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WLS Channel 7 - Sunday Night Movie - "To Trap A Spy" (Brief Bumper Excerpts, 1978)

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Here are some very brief opening, ending, and bumper excerpts from the Sunday Night Movie airing of "To Trap A Spy" on WLS Channel 7 that I edited together. We can see it uses the same swirling-star motif as used on the 3:30 Movie and Late Night Movie shows of the period, but this one has a different title that can be briefly glimpsed at t...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #2, 1978)

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Here's Commercial Break #2 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

WDAI 94.7 FM - Disco Radio!

Armourcote commercial offer (the original!)

WLS-TV Editorial Reply with Betty Cameron - President, League of Women Voters of Cook County.

Jason and the Argonauts Channel 7 bumper slide

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27t...

WTTW Channel 11 - Sunday Movie Eleven - "Operation Snatch" (Opening, 1980)

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Here's a (mostly complete) opening of the Sunday Movie Eleven presentation of "Operation Snatch" on WTTW Channel 11. Uses a slightly different font on the "Movie Eleven" logo than the one previously seen. Also includes a Thomson Vacations tag at the beginning and a WTTW station ID slide.

The recording cut-out before the opening was completed.

All voiceovers by Marty Robinson.

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WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Dr. Who" (Intermission Ending, 1976)

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Here's the ending of an Intermission during Movie Eleven's presentation of the Doctor Who story "The Claws of Axos". We see just a smidge of a WTTW ID slide and the ending of Don Ferris' voiceover and a Movie Eleven Intermission slide before they fade up with Part 3.

Previous to this we saw the opening with the snazzy music from the same broadcast.

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

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WMAQ Channel 5 - Movie 5 - "The Ape Man" (Opening & PSA's, 1988)

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Here is the opening of a late movie feature of "The Ape Man" on WMAQ Channel 5. It starts out with some kind of time-filler - a Channel 5 logo over some rock music which goes on for over a minute, and then the opening to the "Movie 5" begins - I've seen this opening before used in New York so I think it was a national thing.

Then, strangely, between the Movie 5 opening and the start of the film, they show the following PSA's:

U.S. Postal Service featuring Ann Ro...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:00 Movie - "Seven's Shooting Stars" (Promo, 1983)

Views: 2398

Here's a promo for the Seven's Shooting Stars game on the 3:00 Movie.

Produced by Karen Yellen Dillon. Music by Robert Richter and Friends productions.

The contest ran from June 27th through August 5th.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 20th 1983 during the 9am to 10am hour.

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Chariots Of The Gods" (Promo, 1977)

Views: 1669

Here is a short bumper promo for the Channel 7 3:30pm Movie presentation of "Chariots of the Gods" which was shown on Monday, November 21st 1977.

Voiceover by Wayne Atkinson.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV a few days before 11-21-77.

WTTW Channel 11 - Movie Eleven - "Swept Away" (Intermission Excerpt, 1980)

Views: 1877

Here's an Intermission slide during the Movie Eleven presentation of "Swept Away" on WTTW Channel 11. ("commercial" break was cut, unfortunately)

Voiceover by Don Ferris.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, May 9th 1980 @ 10:30pm.

WGN Channel 9 - The Late Movie - "Destination Moon" (Ending Excerpt, 1977)

Views: 1389

Here's the ending bumper and beginning of the first commercial for the Late Movie presentation of "Destination Moon" on WGN Channel 9.

Ending of "Destination Moon" - This is the End of the Beginning

"Kaleidoscope" bumper for the WGN Late Movie

Beginning of Record offer for "Disco Hustle" by Adam VIII Ltd. ‎

Recording cuts out, sadly...

This (most likely) aired on local Chicago TV early Wednesday, January 1...