1971 Week 6 Howard Cosell Halftime Highlights * RESTORED * ABC Monday Night Football - 1440p/60fps 

I've restored 3 of the 4 games of the 1971 Week 6 Howard Cosell halftime highlights segment, shown during the ABC Monday Night Football broadcast, Colts at Vikings, on October 25, 1971. I didn't have enough replacement footage for the Broncos at Browns game, so I omitted that one. The halftime highlight segments were always notorious for using awful-quality clips (way too bright, blown out, not crisp, etc). I found high-quality clips of the same shots/plays from the 1971 Week 6 'This Week in Pro Football' show and other films and replaced the original clips with these. I have re-created the original ABC on-screen graphics. In some cases the original clips were a bit longer than the replacement shots, or I didn't have footage at all for certain plays, and so I truncated parts of the narration or even omitted a play to make things fit. I worked on the original audio a bit, applying hiss and noise reduction. For comparison's sake, you can see the original quality segment here and be blown away by the upgrade --- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7XphYsFrGCw.html

Kenny Anderson deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Great underrated passer and competitor.

The restoration is amazing. Brings new life to these segments. I looked foward to halftime highlights by Howard more than the games themselves. Thanks Dave!

The halftime highlights were the only way to see decent highlights back then. Great memories of Howard too!❤🏈

I watched that Bears game upstairs in my parents room on a black and white TV and remember that Lion player falling dead on the field. I was only 8 years old but you don't forget stuff like that.

'Speedy Thomas' hahahahahahahaha those guys had some real nicknames back then didn't they.

Elmo Wright and the "Jig of Delight"

In the Cosell voice "The Oakland Alameda County Colosseum"

Historical question: was the fade to black at the end of the Bears-Lions highlights part of the original MNF highlight package, or is it a 21st century creative choice as a silent tribute to Chuck Hughes?

Ron Jesse became a Ram just like Matt Stafford.

Ur the best

Only Boomer can provide as much exciting highlights show- such fond memories, wonderful

I remember watching those halftime highlights as a kid. I was in 5th grade. I never forgot Howard talking about Chuck Hughes’ death on the field. It scared me and made me very sad. 😢

Lenny Dawson the'underrated Hall of Famer' as I like to call him.

Las Vegas Raiders UGH!