1971 Week 6 Howard Cosell Halftime Highlights * RESTORED * ABC Monday Night Football

1971 Week 6 Howard Cosell Halftime Highlights * RESTORED * ABC Monday Night Football - 1440p/60fps

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2 жыл бұрын

I've restored 3 of the 4 games of the 1971 Week 6 Howard Cosell halftime highlights segment, shown during the ABC Monday Night Football broadcast, Colts at Vikings, on October 25, 1971. I didn't have enough replacement footage for the Broncos at Browns game, so I omitted that one.
The halftime highlight segments were always notorious for using awful-quality clips (way too bright, blown out, not crisp, etc). I found high-quality clips of the same shots/plays from the 1971 Week 6 'This Week in Pro Football' show and other films and replaced the original clips with these.
I have re-created the original ABC on-screen graphics.
In some cases the original clips were a bit longer than the replacement shots, or I didn't have footage at all for certain plays, and so I truncated parts of the narration or even omitted a play to make things fit.
I worked on the original audio a bit, applying hiss and noise reduction.
For comparison's sake, you can see the original quality segment here and be blown away by the upgrade --- • Video

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@davevolskysbackdoor5673 2 жыл бұрын

I've restored 3 of the 4 games of the 1971 Week 6 Howard Cosell halftime highlights segment, shown during the ABC Monday Night Football broadcast, Colts at Vikings, on October 25, 1971. I didn't have enough replacement footage for the Broncos at Browns game, so I omitted that one. The halftime highlight segments were always notorious for using awful-quality clips (way too bright, blown out, not crisp, etc). I found high-quality clips of the same shots/plays from the 1971 Week 6 'This Week in Pro Football' show and other films and replaced the original clips with these. I have re-created the original ABC on-screen graphics. In some cases the original clips were a bit longer than the replacement shots, or I didn't have footage at all for certain plays, and so I truncated parts of the narration or even omitted a play to make things fit. I worked on the original audio a bit, applying hiss and noise reduction. For comparison's sake, you can see the original quality segment here and be blown away by the upgrade --- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bb6gm7ykq9irc6s.html

@paulpetri8738 2 жыл бұрын

I watched that Bears game upstairs in my parents room on a black and white TV and remember that Lion player falling dead on the field. I was only 8 years old but you don't forget stuff like that.

@machinewash3523 Жыл бұрын

Kenny Anderson deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Great underrated passer and competitor.

@cullenoc_3374 Жыл бұрын

I agree. The only reason he isn't in is because he never won a Superbowl. I think what he did for Cincinnati and the stats he put up in the league is more than enough to get in the Hall. He has a great start and finish to his career. He has a few years in the middle that were subpar, maybe that's another reason.

@howardcosell2022 Жыл бұрын

He flourished when he had great coaching. Bill Walsh and Lindy Infante

@22_cincatt 2 жыл бұрын

The restoration is amazing. Brings new life to these segments. I looked foward to halftime highlights by Howard more than the games themselves. Thanks Dave!

@rawhidekid 7 ай бұрын

I remember watching those halftime highlights as a kid. I was in 5th grade. I never forgot Howard talking about Chuck Hughes’ death on the field. It scared me and made me very sad. 😢

@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613 Жыл бұрын

The halftime highlights were the only way to see decent highlights back then. Great memories of Howard too!❤🏈

@karlcooper7016 2 жыл бұрын

'Speedy Thomas' hahahahahahahaha those guys had some real nicknames back then didn't they.

@dwaynecoy1871 Жыл бұрын

Elmo Wright and the "Jig of Delight"

@joeski734 5 ай бұрын

We imitated that move as kids! He was the first guy I can remember who had a signature TD celebration.

@karlcooper7016 2 жыл бұрын

Lenny Dawson the'underrated Hall of Famer' as I like to call him.

@ssviking81 4 ай бұрын

In the Cosell voice "The Oakland Alameda County Colosseum"

@blueriversrapper Жыл бұрын

Ur the best

@Cowboy1959 2 жыл бұрын

Historical question: was the fade to black at the end of the Bears-Lions highlights part of the original MNF highlight package, or is it a 21st century creative choice as a silent tribute to Chuck Hughes?

@davevolskysbackdoor5673 2 жыл бұрын

The original version here --- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bb6gm7ykq9irc6s.html -- had the Chief mascot appear onscreen as Cosell was lamenting Hughes' demise. Didn't seem appropriate to me.

@Cowboy1959 2 жыл бұрын

I suspected that the fade to black was your artistic choice, and It was the correct one. NFL FIlms dropped the ball on the Hughes incident back in 1971, both on the MNF highlights and on "This Week in Pro Football". Even if you accept that the world was different then and people just didn't know how to deal with the death of a football player on the field, the whole "show must go on" vibe that resulted had to be as disappointing then as it is now.

@karlcooper7016 2 жыл бұрын

Ron Jesse became a Ram just like Matt Stafford.

@howardcosell2022 Жыл бұрын

Just like David Hill too