The Little Prince: Footage Unearthed Of Superstar At Age 11

>>> IF SERENDIPITY WAS A STORY YOU ARE GOING TO WATCH THE ONE MOST FORTUNATE STRIKE OF LUCK EVER. >> A MYSTERIOUS JIM GIVING PEOPLE A GLIMPSE INTO MINNEAPOLIS HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG MUSICAL ICON. WE ALL HAD A FEELING WHO THIS YOUNG BOY HE MIGHT BE, WE KNEW WE NEEDED HELP FROM THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST. A JOURNEY ON A STORY YOU WILL ONLY SEE HERE ON WCCO. >>> DEEP IN THE WCCO ARCHIVES ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAVEL BACK IN TIME ON ONE REAL A TROUBLE TREASURE LAY HIDDEN UNTOUCHED FOR 52 YEARS. APRIL 1970, MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS WENT ON STRIKE. WE DESTROYED THE FILM TO GIVE CONTEXT TO THE STRIKE THAT HAPPENED JUST LAST MONTH. >> THERE IS THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION THAT'S KIND OF COOL. >> I GREW UP IN MINNEAPOLIS ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOOKING AT COOL BUILDINGS FROM THE PLACE I GREW UP. >>'S CURIOSITY TURNED INTO A DISCOVERY WHEN HE SAW A REPORTER INTERVIEWING KIDS AS TEACHERS PICKETED IN THE BACKGROUND AND IT WAS THIS YOUNG BOY JUMPING AROUND AND LATER ANSWERING A QUESTION LEAVING THEM SPEECHLESS. >> I STARTED TELLING PEOPLE COME I'M NOT CAN TELL YOU I THINK THIS IS, WHO DO YOU THINK THIS IS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON -- >> WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO HEAR THE FILM A SPECIALIST HELPED US EXTRACT THE AUDIO AND WE HEARD HIS VOICE. >> ARE MOST KIDS IN FAVOR OF THE PICKETING? >> I THINK THEY SHOULD GET A VACATION. THEY SHOULD GET MORE MONEY. THEY WORK EXTRA HOURS FOR US AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> OUR EXCITEMENT WAS PALPABLE. >> WE DID NOT GET -- TO OUR INVESTIGATION. >> THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE. WE'VE GOT TO FIND RODNEY KITCHEN. >> SURELY HE COULD CONFIRM OUR QUESTS. THE PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS WE FOUND WAS A DEAD-END. HOW ABOUT A PICTURE, OR YEARBOOK PHOTO? >> HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 10 OR 11. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 11 DURING THE STRIKE WHICH IS WHEN THE INTERVIEW HAPPENED. >> WE NEEDED AN EXPERT. >> I HEARD BACK FROM KRISTIN. SHE IS A HISTORIAN WHEN IT COMES TO PRINTS. >> A DEDICATED FAN. SHE USED HER SKILLS TO PIECE TOGETHER THE PURPLE ONES LIFE. >> CHRISTIAN SAYS VIDEOS OF PRINCE IS A PRETEEN ARE ALMOST NONEXISTENT. UNTIL NOW. SHE'S SEEN THE CLUB. FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> I THINK THAT'S HIM. OH MY GOSH! THIS DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE LINCOLN JR. HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL FROM 1970. >> SHOWING US WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A SIXTH GRADE PICTURE PRINTS THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR OF THE STRIKE. >> SO MUCH OF HIS MANNERISMS AND EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >> DESPITE THE EVIDENCE WE STILL NEEDED SOMEONE WHO KNEW PRINCE AS A KID. WE WERE CONNECTED WITH TERRENCE JACKSON. >> WE GO BACK AS FAR AS KINDERGARTEN. >> A CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR. HE WAS IN PRINCES FIRST BAND WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS. >> OH MY GOD! THAT IS, PRINCE. THAT'S SCHIPPER. OH MY GOSH. >> THAT WAS JUST HIS REACTION SEEING PRINCE. NOW, HE'S HEARING HIM. >> WOW! THAT WAS HIM. >> WHAT -- >> I AM BLOWN AWAY. >> WIPING AWAY TEARS JACKSON, FLOODED WITH MEMORIES. >> HE WAS PLAYING GUITAR AND KEYS BY THEN PHENOMENALLY. HE WAS ATHLETIC. I WAS ATHLETIC. WE WANTED TO COMPETE. >> JACKSON'S WIFE, GREW UP RIGHT ALONGSIDE THEM. >> IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HIM THAT SMALL. THAT YOUNG. TO HEAR HIS VOICE. >> OUR MYSTERY REGARDING ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS MEN IN MUSIC WAS SOLVED. >> THAT'S, PRINCE. >> JUST SEEING HIM AS A YOUNG CHILD IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL . IT HELPS TO GROUND HIM TO THAT CONNECTION. >> A YOUNG CITY KID BEFORE HE PUT THE CITY AND MAP -- >> YOU HAVE FOUND A REAL GEM. >> THE SCHIPPER PART IS THE PART THAT MADE ME NOSTALGIC. NO MATTER HOW BIG YOU GET, THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNEW YOU WHEN YOU WERE A KID -- THE FACT THEY SEE IT AND THEY SAY SCHIPPER. THAT GAVE ME CHILLS. EVERYONE STARTS SOMEWHERE. >> THEY USED TO CALL HIM SCHIPPER LOOKING AT BABY PHOTOS AND HE WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO CALL HIM THAT. THAT WAS HIS FRIEND. NOT THE ICON. WE WERE EXCITED TO TELL THE STORY. IT

Channel: WCCO - CBS Minnesota

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Keywords: WCCO 4 News, Prince, Minneapolis, Video of Prince as a Kid, Prince as A Boy

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Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 04 2022