[IL Bell Chicago Crossroads of a Continent]

The Illinois Bell Telephone Company takes the viewer on a journey through the past, present, and future of Chicago!

0:18Copy video clip URL An animated graphic shows that the footage was presented by “Illinois Bell Telephone”.

0:23Copy video clip URL Animated footage of the Chicago skyline is shown.

0:37Copy video clip URL Matte painting footage of the Chicago skyline is shown. 

0:51Copy video clip URL The footage transitions to color video footage.

1:05Copy video clip URL The different types of transportation in Chicago are shown.

1:18Copy video clip URL The different types of unionized factory labor that were once in Chicago are shown.

1:19Copy video clip URL Corporate labor in offices in Chicago are shown. 

1:22Copy video clip URL Single family homes in Chicago are shown. 

1:31Copy video clip URL Traffic in downtown Chicago is shown.

1:53Copy video clip URL Chicago’s parks are shown.

2:00Copy video clip URL Abandoned houses and other buildings are shown.

2:06Copy video clip URL The botanical gardens are shown.

2:07Copy video clip URL The museums of Chicago are shown.

2:13Copy video clip URL The high-rises along the river are shown. 

2:43Copy video clip URL The narrator mentions that at the time of the program, there were three-and-a-half-million citizens in Chicago.

2:57Copy video clip URL Architects are shown working in a firm downtown. 

3:15Copy video clip URL A large convention of some sort is shown.

3:23Copy video clip URL Sounds of a “Chicago Typewriter” (a Thompson SMG with a fore-grip and drums magazine) with bullet hole animations are heard and seen

3:28Copy video clip URL A corpse behind the wheel of a bullet-riddled car is shown.

3:38Copy video clip URL Footage of a parade is shown. 

3:57Copy video clip URL The different modes of communication in Chicago are shown.

4:36Copy video clip URL A “memory plate” is shown. 

5:25Copy video clip URL The land that would become Chicago os shown – when it was a swamp. 

5:38Copy video clip URL Historical drawings of the land that was to become Chicago are shown.

6:49Copy video clip URL Historical drawings of Chicago in its early days are shown. 

6:57Copy video clip URL Historical drawings of well-dressed citizenry in Chicago in the nineteenth century are shown.

7:14Copy video clip URL Historical photographs of Chicago in the early twentieth century are shown. 

7:27Copy video clip URL A historical photograph of Chicago at the time of the original broadcast is shown. 

7:50Copy video clip URL Some of the historical founders of Chicago are shown.

8:38Copy video clip URL A historical painting of an early railroad station in Chicago is shown. 

9:06Copy video clip URL Historical paintings and drawings depicting the Chicago fire of 1871 are shown. 

10:27Copy video clip URL Footage of the evolution of telecommunications in Chicago is shown. 

11:28Copy video clip URL A vintage photograph of a white “Chicago Telephone Company” horse-drawn carriage is shown.

11:33Copy video clip URL A vintage photograph of an early black “Chicago Telephone Company” car is shown.

12:02Copy video clip URL Historic images and footage of the history of transportation in Chicago are shown.

13:31Copy video clip URL The narrator states that the Queen Elizabeth II of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland came to visit Chicago.

13:44Copy video clip URL Crowds can be seen welcoming Queen Elizabeth.

13:53Copy video clip URL Historical drawings and footage of Navy Pier are shown.

13:59Copy video clip URL An “International Trade Fair” in Chicago is shown.

14:17Copy video clip URL Beauty Queens in matching short dresses, stand lined up neatly in front of Buckingham Fountain.

15:24Copy video clip URL The building of McCormick place is shown. 

16:06Copy video clip URL Historical footage of schoolchildren in Chicago is shown.

16:23Copy video clip URL Footage of Chicago children at church is shown.

17:10Copy video clip URL The narrator tells of the terror of neighborhood neglect and decline. 

17:55Copy video clip URL Footage of urban renewal is shown.

18:05Copy video clip URL The construction of Prairie Shores Apartments is shown. 

18:24Copy video clip URL Footage of the Lake Meadows Apartments and Lake Meadows Shopping Center from the late nineteen-fifties are shown. 

18:57Copy video clip URL Footage of the University of Chicago is shown.

19:32Copy video clip URL Footage of Chicago citizenry at the beaches is shown.

20:05Copy video clip URL Footage of the Chicago Symphony is shown. 

20:12Copy video clip URL A montage of classic neon business signs in Chicago starts.

21:00Copy video clip URL Architectural footage of Chicago’s proposed redevelopment is shown.

21:41Copy video clip URL Architectural drawings for the University of Illinois, Chicago are shown.

 

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