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  [The 90’s Election Specials raw: RNC #9]

  1992 Election, Politics

  Raw footage of the 1992 Republican National Convention for The 90’s election specials. Inside the convention hall. Maria Shriver, George W. Bush, Ted Koppel, George H.W. Bush, and Barbara Bush all appear on the tape.

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  [The 90’s Election Specials raw: Ross Perot press conference]

  Politics, THE 90's

  Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. This tape features a press conference on October 1, 1992, where Ross Perot, joined by Vice Admiral James Stockdale, announces his intention to re-enter the presidential race.

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  [The 90’s raw: Barber Shop]

  American Way, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. This tape features footage of the Broadway Barber Shop in New York City. As patrons get their hair cut, shop owner Mr. Kay engages in lively debates with his customers.

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  Image Union, episode 1102: impressions of Harold

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, Image Union, NHPRC, Politics, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  Image Union episode featuring “Impressions of Harold: 1983-1987” by Bill Stamets.

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  [Abbie Hoffman raw #2]

  Chicago, Outside Agitators

  This tape features the second part of an interview with activist Abbie Hoffman at the Chicago Amphitheater on the 20th anniversary of 1968 Democratic National Convention. In the tape, Hoffman briefly talks about his book “Steal This Urine Test.” Timecode onscreen.

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  National Sofa

  Viewers Choice

  Showing of plans for interactive monument called the National Sofa. There will be an unveiling of a model and a press conference. It will be a marble sofa (or an inflatable sofa) that can fit 100 people and a 100 ft by 50 ft screen, which will show scenes from inside the White House. The National Sofa is a place for dialogue between the US citizens and the First Family, whenever the family wants to initate one. Doug Michels and Jim Allegro are the architects, who answer questions. “A high tech monument for the high tech ’90s.”

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  [Bernard Epton interview]

  Chicago, Harold Washington, Politics

  Tom Weinberg interviews Bernard Epton, Republican Chicago mayoral candidate whose campaign against Harold Washington became controversial when his television commercials were perceived (correctly so) as racist attacks on Washington. He talks about his controversial slogans and commercials. After the Epton interview, at 11:43, there is raw footage from an interview with Milton Rakove for “Vito Marzullo.”

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  [Rostenkowski raw #108]

  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. This tape features an interview with Rostenkowski about his past and about soon-to-be President Ronald Reagan.