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WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Break #5, 1979)

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Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! The movie presented on this day was "China Gate". TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary questio...

WMAQ Channel 5 - Chicago Sizzlin' - The 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards (Part 8, 1989)

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Here's Part 8 of the 31st Annual Chicago Emmy Awards broadcast, titled Chicago Sizzlin'.

This part features the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance of Chicago dancing to "Sing, Sing, Sing," Bill Kurtis, Carol Marin, Jerry Rose, Eric Aucoin, Ben Hollis, John Davies, Rick Rosenthal, Steve Baskerville, Walter Jacobson, Gary Weitman, Pam Zekman, Laura Washington, Andy Segal, and Sandy Bergo.

Mr. Rose and Mr. Aucoin won in the "Informational Programming - Conversation Prog...

WNBQ Channel 5 - Flight 529 [Crash] (Part 1, 1961)

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

Here's Part 1 of a special report on the crash of TWA Flight 529 on WNBQ Channel 5 (which became WMAQ Channel 5 on August 31st 1964), produced by NBC News Chicago. The anchor of this report is Charles McCuen. Also featuring Floyd Kalber and Jim Hurlb...

WFLD Channel 32 - Mission: Impossible - "Break!" (Opening, 1977)

Views: 3106

Here's another cool find - the opening to Mission: Impossible on WFLD Channel 32 from back in the Kaiser Broadcasting days! Includes an almost complete station ID at the beginning (voiceover by Bud Kelly) that features a black and red color scheme - different than the black and blue one we saw on another WFLD Kaiser ID.

The episode on this night was "Break!"

You can hear the ending of the t...

WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie - "Planet Earth" (Bumper Promo, 1980)

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Here is a short bumper promo for the Channel 7 3:30pm Movie presentation of "Planet Earth" that aired on Monday, March 17th 1980. (Watch that whip, sister!)

Voiceover by Gary Gears.

This promo aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 16th 1980.

WFLD Channel 32 - Saturday Morning Movie - "God Is My Co-Pilot" (Ending Bumper, 1981)

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Here's the ending bumper from the Saturday Morning Movie presentation of "God is my Co-Pilot" on WFLD Channel 32.

Also features a brief snippet at the end of an Award Lumber & Construction commercial featuring Bud Kelly.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, June 27th 1981 at a few minutes before 12 Noon.

WFLD Channel 32 - Channel 32 Newsbreak (Opening Excerpt, 1971?)

Views: 1901

Here's something cool and rare - a brief excerpt of the opening of a Channel 32 Newsbreak on WFLD Channel 32.

Featuring announcer Del Clark doing the introduction and beginning the reading of the news, with a story about State Department confirmation of the expulsion of several journalists from Dacca in civil war-torn East Pakistan (the tape cuts off at the point Clark says "East--")

Can anyone help date this more precisely given the little bit of news we hear at...

WSNS Channel 44 - The Money Movie - "China Gate" (Break #6, 1979)

Views: 1732

Here's some rare footage from another long-lost local movie show - "The Money Movie" on WSNS TV-44! The movie presented on this day was "China Gate". TMM was similar in concept to Dialing for Dollars. Viewers (mostly lonely housewives and old people from what it sounds like) would send in post cards with their name and phone number, and the host would call them live on the air during the movie breaks to see if they could answer some trivia questions. They answered an easy preliminary questio...

Galaxina (Trailer For TV, 1981)

Views: 2670

Here's a trailer for a cheesy movie - Galaxina, which was released on Friday, June 6th 1980.

Ending voiceover by Mike Rapchak(?).

This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 14th 1981.