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WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Northwest Mounted Police" (Promo, 1972)

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Here's something very rare - a [sound modified] promo for an upcoming 3:30 Movie presentation (in two parts) of the 1940 film "Northwest Mounted Police" (directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard) on WLS Channel 7, from within the venerable afternoon movie showcase's early years.

Pretty neat find, showing different 3:30 Movie title graphics than we've seen before. Anyone remember this version? Could it have only been used for the...

Field Communications - Internal Sales Tape (Part 1, 1980)

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Here is Part 1 of an excellent time capsule of the five Field Communications family of independent television stations. Field Communications was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Field Enterprises - which at one time owned the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. Chock full of vintage station id's, bumpers, slides, logos, jingles, promos, you name it!

This presentation includes: ratings and audience share summaries, mention of Field Spot Sales joining forces with The Katz Agency to form I...

Kaiser Broadcasting - "Doing Things in a Big Way" (Promotional Sales Film) (Part 1, 1968)

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This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.

Here's Part 1 of a neat promotional sales film from Kaiser Broadcasting Company which owned WFLD Channel 32 from 1973 to 1977. This 1968 film, dealt with the company's pre-WFLD early years in operation; at the time of this promo film, Kaiser owned sta...

WLS Channel 7 - Freaky Films (Intro & Promo, 1971)

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Here's an especially rare Halloween Treat for 2012!

Here is the intro to, and a promo for, Freaky Films (a.k.a. [at least according to one source] Freaky Film of the Week), a short-lived horror movie showcase that aired Saturdays on WLS Channel 7 from April 10th 1971 to September 11th 1971 (ending 30 years to the day before that other 9/11).

Both films start off with a brief title card of the logo of the company that processed it (Metr...

Way to Go! Special (Part 8 - Final One, 1980)

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Here is the eighth and final part of the Field Communications produced Way to Go! Special - an hour long (compilation?) showcase of some special kids and what they do. Has a lot of nice little slices of late seventies life as a kid. :-) The tape was dated May of 1980. My contact says that only a few of these "Specials" were made. Like I said, I'm not sure if these were compilations of segments shown on the regular Way to Go program, or if they were specifically produced for these specials. I ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 1982 Chicago Emmy Awards (Excerpt, 1982)

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Here's an excerpt of the 1982 Chicago Emmy Awards (with some slightly amended audio) which aired on WBBM Channel 2, originating from the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and hosted by Phil Donahue. (Apologies for the picture quality.)

This part features Mary Ann Childers, Irv Kupcinet, Steve Dahl, Garry Meier and John Roach.

Mr. Dahl, Mr. Meier (whose first name was misspelled "Gary" on the lower-third) and Mr. Roach won in the category of "Outstanding...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 1, 1978)

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The transfer of this video clip made possible by your generous donations!

This is a tremendous find - not only do we have another (mostly) complete Chicago Emmy Awards telecast - this one from the 70s - as part of the 20th Anniversary they decided to have a retrospective of the local TV stations! So we get to see some footage, slides and pictures, which apparently at this point in 1978 were not yet thrown out or forgotten by the TV stations. (Some of the clips or bu...