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Department of Communication, Stanford University

Seconds to Play

1976 27 min English

A documentary detailing the live ABC broadcasting of a 1975 college football game from the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum, between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the UCLA Bruins, taking us behind the scenes into the fast-paced demands and technical impediments of turning a simple sport into a mass-broadcast entertainment.

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Patrick Crowley Director · Jon Else Writer

United States release May 1, 1976 · Produced in United States · Production The National Endowment for the Arts, Public Media Program

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Department of Communication, Stanford University

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The National Endowment for the Arts

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Public Media Program

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United States · May 1, 1976

Premiere · The game detailed in the film was recorded on October 4, 1975. It is therefore reasonable to estimate that its postproduction was completed and that the film was exhibited, distributed, or broadcast between the fall/winter of 1975, and the spring/summer of 1976.

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