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B/W AND COLOR FILM TRANSFER CU OF A PHOTO OF THE MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA FRANK RIZZO VS OF A SIGN THAT READS WELCOME TO PHILADELPHIA VS OF FRED CALANDRA, PRESIDENT OF PHILADELPHIA NEW YEAR SHOOTERS AND MUMMERS ASSOCIATION HE PRAISES PHILADELPHIA'S NEW YEARS PARADE VS OF THE PARADE VS OF MAYOR FRANK RIZZO CAMPAIGNING VS OF PHILADELPHIA CITIZENS EXPRESSING THEIR OPINION OF FRANK RIZZO VS OF STATE SENATOR HENRY BUDDY CIANFRANI FROM DISTRICT ONE IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA HE DETAILS THE LIFE OF MR RIZZO VS OF AN ITALIAN MARKET VS OF DUSTY GALE AND HIS TRIO S OF MR GALE SINGING VS OF POSTERS OF FRANK RIZZO CU OF A BABY PICTURE OF RIZZO CU OF A STREET SIGN THAT READS RIZZO VS OF RIZZO VS OF CITIZENS DISCUSSING RIZZO'S ROLE AS A POLICE OFFICER B/W STILL OF RIZZO OBSERVING A PICTURE OF HIMSELF VS OF CITIZENS DESCRIBING RIZZO AS A STRICT DISCIPLINARIAN VS OF MR RIZZO SAYING I COME FROM AN ARENA WHERE I TOOK MY LUMPS AND GAVE SOME VS OF MICHAEL PAKENHAM ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER HE SAYS RIZZO WAS THE QUICKEST GUY TO BEAT UP A MISCREANT VS OF B/W PHOTO OF RIZZO VS OF SPENCER COXE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA BRANCH AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION HE SAYS RIZZO ORDERED INTERRACIAL COUPLES TO BE ARRESTED VS OF GREGORY HARVEY FORMER CHAIRMAN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION HE SAYS RIZZO MADE HIS REPUTATION BY RAIDING COFFEE HOUSES VS OF CHARLES BOWSER FORMER DEPUTY TO MAYOR JAMES TATE OF PHILADELPHIA HE DESCRIBES THE FLAMBOYANT PERSONALITY OF RIZZO VS B/W PHOTOS OF BLACK YOUTHS VS OF ANDREA MITCHELL A RADIO AND TELEVISION REPORTER SHE SAYS RIZZO TOLD HIS OFFICERS THAT AS POLICE COMMISSIONER HE WOULD BACK THEM UP WHETHER WHAT THEY DID WAS RIGHT OR WRONG VS OF THATCHER LONGSTRETH MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN THE 1971 ELECTIONS HE SAYS MUCH OF RIZZO'S ACTIONS ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VS OF LARRY KANE, A TELEVISION JOURNALIST WHO SPEAKS OF RIZZO'S CELEBRITY STATUS INTS OF A SUBWAY VS OF A MS NATALIE WOOD SINGING B/W PHOTO OF RIZZO DEFUSING A BOMB VS OF A DEBATE BETWEEN LONGSTRETH AND RIZZO SHOT OFF OF A TELEVISION SCREEN B/W PHOTO OF ANGELO BRUNO, A REPUTED MAFIA LEADER VS OF LONGSTRETH CALLING RIZZO'S LIFE A HORATIO ALGER STORY CI: PARADES: NEW YEARS GOVERNMENT: CITY, PHILADELPHIA PERSONALITIES: RIZZO, FRANK PERSONALITIES: CALANDRA, FRED PERSONALITIES: CIANFRANI, HENRY PERSONALITIES: GALE, DUSTY PERSONALITIES: PAKENHAM, MICHAEL PERSONALITIES: COXE, SPENCER PERSONALITIES: HARVEY, GREGORY PERSONALITIES: LONGSTRETH, THATCHER PERSONALITIES: KANE, LARRY PERSONALITIES: BOWSER, CHARLES PERSONALITIES: MITCHELL, ANDREA