Spring 2012 Tape Transfer Fundraiser
A project of MUSEUM OF CLASSIC CHICAGO TELEVISION
Raising funds again for more rare tape transfers - tapes that require special attention.
Tapes and films included in this batch for which we are raising funds to finance their transfer to DVD:
WSNS - Lottery Super Shot half-hour show - 1976 (complete with commercials)
Kaiser Broadcasting sales presentation on film - 1968
Channel 44 Demo reel with lots of rare footage - 70s
WSNS Money Movie - segments from the last two episodes - 1979
The Making of Star Wars - complete show with commercials intact from Moline, IL station original airing in September 1977.
WMAQ - Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy - complete NBC special with original commercials from Fall of 1978
A few tapes of what appear to be Chicago Bears games' broadcasts or partial games from 1977-1979
Evening newscast from local California station from when Robert Kennedy was killed - 16mm film - I don't believe this exists anywhere else. 1968.
WBBM Special Quiz show - "So You Think You Know Chicago" from likely 1972 - Jesse Jackson, Bill Kurtis, Irv Kupcinet, Walter Jacobson, and others. With original commercials.
1962 WBKB (what later became WLS-TV) local extended news special on a plane crash - 16mm film.
1976 half-hour WLS-TV Special on Oak Park, IL.
and more!
Please help us reach our goal of $750 so we can finance this project!