You Are There: “The Chicago Fire”
Identifier
F.2005-01-0035
Date Of Production
1955
Abstract
Episode of the television series “You Are There” featuring a fake news report on the Chicago Fire of 1871. Walter Cronkite acts as the news anchor from behind a desk, accompanied by “in the field” voiceover reports from different parts of the city as the fire spreads.
Log
00:08 - Titles. Walter Cronkite reports that a large fire has broken out in the growing city of Chicago. He turns to report over to the field where voice overs give an account of the fire over re-enacment footage of the streets, fire trucks and fleeing people. 04:47 - The fire begins to spread over the river to Polk St. City authorities are on the court house balcony watching the progress. The firemen are working furiously. In the business section the crowds are starting to panic. The cattle begin to stampede through the streets, breaking out of the stockyard. 09:15 - People jump from windows, the authorities flee the court house. Focus on the strong horses in a TS. The second fire breaks out. At the lake crowds are milling in the water as smoke billows. And oil warehouse collapses in flames. 13:40-15:42 - Aerial view of a burning city then back to Cronkite in the studio as he sums up the rest of the fire, and how Chicago immediately began to rebuild. Extended credits.
Run Time
14 min 35 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
570 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Form
Subject
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Distributor
Main Credits
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. (is production company)
Fonda, James (is producer)
Girard, Bernard (is director)
Additional Credits
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. (is contributor)
Fitzgerald, Ed (is cinematographer)
Small, Bud (is editor)
Participants And Performers
Cronkite, Walter (is actor)
Kenneally, William (is actor)
Wilcox, Harlow (is actor)
Holcomb, Grant (is actor)
Stout, Bill (is actor)
Ferris, Bob (is actor)
Roberts, Clete (is actor)
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