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  Rugby Women

  Chicago, Eleanor Boyer

  By 1972, rugby football as an organized sport for women, was played at three universities in the U.S., including the University of Illinois. In 1977 the Lake Shore Ale-wives became the second women’s rugby team in Chicago. This video contains Interviews with the players, footage from practice sessions and scenes of their first home game. The women reflect on the problems they must overcome in playing a traditionally male sport and the benefits they derive from it. SILVER PLAQUE, Chicago International Film Festival, 1978

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  Thunder and Reins

  American Way

  What does it take to be a Kentucky Derby winning jockey? From zero to 35 mph in a matter of seconds! Experience the strength, stamina, and courage it takes as each jockey guides you through wining the Kentucky Derby aboard a Thoroughbred racehorse full of heart. Seven world-class jockeys relive the most thrilling ride of their lives, describing how they use their entire bodies and the power of the reins to become champions in their finest hour. Seasoned racing writers Joe Drape and Billy Reed explain the complexities of a jockey’s job–the cunning and foresight that make Kentucky Derby jockeys some of the toughest, most competitive athletes in all of sports. Jockeys’ wives Rita Santos and Sheila Day share what it means to live with horse racing’s constant dangers and monumental successes. Trainers John Ward, Carl Nafzger, and John Sadler explain how they choose a jockey with the intelligence and skill needed to bring their Thoroughbred first under the wire at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May.

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  Pieces of Manley

  Chicago, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Footage shot for documentary about Manley High School on the West Side of Chicago, and their successful basketball team.

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  [Boxing at Fuller Park]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports

  Ben Hollis interviews boxers training at Fuller Park in Chicago at 46th and Princeton.

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  Bulls-Sox Underground Show

  Chicago, Sports, White Sox

  Interview with Jerry Reinsdorf.

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  Phillip Ranstrom Martial Arts Demo: “Gym”

  Chicago

  Long version of Phil Ranstrom martial arts demo.

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  [Daley ribbon cutting United Center]

  Bill Stamets, Politics

  0:09 Camera opens on a digital Chicago info booth. No audio. Move to two people driving in a car.  1:13 Audio starts. Footage of an airplane. Cut to people at the United Center. Someone comes to the podium and thanks everyone for coming. Governor Jim Edgar speaks about opening the United Center. Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks about the importance of the center.  5:38 Daley, Edgar, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz cut the opening ribbon. Footage […]

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  Phil Ranstrom Martial Arts Demo

  Chicago, Sports

  Short martial arts demo tape.