BEHIND THE SCENES
At Rare Sportsfilms, Inc.
At the special request of two of our best customers who agreed to joint sponsorship of the restoration of the original films, Rare Sportsfilms is making available something a little different this month to all of our customers! Years ago I had acquired what I had hoped to be a complete set (with some extras) of "Pro Football Kickoff", an NFL TV show which always aired just before the old NFL "Game Of The Week" on Sunday afternoon in the early 1960's. (Those were the days before anyone had even dreamed of NFL Films). After some urging from Dan Geroni of Eatontown, NJ and Matt Mueller of De Pere WI, I finally set out to inspect and clean the films, and check to see how many different weeks I had. Turns out, I had all but one of the 14 weeks of the 1962 season, complete with all of the original commercials! Each show was about 15 minutes long (you can read the detailed description elsewhere in this issue of the Newsletter). Especially interesting were the memorable Vitalis hair tonic commercials, which were always done by famous pro athletes. (The new DVD each week features Bart Starr, Raymond Berry, Doug Sanders, Jack Kramer or Jim Lynch). Show host Tom Brookshire himself does some of the Rise shaving cream commercials, while Andy Robustelli does some too. I also discovered that my "extras" actually promoted a different game to start the show, while the commercials and the special feature were the same for each identical week, leading me to surmise that several versions of each week were produced, all similar except for the featured game for a specific viewing area of the country. For example, most of the shows I acquired were originally from WBBM-TV in Chicago. This may explain why the promoted game was so often the Bears or Packers. Of course, other top teams also were often featured such as the Colts, Lions, Vikings and Giants. In fact, every team was featured at least once during the season except the Browns and Steelers (maybe they were on the one show I am missing). At any rate, I decided to also incorporate these "extra" games into this DVD presentation as an "Extra Bonus", adding to quite a long 3¼ hour presentation. Because of the extended length of this program and to keep the picture quality up to our high standards, it was therefore necessary to put this on a dual-layered disk! This cost more, but the sharp, clear picture quality achieved was well worth it. We hope you who choose to purchase this latest NFL football effort of ours will agree!
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Dear Rare Sportsfilms Subscriber,
We're excited to bring you three NEW DVD offerings for your viewing pleasure!
Rare Sportsfilms continues working to enhance the quality of its library and is proud to offer you NEW baseball and football DVDs.
With the Holiday Season coming, you're sure to find something in our library to offer as a gift or just to treat yourself.
Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Doak Ewing
President
Rare Sportsfilms, Inc.
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Yankees
New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals - First World Series film ever produced by MLBB shows highlights of every game of the series. Features include interviews with Walker Cooper (Cards) and Johnny Lindell (Yanks) and additional rare newsfilm of the first three games of the series at Yankee Stadium.
Running time: 46 minutes, B & W
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Game 5 at
County Stadium
Braves vs Yankees
Lew Burdette vs Whitey Ford - Original partial TV broadcast (missing only parts of 3 innings) also contains some original commercials. Enjoy the Rare Sportsfilms feature of both TV and radio play-by-play broadcasts! Menu allows you to select either Al Helfer and Mel Allen on television or Bob Neal and Braves voice Earl Gillespie on radio as you watch the game! Eddie Mathews' hustle and Wes Covington's great catch are key factors in helping Burdette beat Ford, 1-0! Brings back memories of those early televised World Series afternoon games and 1950's baseball as it was played more than half a century ago!
1 Hour, 27 minutes, B & W Kinescope
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1962
"Pro Football Kickoff"
1962 "Pro Football Kickoff" with Tom Brookshire - The most extensive archive of NFL film footage from 1962 ever offered on DVD! All new footage, a tremendous 3¼-hour collection on a B & W dual-layered disk of nearly every show from the '62 season! Each show spotlights the upcoming NFL 'Game of the Week", highlights a particular team or subject in a special feature, then finishes with a look at the league standings going into that week's game. Sportscaster Jim Leaming describes the action segments. Includes all original commercials and fabulous pre-game close ups of the players!
Running time: 3 Hours, 14 minutes, B & W.
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We are always buying!
Rare Sportsfilms is constantly improving the quantity and quality of its collection of original 16-mm sports films. If you have films you would consider selling, click here for a list of what we are always looking to purchase.
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