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ABC Network - World News Tonight - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 5 - Non-Crash News, 1979)

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Here's Part 5 (the last part) of a complete edition (with commercials) of ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in London and Max Robinson in Washington (Frank Reynolds was on vacation), from the day of the worst air disaster in U.S. history, the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 just outside Chicago's O'Hare Airport. This segment has more of the non-crash news of the day. Featuring Stephen Geer and Richard Mayk. Includes the following national news read or introduced by ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts (Part 1, 1979)

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Here's Part 1 of Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts, a local interview program hosted by Kathy McFarland that followed an encore presentation of the Academy Award-winning Scared Straight! on WFLD Channel 32. Also featuring a former street gang member turned straight, Ray Rowland(sp?). Includes:

A few more seconds of the Scared Straight! film are shown (with a quick zoom-in of the Scared Straight! Chicago Reacts title) as Kathy begins her comments lead...

WLVI Channel 56 - The Benny Hill Show (Ending & Partial Break, 1979)

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Not from Chicago, but still interesting (and pertinent) - here's the ending segment of an edition of The Benny Hill Show from WLVI Channel 56 in Boston, Massachusetts (sister station to our own WFLD Channel 32 until 1983), followed by a partial commercial break. Includes:

Ending chase sequence from his October 28th 1970 special, with Lesley Goldie disrobing to a bikini while a prisoner (Benny) is on the verge of being executed by a firing squad led by (Bob Todd) and whi...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 4, 1978)

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Here's Part 4 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Don Craig, Naurice Roberts, Harry Porterfield, Gail Sikevitz and Jim Ruddle, photos of Clifton and Frayn Utley, Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison, "Kukla" and "Ollie," and archive footage of Dave Garroway, Wayne King, Johnny Erp, Fred Thomas, Keith Klein, Jane Pauley, a...

KNBC Channel 4 - Ending of NewsCenter4 - Early Edition with Paul Moyer & Kelly Lange and Editorial Reply (1977)

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Not from Chicago, but one which, "even then," had overtaken Chicago as the "Second City" in population: a clip of the ending minutes of the early edition of NewsCenter4 with anchors Paul Moyer and Kelly Lange on KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles. Also features Paul Dandridge, John Marshall and Boyd Matson. This was on the tail end of a 3/4" Umatic tape where something was recorded over most of this. (A side note: The weather at this point in time was handled by a young chap named Pat ...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Ginny Tiu Show (Part 3, 1969)

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Here's Part 3 of The Ginny Tiu Show which aired on WCIU Channel 26. Ms. Tiu was a child prodigy pianist whose chief claim to fame was playing by ear and not being able to read a note, and who was a familiar presence on such 1960's TV series as The Ed Sullivan Show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, and a 1966 episode of I've Got a Secret (from Steve Allen's run as host), as well as appearing in the 1962 Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! In later years, ...

WBBM Channel 2 - Channel 2 News - The Sunday Edition (Pre-Show Break & Opening Minutes, 1977)

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Here's the pre-show break and opening few minutes from The Sunday Edition of the Channel 2 News on WBBM Channel 2. Reception was a tad ghosty, but overall not bad.

Coming right after the ending Universal ID from an episode of Delvecchio, this clip starts with a weird buzzing sound, and then:

CBS Network promo for Maude and All's Fair (Main voiceover by ??) (Ending voiceover by Pat Connell)

Preview for Channel 2 News ...