WLS Channel 7 Oak Park All American

1976

Here is the documentary "Oak Park: All American" which aired on WLS Channel 7 The opening narrator and host is ( ? ). (SCHEDULING NOTE: Pre-empted was The Nancy Walker Show, which would air its last episode the next week on December 23rd 1976.) Includes: Slate with ~400 Hz tone Opening, with notice of its March 1976 declaration as an "All-America City" (due to its openness and integration, and voluntary citizen-driven revitalization), with shots of the area, followed by look at a Farmers Market with citizen interviews (including one who's none too happy with the designation), a rally at a high school and shots of the football team in action. Opening titles Next segment takes a look at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus, where at the Behavioral Sciences Building, Professor of Urban Sciences, Pierre De Vise (also seen on another clip: https://youtu.be/cx4oof17SY0 ), speaks of Oak Park's geography and transportation, and predictions of rises in black population; followed by interviews with and comments by Oak Park citizen James Shannon, Village Trustee Robert Barnes, Bobbie Raymond of the Oak Park Housing Center (who is also heard in-between future interviewees), Oak Park citizen Greg Schwarz and Housing Inspection Director Carl Celestino; plus clips of a meeting of building owners and managers from a few years before (builiding owners Edream Burton and Bernie Wendler are featured). Next are more interviews, with Village Trustee Eugene Callahan. Bumper Lee Ellis, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance at Northwestern University, speaks of his five-year turn (1971-76) as Oak Park Village Manager, and the changes during the time he served; followed by Sara Bode of the Oak Park Village Mall, bicyclist/citizen Tom Donnelly speaking of the architecture, followed by Dawn Goshorn of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, and citizen gatherings and debates (Ms. Raymond sees Oak Park as a "laboratory" for "testing...new ideas"). Bumper In the last part, Ms. Raymond assesses Oak Park's progress in meeting goals such as hers and Dr. De Vise's, and we hear again from Mr. Callahan and Mr. Schwarz. Ending credits (with shots of a block party and Donna Summer's "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" being played): Produced & Directed by Jim Mc Pharlin Film Camera - Joe Blanford Film Editor - Sol Gelfond Production Assistant - Bonnie Kaplan Film Sound - Tom Jeo Film Electrician - Tom Garvan Assistant Camera - Jerry Elatkin Technical Director - John Macenczak Audio - Roger Brunn Electronic Graphics - George Smith Executive Producer - Joseph Trimarco A Public Affairs Production of WLS-TV This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, December 16th 1976 during the 8:30pm to 9:00pm timeframe. (Recording date November 5th 1976.) About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical purposes. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, and to view more of the 4,700+ (and counting) video clips available for viewing in our online archive, please visit us at: http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?contentload=donate