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

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Here is some amazing, ancient footage that really has no business existing.
;-)

Finally the "classic" Movie Eleven opening from the 70's, complete. Prior to this the only footage I found was a brief snippet of the title card. This was a unique night because they were showing a 4 part episode of Dr. Who, "The Claws of Axos". The showed the episodes back-to-back with a brief intermission between ...

WGN Channel 9 - Night Beat - "Bozo's 17th Anniversary" (1978)

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Here is an excerpt from an airing of Night Beat featuring Carl Greyson, on WGN Channel 9, with a story on Bozo's Circus' 17th Anniversary show. (which aired Monday, September 11th 1978)

Muriel Clair reporting.

Features Bob Bell, Roy Brown, Phil Donahu...

WTTW Channel 11 - Open Air - "Pledge Night Plea" (1973)

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Here's the ending of an episode of Open Air, WTTW's showcase of music performances and discussion that was the predecessor to Made in Chicago, which in turn evolved into the long-running Soundstage.

Features Jerry G. Bishop as host, and as this was Pledge Night he g...

WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "A Woman Rebels" (Opening, 1980)

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Here's the opening for the WLS Late Night Movie presentation of "A Woman Rebels".

Notice, the graphics are the "Swirling Stars" animation which is the same style as the WLS 3:30 Movie opening from the same era.

However, the music is not the same - it is instead the music that is used for the updated WLS 3:00 Movie. ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The Best of CBS - "The Night That Panicked America" (Opening & Pre-Movie Break, 1979)

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Here's the opening moments of The Best of CBS presentation of the 1975 made-for-TV movie "The Night That Panicked America" on WBBM Channel 2. Includes:

Station ID slide (seen briefly)

Show opening (slightly cut-off at the beginning?) with clip excerpts from upcoming film (opening voiceover by Jerry Harper) (music is "Heavy Action" by legendary production music composer Johnny Pearson - same music was used as the theme for Monday Night Football for many y...

WCIU Channel 26 - The Oscar Canales Show - "Harriet Blake Sings" (1977)

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Here's a segment from a program called The Oscar Canales show on WCIU Channel 26 featuring a singer named Harriet Blake.

"On Monday Nights at 9pm WCIU had a series of rotating producers who would produce a monthly special. Oscar Canales was one of those host producers. Oscar was a singer who would always open the show with a song, sometimes singing with his guest. On this particular night his guest was Harriet Blake, another singer. She put on quite a performance and I h...