Here’s a recently-restored and upscaled vintage TV news segment from the famous Organ Grinder restaurant in Denver, Colorado.
This segment was produced in the early-to-mid 1980s by KOA/KCNC-TV Ch4 (Now CBS Colorado).
The Organ Grinder Documentary Project has digitized and restored dozens of hours of vintage footage which has been contributed by fans.
Perhaps you have old videotapes or photos from the Organ Grinder – we’d love to see them. We can digitize them at high quality and return the original to you, along with a digital file, and you’ll get credit if we use your footage in the film.
We especially need Denver material! Because Denver closed years earlier than Portland, fewer people brought camcorders to the restaurant – but SOME of you may have! Still photos from Denver are wonderful, too.
(Copyright note: The documentary project is posting this video clip with the good faith belief that it falls under the “Fair Use” safe harbor of US copyright law. It is being posted to aid in the search for present-day Tangela, and because Organ Grinder Denver fans, patrons, and interviewees have expressed an interest in seeing unearthed footage from this historic restaurant.)
Closing music:
Mickey Mouse March – Jimmie Dodd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_March
Performed by:
Patti (Simon) Zollman
at Organ Grinder Denver, May, 1981
Vintage video recording provided by:
Chris Kendall
Original news segment produced by:
KOA/KCNC-TV Ch4 (Now CBS Colorado)
Upscaling:
Wayne Bertram
Additional Restoration:
Bob Richardson
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