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WLS Channel 7 - News Bulletin - "The Crash of Flight 191" (Part 3, 1979)

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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:

News Bulletin bumper slide (voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)

Diane Allen in the newsroom, with shots of the smoldering ...

WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 3, 1978)

Views: 796

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Here's Part 3 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.

This part features Jorie Lueloff, Bill Kurtis, Brian Boyer, Rose Economou, Gary Ride(sp?), Wanda Wells, Jim Hatfield, Scott Craig and Charles Olin. A lower-third station ID is shown at the start of this clip.

Mr. Kurtis and producers Mr. Boyer and Ms. Economou won in ...

WFLD Channel 32 - Newstalk - "Crusade Of Mercy Week" (Opening, 1981)

Views: 1892

Here is the opening and first minute (before the tape ran out) of Newstalk on WFLD Channel 32 during "Crusade of Mercy" week.

Featuring Naurice Roberts as host. Her guests this night were Othello Ellis, President of the Abraham Lincoln Centre, and Michael Blakely (also of the Centre) who both do volunteer work for the United Way - Crusade of Mercy.

(Notice the opening music is the same as they were using for Newscene at the time - not the other scarier music the...

WBBM Channel 2 - Noonbreak - "Weather with Harry Volkman" (Segment & Break, 1978)

Views: 2899

Here's a partial segment from Noonbreak on WBBM Channel 2, introduced by Bob Wallace, and featuring a Weather report by the late, great Harry Volkman.

At the beginning we see the tail end of a story, then Bob's intro, and then the weather report. Bob gives the stock market update, and then we see a complete commercial break -

Commercial: Holsum bread

Political Ad: Alex Seith for Senate

Commercial: Ponds cold cream / Ponds Lig...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Jason And The Argonauts" (Commercial Break #7, 1978)

Views: 1478

Here's Commercial Break #7 during the 3:30 Movie presentation of "Jason and the Argonauts" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

3:30 Movie bumper

The Park West invites you to spend New Year's Eve Weekend with Chuck Berry and Special Guest Henny Youngman (cut off early) (see now I swear this voiceover person is NOT Al Parker, even though it sounds similar to him - who is it?)

Armourcote commercial offer (the original!) (again)

WLS Eyewitness N...

WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Monday Night Movie - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (Opening, 1983)

Views: 2832

Here's the opening moments of The ABC Monday Night Movie presentation of Steven Spielberg's 1977 film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

WLS Station ID / Tim Weigel promo for 4:30 Eyewitness News

That's Incredible preemption notice (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired graphics and notice

The ABC Monday Night Movie "Star Tunnel" opening title...

WGN Channel 9 - Lead Off Man - "Opening Day With JFK" (Part 1, 1961)

Views: 2900

Here's Part 1 of an interesting piece of history - The beginning of the Lead-Off Man show on WGN Channel 9 on Opening Day 1961, White Sox At Washington, featuring an interview with the president.

Vince Lloyd interviews both John F. Kennedy and LBJ from the President's box. Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen are right behind JFK. Panoramic shots of the old (and now long gone) Griffith Stadium, with the National Anthem. JFK throws out the first ball, caught by Jungle Jim Rive...

WFLD Channel 32 - "Nite-Owl" (Part 3, 1982)

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The third 10 minutes of the Keyfax Nite-Owl Service program from August 25th, 1982 as broadcast on Channel 32 WFLD in Chicago.

This part features "Doctor Trickster" - a "slippery customer".

This part mentions Lisa Moroniak of Schiller Park, SC Kostrzewski of Chicago, Flo Naurot of Chicago, Joseph Kimball of Waukegan, Robert Rogers of Markham, Laurie Williams of Chicago, Laura Denchucis of Chicago, Dorothy Jones of Kankakee, and Paul and John Stack of Brookfield.<...

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

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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...