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  [Once a Star raw: Minnesota Fats #1]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  An interview with revered pool hustler, Rudolf “Minnesota Fats” Wanderone. With tales from his life, Fats recalls his illustrious career as a pool player and card shark, describing the places he’s visited around the world, how he earned the “Minnesota Fats” moniker, and a time when he was able to draw over 300,000 people to watch him play pool. It was shot for the documentary Once a Star.

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  Finley #3

  Once A Star

  This tape is comprised partly of b-roll and partly of an interview with venerable Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finley. In the first half, Finley gives a tour of his “press box”, which is situated at the very top of his barn-turned-house in LaPorte, Indiana. The second half is an interview with Finley where he gives a bit of background on his adolescence and discusses his ascendance career-wise from steel mill worker to the owner of a championship baseball team.

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  [Studs Terkel interview about America]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Viewers Choice

  A woman interviews Studs Terkel about his opinions of American culture and democracy. Terkel muses about the essence of American democracy, history, patriotism and how the United States (somewhat fallen in his esteem) can return to being “that country that I dream of being.”

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  [Television Academy interview with Studs Terkel, part 2]

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  This is a continuation of a raw interview with Studs Terkel.

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  [Studs on a Soapbox b-roll]

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Viewers Choice

  B-roll footage of Studs Terkel from “Studs on a Soapbox.” Highlights include his narrated tours of Bughouse Square, a public debate forum he frequented during his youth, and the rooming house where he grew up. He debates Chicago’s gentrification with a construction worker renovating the old building into luxury apartments. Also included is footage of Terkel at his recording studio and typewriter.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #104]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Roots of Video, Tom Weinberg, Viewers Choice

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. The crew follows Rostenkowski as he makes his way to the final whip meeting of the 96th Congress. The audio is fairly poor throughout and switches from channel to channel before coming through both for the second half of the tape.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Joe Cummings Hanging Out In Skokie]

  American Way, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Viewers Choice

  Interviews with Skokie residents/immigrants from different countries who explain what they love about Skokie and why they chose Skokie over the rest of the world. Most give their full names, addresses, and phone numbers.

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  Veeck Montage edit #2

  Bill Veeck

  Edited montage of various Veeck interviews, shows, and promotional highlights.