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  [Bill Veeck #5 at Powell’s Bookstore]

  Bill Veeck, Sports

  Camera original footage of Bill Veeck at Powell’s Bookstore in Hyde Park.

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  [Watch It! raw: Chicago Fish House]

  Chicago

  Raw footage for the television series Watch It! At Chicago Fish House, a fish processing plant and fresh fish supplier/market in Chicago. Fish, from small salmon to massive tuna are gutted, cleaned, boned, filleted, butchered, and ground by workers on an assembly line. The work is performed by hand (except for the grinding).

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  Chicago Slices, episode 9316

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Viewers Choice

  Episode 9316 of the show featuring everyday Chicagoans.

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  [The News Channel demo]

  Chicago

  A demo for a show called “The News Channel” with reporter Joe Cummings. There are two segments on this tape:

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  Hiring Line

  Roots of Video

  The video contains a 1972 pilot for “Hiring Line,” a show dedicated to making job listings available to the public. The show offers viewers the opportunity to call and inquire about the jobs, as well as presenting general consumer information. This is a color copy of the program.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #106]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, Harold Washington, NHPRC, Politics

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. In this tape, Joseph K. Dowley, chief counsel to the Way and Means Committee, is interviewed. He discusses what a “powerful and important position” the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is, and informs us that it has traditionally been a stepping-stone to the House Speakership.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Sidney Barry #1]

  American Way, Chicago, Chicago Slices

  This video contains raw footage for the television show “Chicago Slices.” Videomaker Doug Sawyer travels with Karen Hutt to interview Sidney Barry, an African-American teenager who was about graduate from high school in Chatham on the south side of Chicago. Barry talks about his life experiences, race, other teens, society, and his hopes for the future.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Women’s Action Coalition]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Outside Agitators, Skip Blumberg

  Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a television series about life in Chicagoland. This video focuses on the Women’s Action Coalition (WAC), an organization focused around women’s issues. Videomaker Skip Blumberg tapes a WAC gathering at Carpenter and Huron in the West Loop where participants with homemade instruments play in a drum circle, and also interviews many of them about their beliefs and their cause.