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  [Rostenkowski raw #107]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Roots of Video

  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, U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill is interviewed briefly. He, predictably, praises Rostenkowski. He says that he would prefer that Rostenkowski take the Majority Whip job that has been offered him by House majority leader Jim Wright, rather than take the Chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee. He explains the responsibilities of a House Majority Whip, and informs us that is the third highest leadership position in the House. After the interview is some shots of the large, ornate doors leading to the House Ways and Means Committee office. Rostenkowski explains that his name will be on the door, if he decides to take the job.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #301]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. This tape takes place on election day, 1980. The tape opens with b-roll footage of billboards advertising that Rostenkowski is “Working for Chicago,” and that Rostenkowski means “Leadership for Chicago.” B-roll footage of the exterior of Rostenkowski’s Chicago office follows.

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  [Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #3]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, Once A Star, Sports, White Sox

  Raw footage of an interview with Chicago White Sox player Jim Rivera, who played with the team throughout the 1950s. Rivera talks about his troubled upbringing, his run-ins with the law, his journey into the Major Leagues, and what his current life is like in Angola, IN. Shot for the 1986 TV special “Once A Star.”

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #1]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with Bill Veeck at his home in Hyde Park (Chicago). Veeck is interviewed about his hobby of mobile making.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #18]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage of Wrigley Field in preparation for opening day, 1985. Shot for “A Man for Any Season,” a documentary about Bill Veeck.

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  Time Out, episode 145

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that was hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are Sports Illustrated correspondent Rick Telander, WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team Kenny McReynolds, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.

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  Image Union, episode 0021

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Union, Performance, Roots of Video

  Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Street Show Auditions” by Drew Brown, Annette Barbier, Jerry Moyemont, and Jim Fahrenwald, “Rock Against Racism” by Jim Nitti and Jim Pasta, “Voices of the People” by Nancy Cruz, Sandra Ortiz, Mirko Popadic, Sandra Rogers, and Denise Zaccardi, and “Continued to Death” by Scott Jacobs, Tony Medici, and Mirko Popadic.

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  Artbeat Chicago, episode 404

  Chicago, NHPRC, Performance, Studs Terkel

  In this episode of Artbeat Chicago, the renovation and renewal of the Chicago Theater district is discussed, a young actress playing the role of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson is profiled, a throng of classic black art is showcased in the downtown gallery scene, and a production based on the life of Peggy Guggenheim is visited. Studs Terkel briefly appears in the piece on Mahalia Jackson.