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Public Domain Stock Footage City Of Necessity Chicago 1961
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Synopsis: Synopsis: Chicago in 1961: marketplace of the mid-west, hub of big business, and a mecca of culture in the 1960's... (read more plus shot list)
Information: 1961 22 min BW
Show All Domestic Destinations Titles City Of Necessity - Chicago 1961



Stock Footage Chicago 1960's. Shows a green line train of the Chicago L (elevated public railway system). Chicago traffic and street scenes. Chicago skyline. Building demolition and construction scenes. Various street scenes of people and traffic. 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. Children playing in the ghettos of the intercity. Poverty in the slum area of Chicago. Night scenes of the bars, clubs, and burlesque section of Chicago. Various scenes of people, children at play.

Shot List of Stock Footage (start web movie at time code shown for each clip)

00:00:01:14 Chicago Rapid Transit, The Green Line, the Chicago L.

00:01:03:09 Aerial view Chicago Skyline.

00:02:33;13 Close-up view of jackhammer pounding, sound of jackhammer being used.

00:04:03:10 Homeless man pushing a buggy.

00:04:31:10 Homeless man with sack over his shoulder.

00:07:14:04 African-American man and woman sitting on “stoop” or porch, Chicago intercity ghetto.

00:07:41:07 High-rise apartment building, public housing for the poor.

00:09:23:13 Shows hand “rubber stamping” forms.

00:09:44:04 Several unemployed people sitting on “stoop” of walk-up apartment building, ghetto area. Various scenes of the idle, unskilled workers, Chicago slums or ghetto.

00:11:03:0. Exterior view of 2-story walk-up in the intercity, shows dilapidated interior of "flat" or apartment.

00:11:45:0. Cat sipping water from leaking faucet.

00:13:24:13 Black Muslim movement in Chicago.

00:16:29:09 Nighttime scenes of bars, clubs, and burlesque section of Chicago.