WLS Channel 7 Oak Park All American (1976)

Synopsis

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. 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 &…

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Running time

25 minutes

Language

English

Collection

1970s Classic TV, Classic TV

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• WLS Channel 7
• 70s