THE FILM IS basically a sort of detective story, or perhaps more of a sort of Grand Jury or Coroner's Inquest (in form that is). A great number of veterans former players were assembled to help in the reconstruction of the game itself and to perhaps solve a few of the mysterious occurrences that surrounded the event.
AS THE FEATURED guest roster of former Packers and former Chiefs were names such as: Jerry Kramer, Dave Robinson, Willie Davis (from Green Bay) and Len Dawson, Mike Garrett and Fred "the Hammer" Williamson (Kansas City). The sports casting crew members were well marshaled in a coordinated team effort to bring out the best in the player/guests and to at the same time start some analysis, not of grid iron action, but of every mystery and controversy that surrounded it up to today.
OUR HATS ARE off to the staff of NFL Films for their supplying the great volume of film clips that comprised the reconstructed game. Their expertise and experience made the screened product look as if it was easy to create. And not to downplay the efforts by this film making company, but the investigation of occurrences behind the scenes presented a far more vexing, perplexing and brain flexing problems.
WHEN WE CONSIDER the unseen happenings and 'political' intrigue that enveloped the game and its rating and importance in a business sense present, we have an understanding of its being much more than just a game. The recalling of the games score, stats and the final score are important, but the real outcome was how he game paved the way for a smooth merger of the AFL with the NFL into something far greater than anyone could have guessed!
AS THE FEATURED guest roster of former Packers and former Chiefs were names such as: Jerry Kramer, Dave Robinson, Willie Davis (from Green Bay) and Len Dawson, Mike Garrett and Fred "the Hammer" Williamson (Kansas City). The sports casting crew members were well marshaled in a coordinated team effort to bring out the best in the player/guests and to at the same time start some analysis, not of grid iron action, but of every mystery and controversy that surrounded it up to today.
OUR HATS ARE off to the staff of NFL Films for their supplying the great volume of film clips that comprised the reconstructed game. Their expertise and experience made the screened product look as if it was easy to create. And not to downplay the efforts by this film making company, but the investigation of occurrences behind the scenes presented a far more vexing, perplexing and brain flexing problems.
WHEN WE CONSIDER the unseen happenings and 'political' intrigue that enveloped the game and its rating and importance in a business sense present, we have an understanding of its being much more than just a game. The recalling of the games score, stats and the final score are important, but the real outcome was how he game paved the way for a smooth merger of the AFL with the NFL into something far greater than anyone could have guessed!
