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WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 1, 1979)

Views: 9076

Here's Part 1 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, Peter Karl and Eastern Airlines pilot Ed Marino. Includes:

Continuing live shots of the smoldering fire that consumed the plane (from Higgins & Elmhurst in Elk Grove Village), with ongoing commentary by Diane Allen; we see the live r...

CBS Network - Happy New Year America! (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 857

Here's Part 2 of the continuation (before the tape ran out) of Happy New Year America! on WBBM Channel 2 after the preemption by New Year's Eve: Chicago Style was completed.

This part includes more with Paul Anka who sings a song with Barbara Mandrell, and then Al Hirt live from New Orleans performs the theme from Rocky (incomplete).

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 1st 1980 from about 12:14am to 12:18am.

WFLD Channel 32 - PM Magazine Chicago - "Son Of Svengoolie - Off-Air Footage" (1981)

Views: 2482

Here's some of the extra off-air footage that was part of the Son of Svengoolie piece on PM Magazine Chicago. Includes:

The Richard Simmons Show bumper promo (with voiceover by Jim Barton instead teasing the upcoming Sven appearance on PM Magazine)

PM Magazine Chicago show opening

Hosts Mike Leiderman and Jo Ann Williams introduce the show with some extra footage of Sven at a little-league baseball game.

(I cut out the story since y...

ABC News - The Next Giant Step - "Space Shuttle Landing" (Part 1, 1981)

Views: 3155

Here's Part 1 of a live ABC News special reporting on the first ever landing of the Space Shuttle (Columbia). Features a number of things which I will fill in later or which you will kindly add to the comments. :-)

Commercial: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines "It's A Great Place To Start"

Commercial: Qantel Business Computer with Qikplan Business Planning and Control Program software.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 14th 1981.

SportsChannel - The Sports Writers On TV (Part 7, 1991)

Views: 1520

Here's an episode of The SportsWriters on TV, as aired on SportsChannel - one of the hosts of which we lost recently (Bill Gleason).

Featuring Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune, Rick Telander of Sports Illustrated, Bill Gleason from the South Bend, Indiana Tribune, and hosted by Ben Bentley.

In Part 7, the last part, they discuss a connection between the Civil War and baseball - Ken Burns, and his upcoming documentary - also, how still photographs are better than...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Rock World (Part 5, 1980)

Views: 1912

Here's Part 5 of a complete edition of Rock World, a weekly pre-MTV music video show that aired on WMAQ Channel 5 (simulcast on WXRT 93 FM). Includes:

Video of a live performance by Steve Forbert - "Romeo's Tune" followed by "The Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes a Long Long Way)"

Commercial: GV Jeans with Hot Pockets by Murjani (same one shown at certain points through the show)

Commercial: Connie Shoes (again!) - at Watertower Place, ...

CBS Sunday Morning - "The Metric System" (With Fuzzy Credit) (2012)

Views: 2944

Here are some clips from CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood that used one of our videos. Includes:

"Almanac" segment of the events of February 12th, with pertinent photos, film and video clips, and descriptions of the following:

- 1973: Ohio introduces the metric system in its highway signs, showing distances in kilometers as well as miles; a clip of a school lesson about the metric system is then shown, followed by the ultimately ill-fated atte...

ABC News Viewpoint - The Day After (Part 3, 1983)

Views: 5062

Here is Part 3 of the live ABC News Viewpoint special on "The Nuclear Dilemma". This aired after The Day After on WLS Channel 7 - an ABC Theater telemovie about the effects of a full-scale nuclear attack on the United States. Hosted by Ted Koppel.

Panel of guests were Dr. Henry Kissinger, Carl Sagan, Brent Scowcroft, William F. Buckley, Jr., Elie Wiesel, and Robert McNamara.

This aired on local Chicago TV Sunday, November 20th 1983.

WSVN Channel 7 - Gigglesnort Hotel - "Vanity" (Part 1, 1987)

Views: 399

Here's Part 1 of an episode of Bill Jackson's Gigglesnort Hotel (entitled "Vanity", which was Episode #17 of the series, and whose original airdate was Sunday, May 11th 1975.)

This aired on Channel 7 - WSVN Channel 7 in Miami / Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that is. (The station was an NBC affiliate at the time; it is today an affiliate of the FOX television network.)

This program - the last major show to feature Mr. Jackson's parade of puppets...