[Elvis]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... first-time

NFL Network to re-air Super Bowl I for first time

Promo video: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0a ... wl-I-Promo

Forty-nine years to the day after the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs squared off in Super Bowl I, NFL Network will be the first network to ever replay this historic game on television.

Super Bowl I was broadcast by both NBC -- the official broadcaster of the AFL- and CBS -- the official broadcaster of the NFL and remains the only Super Bowl to have been broadcast live in the United States by two television networks. Considered to be the Holy Grail of sports broadcasts, the CBS and NBC tapes of the game were either lost or recorded over and no full video version of the game has existed ... until now.

In an exhaustive process that took months to complete, NFL Films searched its enormous archives of footage and were able to locate all 145 plays from Super Bowl I from more than a couple dozen disparate sources. Once all the plays were located, NFL Films was able to put the plays in order and stich them together while fully restoring, re-mastering, and color correcting the footage. Finally, audio from the NBC Sports radio broadcast featuring announcers Jim Simpson and George Ratterman was layered on top of the footage to complete the broadcast.

The final result represents the only known video footage of the entire action from Super Bowl 1 and NFL Network will show it to the world for the first time on the 49th anniversary of the game between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, January 15.

Super Bowl I: The Lost Game will air on Friday, January 15 at 8:00 PM ET on NFL Network. The three-hour program is enhanced with pregame, halftime and postgame segments, modern broadcast graphics and coverage, social media interaction, facts and information, with studio contributors and guests live reaction and storytelling throughout.

Host Chris Rose and Steve Mariucci anchor the broadcast and are joined by a plethora of NFL Media talent, such as Terrell Davis, Daniel Jeremiah, Steve Wyche, and Elliot Harrison. Additionally, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end for the Packers Willie Davis and former Packers wide receiver Antonio Freeman join in-studio, while former Packers greats Jerry Kramer and Dave Robinson join the show from remote.

In addition to the broadcast of the game, Super Bowl I: The Lost Game includes the following features:

· Wired sound from Packers head coach Vince Lombardi

· Footage of a postgame interview with Chiefs head coach Hank Stram and NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle being interviewed by Pat Summerall

· In-depth discussion on how the Super Bowl I broadcast was lost and then re-assembled using NFL Films footage

· A feature on the merger between the well-established National Football Leagueand the upstart American Football League, giving birth to the modern-day NFL and the uniquely American spectacle called the Super Bowl.

· An interview with Super Bowl I CBS producer Bill Creasy on why the second half kickoff was kicked twice

All 145 plays of game footage from Super Bowl I: The Lost Game were compiled from NFL Films video shot at the game. The NFL Films crew for Super Bowl I were John Butterworth, Joe Fain, Morris Kellman, Stan Kirby, Stanley Leshner, Dave Marx, Skip & Ken Nelson, Walt & Jim Porep, and Art Spieller. There were only two ground cameras and just one sound camera, the rest of the staff were top cameras or assistants. By comparison, there will be approximately 35 NFL Films cameras at Super Bowl 50 and an additional support crew of well over 50 other NFL Films personnel.

[moklerman]

Thanks for posting this, Elvis. I've been seeing the previews on NFLN but had forgotten that it was on tomorrow.

It's sort of surreal to me. I mean, it's always been kind of tragic IMO that the footage from SB I was lost(or taped over as networks often did with shows back then or whatever) and now, the world has SB I back(played at the Coliseum) and the Rams back in LA(playing at the Coliseum).

As far as my little slice of the universe goes, it seems like the proverbial ship is righting itself.

Now, if the Rams would just re-sign Bradford and let him play with the kind of personnel and defense he should have always had. <hides>

[Elvis]

Tonight! Game was at the Coliseum...

[LoyalRam]

I am watching, and it feels somewhat like seeing a lost piece of history..which it is..lol

[moklerman]

Well, it was nice to see the footage but I really hope they release a "game only" version. Didn't care for all the commentary and interruptions. I wonder if they have all the footage that was edited out? They cut it down so it showed like the game shortcuts they do every week.

Maybe I had the wrong impression but I thought it was going to be like watching the game back in '67. This was barely different than just watching the NFL films SB I highlights.

It is jarring to go from HD game coverage of the playoffs to what technology was limited to back in the '60's. I couldn't help myself from wanting to see better angles and multiple replays.

[dieterbrock]

I was stoked to watch this, and only got thru about 15 minutes.
Most annoying thing I've ever watched.
How about showing the game in real time? The choppy editing, the commentary from the crew.
Totall annoyance

[moklerman]

I didn't pay attention but my guess is they released it to coincide with the anniversary of the game. But it's totally lost with everything else going on. They should have saved it for a down time in the NFL schedule.

Sadly, the NFLN has gone the way of ESPN by having 82 different hosts, experts, analysts, token females, etc. For every stinking show! NFL AM, FFL, Around the League, etc. What used to be so cool, is now the worst of the worst.

[Hacksaw]

Thanks dieter and mokler, I was bummed I missed it. Not so much now. Even our Superbowl in Pasadena looks like the "olden day" compared to today. I love in my Rams-Pitt SB video, how there are like 2 commercials at the breaks as opposed to the 35 or 40 these days.

[moklerman]

Thanks dieter and mokler, I was bummed I missed it. Not so much now. Even our Superbowl in Pasadena looks like the "olden day" compared to today. I love in my Rams-Pitt SB video, how there are like 2 commercials at the breaks as opposed to the 35 or 40 these days.

I wonder how long it'll be before they have a commercial between each play? Seems ludicrous but it wouldn't surprise me.

I routinely hit pause on the DVR and come back in an hour so I can fast forward through the breaks. Injury timeout, change of possession, booth review, official timeout, kickoff...it's maddening. The worst part is, I'm PAYING to see those commercials. I don't get the games for free, thereby justifying the advertising. Same thing irks me at the movies. I paid $10 to see the movie and usually another $10 on a drink and popcorn but I still have to sit through commercials.