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  Our Day In NYC

  Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Skip Blumberg

  This tape features footage of a day in New York City in 1973 shot by Videofreex members Skip Blumberg with David Cort.

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  Fifty Wonderful Years

  American Way, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video

  A behind the scenes look at the 1973 Miss California Pageant and the state of the feminist movement. By the early 1970s, pageants had become a target of feminists and the organizers and contestants found themselves facing protests and scrutiny from the media. Optic Nerve presents both sides neutrally, allowing the clueless pageant community to make the feminists’ case for them.

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  Happy Birthday Homemade TV (first composite)

  American Way, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Performance, Roots of Video

  “Catch 21: Happy Birthday Homemade TV.” On the one year anniversary of the first airing of “Homemade TV,” producers share the best clips from past broadcasts.

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  Downsville TV

  American Way, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Performance, Roots of Video

  An example of early cable casting in upstate New York, this tape provides glimpse at work and play in the rural town of Downsville.

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  L.A. “Trash” tape

  NHPRC, Tom Weinberg, TVTV

  This tape features footage that had been taped off of Los Angeles and Chicago TV stations during the production of TVTV’s “Adland.”

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  [1973 MLB All-Star Game]

  Sports

  This tape features a recap of the 1973 Major League Baseball All-Star game held in Kansas City, Missouri at Royals Stadium. We follow both the American League and National League on their quest for glory. New York Mets player and baseball legend Willie Mays makes his final All-Star appearance.