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CBS/ABC/NBC Networks - "Reagan Assassination Attempt Coverage" (Part 2, 1981)

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Here is some more news coverage from the CBS, ABC and NBC networks, recorded on the day of the President Reagan assassination attempt - 30 years ago today. Includes:

Tape comes in as CBS Anchor Dan Rather talks of a "partial collapse," and then turns to Columbia-Presbyterian's Dr. Keith Reemtsma who gives a brief medical explanation.

Rather then informs of an update from White House Correspondent Lesley Stahl, quoting an unnamed doctor at the George Washington U...

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#2, 1985?)

Views: 1105

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape....

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#1, 1985?)

Views: 2302

Here is a Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape. (Alt...

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#3, 1985?)

Views: 1060

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape....

WCIU Channel 26 - "Spanish Lakefront ID" (#4, 1985?)

Views: 1186

Here is another Station ID in Spanish for WCIU Channel 26 and W55AS Channel 55 in Milwaukee set at the Chicago lakefront.

"This is WCIU-TV, channel 26, Chicago's first UHF TV station, and W55AS, channel 55 in Milwaukee; serving with pride the Spanish speaking community."

Music used in the background is "Sometimes in Winter" by Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Not sure when they used this ID, but 1985 seems a good estimate, based on other material on the tape....

McDonald's - "Ronald Ahoy! and 1978 Calendar Offer" (Commercial, 1977)

Views: 1278

Here's a commercial for McDonald's which starts off on board a ship with Ronald McDonald steering and Hamburglar and Captain Crook as his assistants, veering way off course before righting themselves in front of a nearby McDonald's, and is followed by an offer for a 1978 Ronald McDonald Play-Time Coloring Calendar at participating McDonald's (15 cents plus tax while supplies last), with shots of children coloring various pages.

Main voiceover by ??

Ending voice...

District Furniture & Appliances - "Come Down to the District" (Commercial, 1978)

Views: 1510

By request, here's an earworm-inducing commercial for District Furniture and Appliances, with banjo-infused old-timey dixieland-type music in the background and a sale offer on a Sylvania 19" color TV plus a pair of lounge chairs - all for only $379. (Golly gee! Where can you find such an equivalent deal today?)

The jingle is a takeoff on the popular old-time tune, "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee.".

District Furniture and Appliances was located at 4501 South Pul...

WSNS Channel 44 - Bob Luce Wrestling - "Report on Verne Gagne Loss" (1974)

Views: 34145

Transferred direct from 16mm film, here is a film insert (mostly complete, apparently but cuts off at the end) from Bob Luce Wrestling, on WSNS Channel 44.

Al reports on the wrestling championship loss of Verne Gagne.

Camerawork by Bob Varecha.

This report was filmed live at the International Amphitheater on Saturday, July 20th 1974.

Alan J. Dixon - Democrat For Secretary Of State (Political Ad, 1978)

Views: 1772

Here's a political ad for Alan J. Dixon - Democratic (incumbent) candidate for Secretary of State for Illinois. He was the one who introduced photographs on Illinois driver's licenses for the first time.

Featuring Monica McGuire, Sonja Castro, Arthur Woodard, Linda Valentino, Joann Annunzio, and James Folby. (the addresses are fake but maybe the names were real?)

Paid for by Citizens for Dixon - Roy Anthony, Chairman.

This aired on local Chicago ...