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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #74]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” This tape features footage of Veeck in his garden, followed by some stills of Veeck. Onscreen timecode.

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  [Bill Veeck discusses Wrigley scoreboard]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Cubs, Sports

  On a sunny day outside Wrigley Field, Bill Veeck talks about the importance of the Wrigley Field scoreboard. He compares it to the electronic scoreboards around the league. Veeck goes on to talk about the inception of the Comiskey Park scoreboard and publicity stunts.

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  [Veeck B-Roll Pix Group C]

  Sports

  This is a tape of a series of images and baseball cards shot for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”

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  [Mary Frances Veeck #2]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Audio only of an interview with Mary Frances Veeck, wife of Bill Veeck. She discusses moving often, raising her children, and hosting/entertaining at her home. Shot to be used as voiceover in “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”

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  [Cubs salute the fans 1984]

  Cubs, Sports

  This tape includes footage from the final game of the 1984 regular season between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs thrillingly defeat the Cardinals to win the division and take the field to thank the thousands of Cubs fans in attendance at Wrigley field.

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  [ESPN coverage of Eddie Gaedel anniversary]

  Chicago, Sports

  ESPN news report celebrating the 35th anniversary of Eddie Gaedel’s entrance into the world of baseball. Bill Veeck put the little person to bat for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951. There are interviews with people involved, including two of the players from that game between the Browns and the Tigers. The report concludes with a commemoration of Veeck’s life, as he had just passed away in January of that year. Included are clips from the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”

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  Image Union, episode 0430: Inside Spring Training

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Image Union, Roots of Video, Sports, White Sox

  Image Union episode featuring “Inside Spring Training” by Tom Weinberg. A look at the 1978 White Sox at preseason practice in Florida.

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  Time Out, episode 120

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are John Schulian of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and John Mengelt, broadcaster and NBA veteran.