[Bill Veeck at O’Leary’s #10]
Raw footage of Bill Veeck at O’Leary’s for Bill Veeck’s Saloon. Continuation of discussion about sports and baseball. Participants are noticeably inebriated (Veeck in particular).
Raw footage of Bill Veeck at O’Leary’s for Bill Veeck’s Saloon. Continuation of discussion about sports and baseball. Participants are noticeably inebriated (Veeck in particular).
Edward R. Murrow on “Person to Person” interviews Bill and Mary Frances Veeck. About half the time questions are directed towards Mary Frances. Topics include baseball, showmanship, Veeck’s wardrobe, domestic life, and non-conformity.
Bill Veeck and David Nightingale for Time Out discussing sports.
Puerto Rican Nationalists visit a conference in Chicago in honor of their actions, supporters group leaders speak to demonstrate their support.
Footage of Bill Veeck and Mike Leiderman in Powell’s Book Store in Hyde Park, March 13, 1981. They discuss Charles van Loan, Grantland Rice, Larry Ritter, and Veeck’s own book.
An episode of the show “Common Ground,” hosted by Warner Saunders with guest Studs Terkel. They discuss social issues, pitting Terkel’s optimism against Saunders’ realism.
Layoffs of two different Studs Terkel tapes.