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WSNS Channel 44 - Sign-On & ONTV Transition (1985)
Views: 9696
Here is a rare and neat video - a sign-on for WSNS Channel 44 followed by the transition to ONTV's scrambled signal. Includes:
Color Bars, Tone & "WSNS-TV Transmitter Maintenance Until 5:57 A.M." text message for about 65 seconds.
WSNS Channel 44 Sign-On
National Anthem along with scenes of Chicago (Marina City Towers, Soldier Field)
Metro Focus community calendar notice
(Looks like there was a cut in recording here. ...
WLS Channel 7 - ABC Movie Special - "Rudolph and Frosty" (Opening, 1981)
Views: 2311
Fuzzy Claus returns with his yearly bagful of Christmas-themed goodies!!!!
Here's the opening moments of the ABC Movie Special presentation of Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph and Frosty" (originally released in 1979 as "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July," per IMDb) on WLS Channel 7. (NOTE: At the start of this clip, there is some "channel-surfing" (or more accurately commercial/pre-show c...
WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! (Part 4, 1979)
Views: 586
Here's Part 4 of the controversial Academy Award-winning documentary Scared Straight! (hosted and narrated by Peter Falk) as aired on WFLD Channel 32. This was from an "encore presentation." Includes:
"27 Years" orders the audience members to sit up, and gets into the face of several of them, even so far as to threaten to bite off the nose of one teen; he bluntly points out that what they see on TV is "fantasy," and that in real life when one does time, they do time...
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 - "Chicago Cubs Scorekeepers" (1980)
Views: 1319
Here's some more results from the open reel transfers financed by our generous group of Fuzzketeers during the Reel Transfer Fundraiser #1. Look for a lot more, coming soon!
Here's the ending part of an edition of NewsCenter5 with Jim Ruddle and Linda Yu on WMAQ Channel 5, followed by a (mostly) complete editorial. Includes:
The tail end of a sports report by ...
WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "An American Christmas Carol" (Opening & Break, 1979)
Views: 2771
Here's the opening and first commercial break for The ABC Sunday Night Movie world premiere presentation of "An American Christmas Carol" (starring Henry Winkler of Happy Days fame - AAAAAY!) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:
Animated station ID/promo for Eyewitness News at 6pm & 10pm with Fahey Flynn (voiceover by Gary Gears)
The ABC Sunday Night Movie open, including promo for "An American Christmas Carol" (voiceover by Joel Crager)
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WTTW Channel 11 - Monty Python's Flying Circus - "Missing Political Choreographer Opening" (1980)
Views: 2784
Well this is something pretty darn rare. Here's the opening of a WTTW Channel 11 broadcast of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. It was the episode "A Book at Bedtime" (originally from 1973 - Season 3; Episode 12). Sound ordinary so far? Well, it isn't. The opening of the show includes a sketch that has essentially been lost. WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 3, 1979)
Views: 3162 Here's Part 3 of WLS Channel 7's news coverage of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (a DC-10 manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas; scheduled to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles), 1/2 mile northwest of O'Hare Airport. Featuring Diane Allen and the voices of eyewitnesses Bruce Zupek, George Erich(sp?) and Craig Molstead(sp?). Includes:
The official DVD release of this episode doesn't have it (known as the "Political Choreographer" sketch) - in fact, the
News Bulletin bumper slide (voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)
Diane Allen in the newsroom, with shots of the smoldering ...
WGN Channel 9 - Garfield Goose And Friends (Opening Excerpt, 1971)
Views: 44360
Found on an ancient, open-reel black & white skip field recording that was donated to us along with a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff, and tucked away at the end of the reel, this gem was discovered - some footage from Garfield Goose and Friends on WGN Channel 9 that has been lost and unseen for almost 40 years!! (originally broadcast in color, but captured on this early home videotape recorder in black and white)
As y...
WFLD Channel 32 - Son of Svengoolie - "Beyond the Time Barrier" (Break #2 + Station ID, 1986)
Views: 847
Here's the second commercial break for the Son Of Svengoolie presentation (Show #333) of the 1960 film "Beyond the Time Barrier" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:
Sven (Rich Koz) asking about the unusual way a film segment begins and ends, and Tombstone saying he doesn't see "anything unusual"
Commercial offer for The Survivor - The Ultimate Survival Knife - a whopping 12" long (main voiceover by ??) (ending voiceover by ??)
Tombstone introduces Sven a...