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Footage depicting Harold Washington on the campaign trail in 1983, ahead of the runup to the mayoral election. The film shows him being welcomed by...

The footage features different segments offering a look into Chicago's 1987 mayoral election, featuring Harold Washington on the campaign trail, an...

Second of four reels adding up to the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. 
Observational documentary following the 1983 Chicago Mayora...

The film depicts the competitive series of events leading up to the Chicago Mayoral Election of 1983 as well the public's response to the historica...

Third of four reels that were compiled in the video "Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power." Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Ma...

Fouth and final reel of the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Mayoral election, with ...

Various outtakes documenting the energetic 1987 mayoral campaign. The footage captures the highly publicized candidature of Harold Washington, Jane...

First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union Frol R. Kozlov visits the Midwest in 1959.

The film captures the arrival of Republican delegates at the San Francisco airport before attending the Republican National Convention in August 1956.

Kentucky Governor Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. is interviewed at the 1956 Democratic Convention, held at the International Amphitheatre on ...

This film features Richard Nixon's speech delivered at the VFW convention in Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan on August 24, 1960.

The film provides footage of an interview with former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson in 1960.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. gives a speech in 1960.

A speech by President Dwight Eisenhower.

Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson attends a rally at the Fort Theater in Rock Island, Illinois on October 26, 1956.