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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #21]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  This tape contains footage shot for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” We continue to watch footage of Bill Veeck at a University of Illinois men’s basketball game.

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  [The 90’s raw: Dr. Bill Ayers]

  Chicago, Outside Agitators, THE 90's, Tom Weinberg

  This video is a raw interview with Dr. Bill Ayers of the University of Illinois at Chicago for the award-winning TV series The 90’s. Ayers is a professor and former member of the radical group The Weather Underground. In the interview, Ayers discusses the many problems found within the education system in Chicago and across the nation.

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  Image Union, episode 0521

  Image Union, Roots of Video

  Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Cynthia Neal, Lilly Ollinger, and Tom Weinberg. Works include footage from Chicago’s Deep Tunnel Project, a portrait of an 11-year-old marathon runner, and an interview with a producer of x-rated pornographic films.

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  [Studs Terkel lecture at Northeastern University]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Studs Terkel lectures at Northeastern University in Chicago.

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  The Good War

  American Way, Global Perspectives on War and Peace, NHPRC, Performance, Studs Terkel

  Prologue Theatre’s 1991 musical production of Studs Terkel’s award-winning “The Good War.” Using a simple set and minimal props, the cast evokes myriad characters whose monologues voice the different perspectives of those alive during World War II, including American soldiers, German soldiers, nurses, teenagers, Japanese civilians, and scientists.

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  [Rocking the Boat raw: Bughouse Square #1]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  Footage of Bughouse Square in August 1998. Studs Terkel briefly appears in this video.

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  [Studs’ Place 40th anniversary party at MBC]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  A reception at the Museum of Broadcast Communications honoring the 40th anniversary of the premiere of Studs’ Place, which first aired on November 26, 1949. Studs speaks about the show along with producer Charlie Andrews, director Dan Petrie, actress Beverly Younger, actor Win Stracke, producer Sterling “Red” Quinlan, occasional guest actor Nate Davis, and others.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Joe Cummings Hanging Out In Skokie]

  American Way, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Viewers Choice

  Interviews with Skokie residents/immigrants from different countries who explain what they love about Skokie and why they chose Skokie over the rest of the world. Most give their full names, addresses, and phone numbers.