Chicago Slices, episode 9304
Episode 9304 of the show featuring everyday Chicagoans.
An interview with Robyn Smith, the famed jockey. As the one of the first females to race horses professionally, she touches on her jockeying career and the struggles she had encountered throughout it. Smith also discusses her passion for riding, the debate over whether it is the jockey or the horse that wins the race, and the politics and biases of the horse racing world.
In this part of an interview with hockey great Dennis Hull, Hull recounts the decisions that led him to his career in the NHL. He also gives insight into the mindset of a hockey player, discussing the importance of faith in oneself and the fact that winning the Stanley Cup, not one’s salary, is of the most paramount importance.
0:00 Black, static. 0:32 Flying Saucer clip from “Greetings from Lanesville” by the Videofreex. This segment features Tom Weinberg and Skip Blumberg playing flying saucer inspectors. This is a different edit from the version on the full “Greetings From Lanesville” tape. The Lanesville TV Show was broadcast out of the Catskills of New York in the 1970s. 7:55 End. Static. 8:22 “In Black and White. Report. State of the Movement.” by Nancy Cain. Cain takes us to the Little Miss […]
In this raw tape, Skip Blumberg shoots on the streets of New York for The 90’s, asking people about the upcoming presidential election. At the same time, Danny Schechter and a camera crew shoot Skip for a Globalvision video training tape. Most of the tape is Skip shooting Schechter’s crew as they interview him. Skip gives simple and clear explanations of the principles that guide his shooting (i.e., one should not look through the viewfinder but should instead learn to shoot without thinking about it).
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Grant Kester walks around with Becker in a mall in Washington, D.C., and Becker takes a tour through Tech 2000, Interactive TV.
A documentary covering how nuclear power plants work, their safety issues, and public opinions on them. Don Johnson and Mike Gray speak with several industry employees as well as critics.
Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a series documenting life in and around Chicago. In this video, we meet Lisa Ely and her cats, Kitty and Nikki, in her apartment. In her interview with Tobi Johnson, Lisa claims that her cat, Kitty, sings the Mickey Mouse theme song and “barks” and has Kitty demonstrate these talents.