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This 1965 episode of “America!,” a series of travel films about American sites hosted by Jack Douglas, shows the history and landmarks of Chicago, “a man-made wonder of the world.” The film begins with the host narrating about Fort Dearborn in 1820, where the city began; it was ravaged by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, although the Old Water Tower (1:10) survived. A view of the Chicago skyline on Lake Michigan (1:20). The Chicago River (2:00); the “Skyline Queen” cruise boat docking at the corner of State Street and Wacker Drive; the world’s largest post office and Eisenhower Expressway (2:25); the Temple Church, the world’s tallest church (2:31); Marina City, at the time the world’s tallest residential apartment buildings (2:58); the Wrigley building (3:11). A taxi drives along State Street; signs for Maxwell Street (3:48), home to an open air market. The Chicago Fire Academy (4:28) on West Dakota near the O’Leary house and barn, which supposedly started the 1871 fire. The “Tongues of Flame” statue outside the academy (4:47). Firemen climb ladders and fall off the side of a building (5:18). Quinn’s Snorkel, an automatic ladder system invented by Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn (5:36). Lieutenant Robert Maloney explains the snorkel system. The pump room of the Ambassador Hotel (6:37); Gaslight Club on East Huron Street, the first key club in America; the original Playboy Club at 116 East Walton (6:48); the Kungsholm Restaurant; a Fred Harvey Scandanavian chain with a miniature opera and mechanical puppets (7:02). Signs for Gino’s Pizza, Bourbon Street, Domino Lounge, GoGo Girls, Catfish Row, the Velvet Swing, Pigalle, and Irvings on Rush Street, part of the nightclub district (8:31). The 3 Hussars (9:05), a restaurant in the Carriage House Hotel with a violin and cimbalom, a Hungarian percussion instrument (9:18). Buckingham Fountain, gifted by Kate Buckingham (10:11). Ginza Holiday, a 3-day festival sponsored by the Midwest Buddhist Church of Chicago (10:41). Festival souvenirs like Japanese dolls, floral displays, and sketches. Samurai sports demonstrations like aikido (11:27). Scenes from Riverview Park (12:21), the world’s largest amusement park from 1904: a water chute, a roller coaster from the Chicago World’s Fair of 1934, parachutes. The Chicago Zoological Park (15:37) with the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fountain, and animals like the doll sheep of the Canadian Yukon, an African elephant, and Malayan Tapir. The zoo also had the country’s only inland porpoise arena (17:22). The Art Institute of Chicago (18:13), home to “A Sunday Afternoon” by Georges Seurat (18:28), “The Bedroom” by Vincent Van Gogh, and “The Red Armchair” and “Mother and Child” by Picasso. “Reclining Figure” by Henry Moore (19:01); “Shanmukha on a Peacock” (19:08); the “Ayala Altarpiece” (19:28). The Chicago Natural History Museum (19:47), with the largest collection of primitive art in the hemisphere. The Chicago Historical Society (21:04), with the anchor from the Santa Maria and a Lincoln and pioneer collection, as well as Abraham Lincoln’s death bed (21:53). The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (22:12), with a captured German U-boat; Old Town (22:25). The host explains these two attractions will be covered in a future program. Dick Freitag explains equipment on the U-boat (23:05). Produced and photographed by Tom McHugh, Film Supervisor Bill Reddish, Music Supervisor W. Lloyd Young, Associate Producer Frank Blair, America! Theme by Irving Gertz. Technical staff Dennis Payne, Dan Luciani, Millie Moore, Evelyn Elliott, Color Printing Consolidated Film Industries, Sound Recording Ryder Sound Services. Advisory Board Roger Janis, Roderick Tichenor, Fred Fredericks.
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This 1965 episode of “America!,” a series of travel films about American sites hosted by Jack Douglas, shows the history and landmarks of Chicago, “a man-made wonder of the world.” The film begins with the host narrating about Fort Dearborn in 1820, where the city began; it was ravaged by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, although the Old Water Tower (1:10) survived. A view of the Chicago skyline on Lake Michigan (1:20). The Chicago River (2:00); the “Skyline Queen” cruise boat docking at the corner of State Street and Wacker Drive; the world’s largest post office and Eisenhower Expressway (2:25); the Temple Church, the world’s tallest church (2:31); Marina City, at the time the world’s tallest residential apartment buildings (2:58); the Wrigley building (3:11). A taxi drives along State Street; signs for Maxwell Street (3:48), home to an open air market. The Chicago Fire Academy (4:28) on West Dakota near the O’Leary house and barn, which supposedly started the 1871 fire. The “Tongues of Flame” statue outside the academy (4:47). Firemen climb ladders and fall off the side of a building (5:18). Quinn’s Snorkel, an automatic ladder system invented by Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn (5:36). Lieutenant Robert Maloney explains the snorkel system. The pump room of the Ambassador Hotel (6:37); Gaslight Club on East Huron Street, the first key club in America; the original Playboy Club at 116 East Walton (6:48); the Kungsholm Restaurant; a Fred Harvey Scandanavian chain with a miniature opera and mechanical puppets (7:02). Signs for Gino’s Pizza, Bourbon Street, Domino Lounge, GoGo Girls, Catfish Row, the Velvet Swing, Pigalle, and Irvings on Rush Street, part of the nightclub district (8:31). The 3 Hussars (9:05), a restaurant in the Carriage House Hotel with a violin and cimbalom, a Hungarian percussion instrument (9:18). Buckingham Fountain, gifted by Kate Buckingham (10:11). Ginza Holiday, a 3-day festival sponsored by the Midwest Buddhist Church of Chicago (10:41). Festival souvenirs like Japanese dolls, floral displays, and sketches. Samurai sports demonstrations like aikido (11:27). Scenes from Riverview Park (12:21), the world’s largest amusement park from 1904: a water chute, a roller coaster from the Chicago World’s Fair of 1934, parachutes. The Chicago Zoological Park (15:37) with the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fountain, and animals like the doll sheep of the Canadian Yukon, an African elephant, and Malayan Tapir. The zoo also had the country’s only inland porpoise arena (17:22). The Art Institute of Chicago (18:13), home to “A Sunday Afternoon” by Georges Seurat (18:28), “The Bedroom” by Vincent Van Gogh, and “The Red Armchair” and “Mother and Child” by Picasso. “Reclining Figure” by Henry Moore (19:01); “Shanmukha on a Peacock” (19:08); the “Ayala Altarpiece” (19:28). The Chicago Natural History Museum (19:47), with the largest collection of primitive art in the hemisphere. The Chicago Historical Society (21:04), with the anchor from the Santa Maria and a Lincoln and pioneer collection, as well as Abraham Lincoln’s death bed (21:53). The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (22:12), with a captured German U-boat; Old Town (22:25). The host explains these two attractions will be covered in a future program. Dick Freitag explains equipment on the U-boat (23:05). Produced and photographed by Tom McHugh, Film Supervisor Bill Reddish, Music Supervisor W. Lloyd Young, Associate Producer Frank Blair, America! Theme by Irving Gertz. Technical staff Dennis Payne, Dan Luciani, Millie Moore, Evelyn Elliott, Color Printing Consolidated Film Industries, Sound Recording Ryder Sound Services. Advisory Board Roger Janis, Roderick Tichenor, Fred Fredericks.
Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
