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Synopsis: Chicago in 1961: marketplace of the mid-west, hub of big business, and a mecca of culture in the 1960's. Shows a green line train of the Chicago L (elevated public railway system). Chicago traffic and street scenes. Chicago skyline. Parade with “keep Chicago clean” float. Buildings being torn down. Shows high rise housing project for the poor in the inner-city. Shows the unemployed.
Various scenes of housing, the people, and living conditions in the intercity (inter-city) and Chicago ghettos. Poverty in the ghetto area of Chicago. Night scenes of the bars, clubs, and burlesque section of Chicago. Various scenes of people, children at play. |
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Information: 1961 22 min BW |
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