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WBBM Channel 2 - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Excerpts, 1975)

Views: 4386

Here's some excerpts of the 1975 airing of the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Christmas on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Tail end of WBBM ID bumper slide with shot of Christmas lights in front of Chicago skyline - a slightly different station logo than would be used a few years from here, with the "2" in Serif Gothic Heavy and call letters and city in Serif Gothic Bold (same font as used by sister station WCBS Channel 2 in New York from 1973 to 1985, and by KNXT Channel 2 ...

WDIV Channel 4 - News 4 Detroit (Part 1, 1979)

Views: 3768

Here's the opening segment for News 4 Detroit and the first commercial break, on WDIV Channel 4. Includes:

Opening to WDIV News 4 Detroit (voiceover by ??)

Mort Crim reports on growing tensions in Iran

Kai Maxwell reports on the hostage situation in Iran including comments from some of those recently released (includes Lloyd Rollins - Mount Vernon, VA)

Anti-american outburst in Pakistan

Comments about Mecca from Muham...

WGN Channel 9 - When Movies Were Movies - "Union Pacific" (Commercial Break #1, 1979)

Views: 2522

Here's the first commercial break from the When Movies Were Movies presentation of the 1939 film "Union Pacific" on WGN Channel 9. Includes:

Bumper slide with movie title next to lights

Commercial: Bobby Hull for Sears Bank & Trust - offering such services as savings and checking accounts, and Deposit Credit (maximum credit limit $5,000) to write yourself an "instant loan" - "Out to Be the Fastest Bank in Town"

Commercial: Chicago ...

WSNS Channel 44 - Popeye with Steve Hart (Extended Opening, 1976?)

Views: 761

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

Here's yet another opening for Popeye with Steve Hart on WSNS Channel 44, which (after the lighthouse shot with the "44" logo on top) starts off with a later clip of Steve and Little K (the hairdo on Steve seems to suggest 1976), plus his other ...

WMAQ Channel 5 - News 5 Chicago Night Report (Opening Segment, 1972)

Views: 1621

Here's a neat superVintage clip - the first three minutes of the Channel 5 10pm News from 1972! Includes:

Station ID with voiceover "This is WMAQ-TV, Chicago" by ??

Opening to the News 5 Chicago Night Report "with Floyd Kalber, Harry Volkman, Johnny Morris, and Len O'Connor" (voiceover by ??)

Floyd Kalber reports on the proposed 1973 Chicago School Budget and cuts and layoffs deemed necessary by Chicago Public Schools Superintendent James R...

WMAQ Channel 5 - "The Wizard of Oz" (Commercial Break #2, 1973)

Views: 2108

Here's a second surviving commercial break for the 1973 airing of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" (starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr) on WMAQ Channel 5. This was the seventh airing of this classic by NBC, which held the rights from 1967 to 1975. (Among the fare preempted this evening: The Wonderful World of Disney.) Includes:

Commercial: McDonald's - with a mother and her children driving to have a meal after her husband bids them goodbye ...

WCIX Channel 6 - Snipets - "Pride Has Many Faces" (1984)

Views: 1919

Here's another rare Snipets segment! These originally were created by and aired on the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations such as WFLD Channel 32, in the 70s and early 80s. However, with the sale and dissolution of Field starting in 1982, for whatever reason Snipets segments popped up on a few other non-Field or former-Field stations, even as late as 1986!

This particular a...