Here's the complete (higher video quality) Midwest Sports Special documentary about the Chicago Blackhawks as aired over WBKB (now WLS) Channel 7. The host was Frank Sweeney.
This was transferred from the original film, and thus there are no commercials or promos.
Includes:
Academy leader countdown
Segment 1, with last moments of a game, after which players file into locker room, followed by host who calls this game's end "only the beginning" of this inside look, and a preview of what's to come
Opening titles (theme: "King Cotton March" by John Philip Sousa)
Segment 2, featuring the club's general manger Tommy Ivan, player-coach Billy Reay, and a demonstration of certain plays, stick handling and other ice skills by Phil Esposito (#7), Chico Maki (#16), John McKenzie (#18), Eric Nesterenko (#15), Fred Stanfield (#6), Stan Mikita (#21), Bill Hay (#11), Al MacNeil (#19), captain Pierre Pilote (#3), and Bobby Hull (#9)
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Segment 3, with more demonstrations of offensive moves by Hull, Hay, Elmer "Moose" Vasko (#4), Esposito, Matt Ravlich (#5) and goalie Glenn Hall (#1), followed by defensive demonstrations by John Brenneman (#12), Fred Stanfield (#6), Vasko, Ravlich and Mikita, and a demonstration of illegal moves by Nesterenko and Wayne Hillman (listed on databases as #18, but wearing #20 which was listed as Doug Jarrett's number) and explanations of moves by Coach Reay
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Segment 4, where Hull, his (second) wife Joanne McKay, and two children Brett and Bobby Jr. are interviewed; a look at Joanne's figure skating abilities, and children's budding hockey skills; and interviews with Mikita, McKenzie and Pilote; Coach Reay is heard but not seen at various points
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Segment 5, in which Hull speaks of hard parts of hockey, Vasko commenting on how he's one of three in NHL to stand 6' 3" while the average player's height, according to GM Ivan, is 5' 10"; hockey players' changes in behavior between on the ice and off it (as explained by Coach Reay), GM Ivan comments of "roughness" of hockey, explaining football's also pretty rough; a look at the injuries inherent in hockey as explained and shown by Pilote, Mikita and Esposito (who hadn't had any prior to becoming a Blackhawk), followed by trainer Nick Garen who shows how player injuries are dealt with (in a demonstration with McKenzie)
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Segment 6, including Bill Hay who demonstrates changing into hockey gear; a look at 'Standby Club' members Larry Chetienne (?) (president), Elaine Urich (?) (secretary), and "Big Chief" Maya (?) Lerman (?), 72 who attended games for 25 years through thick and thin; and interviews with NHL referee Vern Buffey, linesmen George Hayes and John D'Amico, and team GM Ivan, before shots of audience showing their appreciation and program end.
Closing credits (with "King Cotton March" music):
Midwest Sports Special
Produced by Cliff Braun
Directed by Sam Ventura
Associate Producer - Ronny Born
Production Assistant - Roger Goodman
Coordinators - Paul Frumkin, Arthur Morse
Cameraman - Bill Butler
Editor - John Oertel
Sound by Walter Oakes, William J. Blitgen
A Kupcinet Production in Association with WBKB Sports
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, December 19th 1964 (and repeated on Saturday, March 20th 1965) during the 5:30pm to 6:30pm timeframe
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21 июл 2019