx Baptism

  Image Union, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Image Union episode featuring “Bronx Baptism” by Dee Dee Halleck. Color film. Shot at a Puerto Rican Pentecostal Church in the Bronx during a mass baptism. Opens with title cards explaining the way the Pentecostal faith provides an inroads for Puerto Rican immigrants to find community in New York City. This video has Spanish audio with English subtitles.

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  [The Way it Works and miscellaneous clips]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Politics, Video Makers Choice

  This tape features various segments, including a powerful opening silent segment on the electric chair; “Chicago: The Way It Works,” a documentary on Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and the workings of Chicago City Council; a vintage commercial for “Like” soft drink for girls; short clips of “Chicago Tonight,” including an interview with “Bob” the WTTW Image Union character; various clips of the Frugal Gourmet, Jeff Smith; and a short clip of the Rolling Stones in concert.

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  The Funnier Side Of Eastern Canada

  Performance, Video Makers Choice

  Steve Martin TV comedy special. Martin shows us around Canada through short comedy sketches.