RAW FOOTAGE
The TVTV collection at BAMPFA includes the unedited camera-original tapes from the majority of the collective’s works. This includes some of its earliest, groundbreaking documentaries: The World’s Largest TV Studio (1972), which examines the 1972 Democratic National Convention; its Republican companion piece, Four More Years (1972); and Gerald Ford’s America (aired 1975), a four-part series following TVTV members as they embed themselves into the first one hundred days of the Ford presidency.
BAMPFA digitized and preserved 437 half-inch open reel videotapes from these three works as part of a multi-year project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. You can now view more than two hundred hours of raw, behind-the-scenes footage from a pivotal moment in in our nation’s history. All the raw tapes from this project are available on archive.org and we’ve also prepared a selection of highlights here.
Gerald Ford's America 245. Trip number 6. Portland--flesh/demos. McCall
This tape consists of approximately thirty-three minutes of raw footage from the TVTV shooting of Gerald Ford’s America (1975).
[. . .]01 November 1974
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On the steps of the US Capitol, Skip Blumberg and Andy Mann experiment with their Sony Portapaks following Richard Nixon's resignation [. . .]
14 October 1974
Gerald Ford's America 076. 9/27 [Ralph] Nader press conference on economic summit
Raw footage from Gerald Ford's America featuring a press conference and interview with Ralph Nader [. . .]
27 September 1974
Gerald Ford’s America 001. 8/8 [1974] White House
Raw footage from Gerald Ford's America featuring TVTV at the White House on the day of Richard Nixon's resignation [. . .]
08 August 1974
Gerald Ford's America
235 camera original tapes from TVTV's production of Gerald Ford's America (1975) in the 100 days following Richard Nixon's resignation [. . .]
08 August 1974
Four More Years [raw footage tape 093]
Raw footage from Four More Years during the 1972 Republican National Convention featuring a celebration for old and young Miamians, Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders of the Fugs [. . .]
24 August 1972
Four More Years [raw footage tape 081]
Raw footage from Four More Years at the 1972 Republican National Convention including an interview with CBS's Bill Leonard and coverage of an anti Vietnam War protest with a violent police response including tear gas [. . .]
23 August 1972
Interview with John Lewis and Tom Houck
Maureen Orth interviews John Lewis and Tom Houck for TVTV at the 1972 Republican National Convention [. . .]
22 August 1972
Four More Years
79 camera original tapes from TVTV's production of Four More Years at the 1972 Republican National Convention [. . .]
21 August 1972
Four More Years [raw footage tape 038]
Raw footage from Four More Years featuring an interview with Ron Kovic at Flamingo Park and a protest led by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) at the 1972 Republican National Convention [. . .]
20 August 1972
The World's Largest TV Studio [raw footage tape 086]
Raw footage from The World’s Largest TV Studio at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. TVTV sifts through the aftermath of convention and interviews Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather [. . .]
14 July 1972
The World's Largest TV Studio [raw footage tape 082]
Raw footage from The World's Largest TV Studio at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. TVTV interviews African-American delegates to the Democratic Convention on race, McGovern, and politics. "Heavy Black Marxist Rap" [. . .]
12 July 1972
The World's Largest TV Studio [raw footage tape 025]
Raw footage from The World’s Largest TV Studio at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. National Women's Political Caucus press conference with Bella Abzug, Sissy Farenthold, Betty Friedan, and Gloria Steinem; and interviews with Florynce Kennedy and Margaret Sloan-Hunter [. . .]
09 July 1972
The World's Largest TV Studio
105 camera original tapes from TVTV's production of The World's Largest TV Studio (1972) at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. [. . .]
09 July 1972
