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  [Rostenkowski raw: Mayor Jane Byrne]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics

  Raw footage for the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne is interviewed about Dan Rostenkowski. Byrne comments on Rostenkowski’s importance to Chicago and the country; how Rostenkowski’s leadership role in Congress will help large cities; and how Rostenkowski was able to secure Presidential Inauguration tickets for her and other prominent Chicago politicians. Mayor Byrne also tells an amusing anecdote about the time Rostenkowski accidentally referred to her as “Mayor Daley.”

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  The 90’s, episode 110: Compilation

  American Way, Studs Terkel, THE 90's, Tom Weinberg

  Episode 110 of the award-winning TV series The 90’s. This episode is called “COMPILATION” and features the following segments:

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #14]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) and his son Tracy Patterson during a fight in Atlantic City. Shot for the television special “Once A Star.”

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  [Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #6 Dallas]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage for the 1986 television special “Once a Star” from the NBA Slam Dunk Competition during the 1986 All-Star Weekend. Connie Hawkins (1942-) is also briefly interviewed.

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  Bowie Kuhn in NYC #5

  Sports

  00:00 Bars and tone, with some background conversation. 01:10 Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn talks about night games, specifically the World Series, and “what is best for baseball.” He says local fans in Chicago don’t like it, but national fans should have a chance to see the World Series. 03:00 Tom Weinberg challenges Kuhn, asking what he means by “what’s best for baseball” and who gets to make that call. Kuhn says you need to look at a wide range […]

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  [Sweetwater Clifton #2]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports

  Raw footage for “Once a Star.” Interview with Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, one of the first black players in the NBA and former Harlem Globetrotter.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Donna Johnson #2]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices

  This tape contains raw footage for the television show “Chicago Slices.” Ben Jarovsky spends some time with Donna Johnson, who lives in the Prairie Avenue Historic District in Chicago. She takes us on a tour of the famous buildings in the neighborhood with her uncooperative cat, Rodney, who wears a leash.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Danny Bonaduce]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices

  Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a series documenting life in and around Chicago. In this video, we have lunch at a Japanese restaurant with Danny Bonaduce, child star of the Partridge Family and current DJ on WLUP radio. In true Bonaduce fashion, Danny is highly energetic, scattered in his thoughts, and hilarious. He discusses topics such as child stars, his career, and drug addiction with Neil Sabin and Joel Cohen.