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WBBM Channel 2 - So You Think You Know Chicago? (Part 5, 1974)
Views: 1834
This clip made possible by the donations from our generous group of "Fuzzketeers" during the Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser.
Here's the fifth and final part of a special called So You Think You Know Chicago? on WBBM Channel 2. This was the third broadcast in a continuing series of shows called Chicago Alive. The hosts were legendary anchors Bill Kurtis and Wa...
WFLD Channel 32 - Scared Straight! (Part 6, 1979)
Views: 1284
Here's Part 6 (the final part) of the controversial Academy Award-winning documentary Scared Straight! (hosted and narrated by Peter Falk) as aired on WFLD Channel 32. This was from an "encore presentation." Includes:
Scared Straight! zooming title bumper, with shot of a cell door with inmate inside closing
Inside the room where the three-hour session took place, Falk (employing some of the same mannerisms he used in his portrayal of Lieutenant Co...
WGN Channel 9 - Mid-Morning Report with Merri Dee (1980)
Views: 2282
Here's an edition of the Mid-Morning Report with Merri Dee on WGN Channel 9. News items include:
- Preview of tonight's debate between Presidential candidates Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, to be held in Cleveland starting at 8:30pm (and will be nationally televised); predictions that debate's outcome could swing undecided voters one way or another, or cause those who'd already made their minds to switch
- Parliamentary debates in Tehran on fate of U.S. ...
Various (Nashville Stations) - "A Flippin' Country Christmas"(1975)
Views: 956
Not from Chicago, but still of historical interest: channel flipping through the dial on Nashville, Tennessee TV (via cable TV) on Christmas Day 1975. Features programming seen on ABC affiliate WNGE (now WKRN) Channel 2, NBC affiliate WSM (now WSMV) Channel 4, CBS affiliate WTVF Channel 5, and PBS affiliate WDCN (now WNPT) Channel 8, at least one or two as yet unidentified stations, plus cable Channel 6 (public access / public notices).
Includes:
Channel 2
WTVT Channel 13 - Pulse Featuring Jim Ruddle (Part 2, 1964)
Views: 1758
Here's Part 2 of Pulse, the nightly newscast of WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida. This rare edition was transferred from the original 2" quad tape. Featuring Hugh Smith in Tampa, and future Chicago TV news anchor Jim Ruddle in St. Petersburg. Includes:
Hugh Smith, in Tampa, reading the following items:
- Governor-elect Haydon Burns hoping that State Legislature won't have to deal with reapportionment until after its regular session; he...
WGN Channel 9 - Emergency Broadcast System - "This is NOT a Test" (1985)
Views: 2805
Here's a pretty spooky clip - transferred from an RCA Quad cart (for playing on model TCR-100 cart machines) loaded with 2" videotape.
A Fuzzy Personal Note: "I grew up at the height of the 2nd great nuclear war scare period (the first being the Cuban Missile Crisis of course), having been chilled to the bone from seeing movies like “The Day After” in 1983 when I was nine years old. So this clip was very fascinating to me, and seems to be a glimpse at what we might ...
WMAQ Channel 5 - Real People (Part 2, 1980)
Views: 950
Here's Part 2 of an episode of the prototypical "reality show" Real People on WMAQ Channel 5.
This segment starts off with Skip Stephenson giving the microphone to an audience member who says "And we'll be right back," although they just came back.
Next, co-hosts Byron Allen and Sarah Purcell review typographical errors of various TV listings from TV Guide and other publications, including one for Inside the NFL (submitted by Gail Boyd {sp?...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 5, 1978)
Views: 2746
The transfer of this video clip made possible by your generous donations!
Here's Part 5 of the Twentieth Annual Chicago Emmy Awards on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Bob Newhart.
This part features Johnny Morris, Hector Perez, Jim Tilmon, Ruth Graham, Warner Saunders, Frank Jackson, John Coughlin and Lee Phillip, archive footage of Frank Reynolds, Irv Kupcinet, Dorothy Vredenburgh, Jerry Colonna, Howard K. Smith, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and phot...
WBBM Channel 2 - The 20th Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 4, 1978)
Views: 707
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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...