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• 1977 INDIANAPOLIS 500 – Just restored by Rare Sportsfilms Inc, the original film story of A.J. Foyt’s 4th Indy 500 victory “The Glorious Fourth” is narrated by Bud Lindemann and now available on DVD! Tom Sneva is the first to break through the 200-MPH barrier, grabs the pole and finishes 2nd, with Al Unser 3rd. Janet Guthrie is the first woman ever to qualify at Indy. The Lloyd Ruby crash (his last Indy 500) and other on-track incidents are shown.
  26 Minutes, COLOR.  $29.95 + $4.50 S & H.   Add only $10 extra for BLU-RAY!
• 1953 CARRERA PANAMERICANA – Another recent rare film discovery - the 4th annual Pan American-Mexican Road Race! You’ll see more than 70 different cars and drivers from all over the world gather to race 1,912 grueling miles from Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico north to Juarez in five days, one of the world’s by-gone greatest and most famous auto races! Cameras put YOU in the car during the race, both around hair-pin turns in the mountains and up to 150 MPH on two-lane straightaways along the way! See Fangio, Taruffi, Maglioli, Stevenson, Faulkner, Vukovich, Ward, Crawford, Mickey Thompson, Ak Miller and others in cars that made them famous!
  45 Minutes, COLOR.  $29.95 + $4.50 S & H.
• 1955 World Series, Game 1 at Yankee Stadium - Newcombe vs Ford, Brooklyn vs Yanks B & W TV Broadcast including pre-game, post-game and all commercials. Original iconic game remembered for two HOF'ers involved in a famous play that has linked their names forever in World Series history! In the 8th inning Jackie Robinson stole home off Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford, setting up an argument that will probably never be resolved - was Jackie really SAFE or OUT? On this DVD, we show the play from four different sources. Berra insisted until the day he died that Robinson was out. However we have also added a never-before-heard Mel Allen interview with Jackie six years later. It's the only known recording of Robinson himself discussing this famous play! Also enjoy the unique Rare Sportsfilms feature of both TV and radio play-by-play broadcasts! A menu allows you to select either announcers Mel Allen and Vin Scully on television or Al Helfer and Bob Neal on radio as you watch the game! 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!
  2 Hours, 27 Minutes, B & W kinescope   $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.     
• 1961 All-Star Games – B&W highlights of both games – at old Candlestick Park, San Francisco and Fenway Park in Boston. Unseen footage from our film vault is very rare, has only recently been restored and is now available for the first time! Action from the game in San Francisco is from an unusual kinescope showing highlights of the original TV broadcast with live play-by-play of all scoring through the first 8-plus innings. Action from the second game is from a totally different format and sharp, camera original B&W silent film has been totally narrated for identification and shows the game from Ted Williams throwing out the first ball through to the very end, including an incident from the 8th inning which everyone who was there will remember, but no one else remembers today! See all the greats of the era: Brooks Robinson, Kaline, Colavito, Killebrew, Ford, Maris, Mantle, Aparicio vs Aaron, Mathews, Clemente, Mays, Cepeda, Spahn, Face, Banks and Musial!
  49 Minutes, B & W  $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.     
• 1966 NFL "Game-Of-The-Week" - St. Louis Cardinals vs Steelers (Week 10, Nov. 13) at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh - On a gorgeous sunny day, division-leading (7-1-1) St. Louis visits the 2-5-1 Steelers, who just last week knocked off the Cleveland Browns in this same stadium. A shadow hangs over the Cardinals, however, as two starters, including top quarterback Charlie Johnson and center Bob DeMarco, are now out for the season and both had knee surgery this past week. Irv Goode is moving over from guard to center and backup Terry Noffsinger quarterbacks the Cardinals for this game. The Redbirds squander three touchdown opportunities in the first quarter, however Jim Bakken's three field goals have the Cardinals in front 9-0, as Pittsburgh QB Ron Smith is ineffective in moving the Steelers. The first break in the game comes when Frank Lambert's punt is fumbled by HB Johnny Roland and is recovered by the Steelers' Ralph Wenzel at the St. Louis 31. Mike Clark's subsequent field goal changes the score to 9-3 by the end of the first quarter. The game turns in the second period when Jackie Smith's punt is blocked by Paul Martha, who also scoops it up and races into the end zone! In an instant, Pittsburgh suddenly has the lead, 10-9. A 35-yard field goal by Clark adds to the Pittsburgh lead and the Steelers at halftime have a 13-9 advantage. After a 22-yard field goal by Clark in the third quarter, the final period opens with an interception by Martha, who carries the ball to the St. Louis 11-yard line. Smith, now with more time to throw, hits John Hilton with his first TD pass of the game, and Pittsburgh now has a 23-9 lead. The Steelers clinch the game on a Dick Hoak halfback option TD pass to Roy Jefferson, making the final score Steelers 30, Cardinals 9.
  26 Minutes, Color.  $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.     
• 1966 NFL "Game-Of-The-Week" - Bears vs Vikings (Week 15, Dec. 18) at Wrigley Field, Chicago - A lost game of NFL Films! Never available from any source on DVD until now, Rare Sportsfilms has once again restored another treasure not seen since this film's only showing on TV in December of 1966. Both teams have had poor seasons, each club winning only 4 games, but the Bears, with their two great stars Gayle Sayers and Dick Butkus, are hoping to end the season with a win for their home fans. On a cold and muddy day at the old ballpark, Sayers takes Fred Cox's opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown on the opening play, and Chicago jumps on top, 7-0. Minnesota's Fran Tarkenton's first drive also results in a touchdown (14-yard TD pass to Tom Hall) and the game is tied 7-7. First downs by Mike Ditka, Sayers, and Ralph Kurek, plus Sayers' run from the three, put the Bears back in front, 14-7. Tarkenton's 15-yard TD run soon ties the score again, 14-14. After a second-quarter 32-yard field goal by Roger LeClerc, a short pass by Rudy Bukich from the Bear 20 to Jimmy Jones in the flat results in an 80-yard TD run and a 24-14 lead for Chicago. The half ends with a Bukich 12-yard TD run and now Chicago leading 31-14. Minnesota scores two more TDs in the third quarter on Dave Osborn's running, capped off with Preston Carpenter's six-yard run (31-21), and later Osborn himself scores on a three-yard run, bringing the Vikings back to within three points, 31-28. However, runs of 26, 18, and 22 yards by Sayers, plus a Minnesota roughing penalty, have the Bears at the Viking 11. Two running plays by Jon Arnett get a TD, and the Bears lead by 10. A final LeClerc field goal gives the Bears a 41-28 victory. Sayers is the star of the game with 197 rushing yards on 17 carries, establishing a new Bears single-game record with 313 all-purpose yards for the day and wins him the '66 NFL season rushing title with over 1,230 yards - the first halfback to do that since Steve Van Buren in 1949!
  26 Minutes, Color.  $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.
• 1967 "This Week in the NFL East and West" - (Week 6, all 8 games of October 22) – More lost footage of NFL Films, never available on DVD and not seen since shown on TV one time in 1967!
  

  Eastern Conference

  • New Busch Stadium – Cardinals vs Eagles – Down 14-3 after first quarter, Cards bounce back to lead 20-14 at halftime. TDs by Jackie Smith and Johnny Roland add to Redbird lead (34-14), plus Cardinal blitz gives QB Norm Snead more trouble in second half, as Cardinals score 45 straight points to overwhelm Eagles, 48-14!
  • Municipal Stadium – Browns vs Bears – Scoreless game at halftime, but Frank Ryan, Gary Collins, young Leroy Kelly and Ernie Green are keys to Browns' 24-0 win over Chicago.
  • Yankee Stadium – Packers vs Giants – Pack returns to the Stadium for the first time since ’62 Title Game. Giants' only lead of the day is 14-7, but Elijah Pitts has three TDs, Don Chandler a 36-yd FG and Green Bay leads 27-24 by the 4th quarter. Game’s leading rusher Jim Grabowski scores after Bill Triplett’s fumble and later, 38-yd pass Starr to Grabowski pads GB lead, 34-14. Adding on Donny Anderson’s TD run, Packers easily beat Giants 48-21.
  • Pitt Stadium – Cowboys vs Steelers – Thriller of the week! Bob Hayes scores first two TDs on long pass receptions from QB Craig Morton, but J.R. Wilburn has total of 12 receptions on the day and helps Steelers make exciting comeback. Pittsburgh trails 14-7 at halftime, but in the 4th quarter QB Kent Nix, John Hilton and Wilburn combine to tie game 14-14. After a 36-yd FG by Danny Villanueva puts Dallas back in front, Steelers begin their final scoring drive, and with only a minute remaining, Wilburn snags his 12th pass for the touchdown, putting Pittsburgh ahead for the first time, 21-17! But with only seconds remaining, Morton throws a long pass to Lance Rentzel, who catches it, then fumbles it ahead. Dan Reeves, trailing the play, recovers the ball on the Steeler six! Desperately looking for a receiver on the final play, Morton is flushed out of the pocket, finally spots Pettis Norman in the end zone and threads the ball to him for a nail-biting 24-21 win at old Pitt Stadium!

  Western Conference

  • Metropolitan Stadium – Vikings tie Colts – By midway through 3rd quarter the Vikings are leading the undefeated Colts 7-6, and after Bill Brown plows into the end zone, the new Viking 13-6 lead holds into the 4th quarter. However in the final period, Tom Matte scores from 15 yards out to tie the game 13-13. Viking QB Joe Kapp has 10 minutes left and his TD throw to Red Phillips puts Vikings back in front, 20-13. But the game is tied again when John Mackey catches Unitas’ 4-yd pass in the end zone (20-20)! With only 8 seconds left the Vikings must punt, but Fred Miller smashes into Minnesota punter Bobby Waldon and the penalty pushes the Colts out of FG range, so the game ends tied!
  • Kezar Stadium – 49’ers vs Saints – A John Brodie to Dave Windsor TD pass and FGs by Tommy Davis (1) and Chuck Durkee (2) furnish all the scoring as 49’ers lead Saints 10-6 at halftime. Saints’ first QB Gary Quozzo hits Walt Roberts with a 47-yd TD bomb in the third quarter for a temporary 13-10 lead. Later Brodie connects with Dick Witcher on a 15-yd strike and 49’ers take back the lead, 17-13. A 4th quarter Davis FG and Ken Willard’s 2-yd TD plunge seals a 27-13 win over first-year Saints.
  • Tiger Stadium – Lions vs Falcons – Lem Barney’s interception of Terry Noffsinger’s pass for a 44-yd return for a TD is the first score of the game. After trading FGs in the second quarter, it’s 10-3 Lions at the half. Lion QB Karl Sweetan’s 3rd quarter 25-yd TD pass to Tom Nowatzke (17-3) and his 4th quarter 15-yd pass to Bill Malinchak are good for a 24-3 win over second-year Falcons.
  • The Coliseum – Redskins tie Rams – Heavily favored Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome” holds Redskins to 49 total yards rushing for the entire game, however Washington’s Sonny Jurgensen throws four touchdown passes to tie Rams 28-28! His 86-yd first quarter TD pass to Charlie Taylor is the first score of the game (7-0 ‘Skins). It’s a back-and-forth game with neither team getting more than a one TD lead. Dick Bass scores on a 1-yard run in the second quarter to tie the game 7-7 and a Roman Gabriel to Jack Snow 61-yd TD pass puts Rams in front 14-7. By halftime, Jurgensen has tied the game 14-14 with a TD pass to Jerry Smith. Another TD pass to Smith puts Washington back in the lead in the third quarter, but Les Josephson’s 10-yard run soon ties the game, 21-21. Late third quarter, Jurgensen’s third TD pass to Smith puts Washington on top, but a six-yard pass to Bernie Casey, this time with only three minutes left, ties the game for a final score of 28-28.
  50 Minutes,  Color.     $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.
• 1967 World Champion Philadelphia 76'ers – Following their memorable NBA record-setting championship year, the 76’er ballclub commissioned the production of this beautiful color film, now available on DVD for the first time and covering most games of the playoffs, including all three series vs. the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics, and San Francisco Warriors. Narrator of the film is Charlie Swift, with additional comments from club owner Irv Kosloff, G.M. Jack Ramsay, and coach Alex Hannum. An introduction to the film shows members of the 76’er team in action: Larry Costello, Hal Greer, Luke Jackson, Wally Jones, Matt Goukas, Dave Gambee, Bill Melchionni, Chet Walker, Billy Cunningham, and Wilt Chamberlain, now back in Philadelphia after a trade from the San Francisco Warriors. The Boston Celtics had won the Eastern Finals the year before when “Havlicek stole the ball” and almost half of this film is concentrated on the Boston series, as the two teams were still bitter rivals a year later in the Eastern Finals. Even the post-game Eastern champion 76’er’s dressing room champagne celebration is shown from this historic matchup!
  30 Minutes, color.       $29.95 + $4.60 S&H.
• 1962 Masters Tournament - The first Masters ever to culminate in a three-way tie! After four days and 72 holes of golf it’s a tie and a Monday playoff between Arnold Palmer, defending champion Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald! See legendary names Gene Sarazen, Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead, Doug Sanders, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Julius Boros, Jerry Barber, Gene Littler, 1934 winner of the first Masters Horton Smith and husky young Jack Nicklaus in his first Masters as a professional!  
  38 minutes, beautiful Color!   $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.   Add only $10 extra for BLU-RAY!
• 1976 DAYTONA 500 - “Collision Course”, plus 1976 “Daytona Speed Week” – Here’s a vintage racing doubleheader – Two different NASCAR films on the 1976 Daytona 500, both on one DVD! “Daytona Speed Week” touches on all the big on-track events of the week leading up to and including the famed Daytona 500. “Collision Course” concentrates solely on the 500, telling the story of the historic race by showing completely different scenes. Still one of the most talked about races of all time, this 500 featured two top drivers fighting it out all the way to a smash-up finish with David Pearson and Richard Petty leaving NASCAR fans limp in their seats at the end! Bennie Parsons, A.J. Foyt, Ramo Stott, Bobby Allison, Lennie Pond, Buddy Baker, Salt Walther, Dick Brooks and more! All color!
  27 Minutes,  $29.95 + $4.60 Shipping.
• 1984 Ohio State University Marching Band – Dr. Jon R. Woods, director, Andy Marks, drum major. Includes: OREGON STATE “50 Years of Brass” (16th annual TBDBITL Alumni Reunion), WASHINGTON STATE “Hot Wax Countdown”, IOWA “The Music of Lionel Richie”, BUCKEYE INVITATIONAL performance in Ohio Stadium, ILLINOIS “Stadium Encores”, INDIANA “Music of Chicago”, MICHIGAN “Jazz Showcase”, plus the Rose Bowl Performance, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA “Stadium Encores”.
  A big, two-disc set for $49.95 + $4.60 S&H (add only $10 for Blu-Ray!). 3 hours, 29 minutes, ALL COLOR!