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  • 1989
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    When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

    When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

    1 1989 HD

    A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with Shirley Temple, Margaret O'Brien, and numerous...

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  • 1974
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    Soundstage Blues Summit In Chicago: Muddy Waters And Friends

    Soundstage Blues Summit In Chicago: Muddy Waters And Friends

    1 1974 HD

    In July 1974, a group of Chicago based blues artists who had already achieved legendary status gathered together with some of their younger "blues...

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  • 1995
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    Remembering Chicago Again

    Remembering Chicago Again

    1 1995 HD

    Memories and home movies of numerous Chicagoans bring the 1940s and '50s alive, from early Chicago television to the patriotic spirit of the war...

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  • 1980
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    John Prine: Live on Soundstage

    John Prine: Live on Soundstage

    1 1980 HD

    Grammy Award-winning folk singer John Prine performs his early classics such as "Angel from Montgomery" and "Hello in There" in this 1980 concert...

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  • 1995
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    Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah

    Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah

    1 1995 HD

    Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and the gang discover the true meaning of Chanukah in this special holiday program. The story of the special holiday and all...

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  • 2007
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    Remembering Chicago: The Boomer Years

    Remembering Chicago: The Boomer Years

    1 2007 HD

    Experience the pivotal 1950s-1960s period through the eyes of 20 Chicagoans as they relive the stories and events of their youth, coming of age, and...

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  • 2014
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    Biking the Boulevards

    Biking the Boulevards

    1 2014 HD

    In Biking the Boulevards, Geoffrey Baer bikes his way across Chicago, using the city's network of boulevards. The boulevards are wide, tree-lined...

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  • 2025
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    House Music: A Cultural Revolution

    House Music: A Cultural Revolution

    1 2025 HD

    House music is a genre that connects, uplifts, and unites people. It resonates globally and is prevalent on the world’s biggest music stages....

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  • 2003
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    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

    6.40 2003 HD

    Taped for a two-part PBS Soundstage, Petty employs the Chicago locale as an entry into the blues and R&B that are at the foundation of rock & roll,...

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  • 1979
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    Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79

    Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2004
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    Chicago Live on SoundStage

    Chicago Live on SoundStage

    1 2004 HD

    One of the most loved bands in rock history, as well as one of the most commercially successful-with 50 hit songs in the U.S. alone, 18 gold records,...

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  • 1978
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    Vito

    Vito

    1 1978 HD

    This 1978 documentary classic is an inside look at the old-style Chicago Machine politics of the Richard J. Daley era, where Alderman Vito Marzullo...

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  • 2003
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    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    1 2003 HD

    Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

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  • 2025
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    Touring the Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer

    Touring the Lakefront with Geoffrey Baer

    1 2025 HD

    Geoffrey Baer is back to traverse the length and breadth of Chicago’s world-famous “front yard” to explore everything from beloved...

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  • 1989
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    Tarantella

    Tarantella

    5.23 1989 HD

    "Tarantella" was an early Super 8 short film directed by Christopher Nolan with his childhood friend Roko Belic. It was made in 1989 while Nolan was...

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  • 2006
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    All American Rejects: Live at Soundstage

    All American Rejects: Live at Soundstage

    1 2006 HD

    Power pop is arguably one of Americas greatest gifts, The All-American Rejects are champions of the genre. Group members Tyson Ritter, Nick Wheeler,...

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  • 2024
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    Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer

    Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer

    1 2024 HD

    Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport? How did the alligator later named "Chance the Snapper" suddenly appear in Chicago’s Humboldt Lagoon?...

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  • 2021
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    Hidden Turkey

    Hidden Turkey

    1 2021 HD

    Hidden Turkey is a one-hour television special produced, hosted, and narrated by CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg. It showcases the special...

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  • 2009
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    Irish Chicago

    Irish Chicago

    1 2009 HD

    The colorful stories of Irish-American immigrants and their descendants who lived the history and exemplify the repeated cycle of the outsider...

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  • 1994
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    Remembering Chicago

    Remembering Chicago

    1 1994 HD

    A nostalgic yet energetic look at a bygone chapter in Chicago history: the 1920s and '30s, when city life was far less threatening than it is today....

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