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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