00:00 “Women in America” by Reagan-Bush ’84. Color video. A video urging women to vote to re-elect President Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election. It highlights all the pro-Women issues that Reagan supports, as well as all of the women Reagan has appointed to various positions. 15:30 End of tape.
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Raw tape #44 for Vito Marzullo documentary. Rakove transitions. Director Tom Weinberg talks with Milton Rakove, a professor of political science at the University of Illinois-Chicago and author who documented the Chicago political machine under Mayor Richard J. Daley. Weinberg coaxes sound bytes out of Rakove, used as transitions in the documentary’s final cut. They discuss Marzullo’s strengths and weaknesses, his day-to-day operations as part of the “machine” and how the Chicago City Council really governs.
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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.
![[Archival footage of Vito Marzullo]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653862687_640-228x160.jpg)
Archival footage on Vito Marzullo. “They’re liars, all the way through!” Research for documentary on Alderman Vito Marzullo. Tape contains various clips concerning scandals that embroiled Vito Marzullo during his time on the Chicago City Council. A highlight of the tape includes an angry confrontation between Marzullo and a reporter who accused him of taking bribes. Audio is inconsistent.
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Lilly Ollinger’s rough edit of Mayor Jane Byrne’s Easter Celebration at Cabrini. Byrne had moved in to Cabrini Green in an effort to clean up crime. Has interviews with Cabrini Green residents and Jesse White about Byrne’s move. Also has explanatory voiceover. Timecode onscreen. Shot for “Ambassadors of Cabrini.”
A documentary about the campaigning during the 1988 Iowa Caucuses. Many of the 1988 presidential hopefuls are seen “shaking hands and kissing babies,” while the media covers their every move. Shot on super-8 film with sync sound.
A look back at 40 years of City Desk, a political talk show on WMAQ-TV (a local NBC affiliate). As the tape is only a short retrospective, we see clips of many major Chicago figures but do not go in to much detail.