Draft Registration at Federal Plaza
Identifier
F.2005-08-0195
Date Of Production
circa 1978 – 1985
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage includes the following: Protestors rally against registration and the draft in Federal Plaza while synced with Frank Zappa’s “I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted”; Chris Millon’s sculpture, “Swimming in the City,” sits in Federal Plaza; American Legion Veterans burn the American Flag on a sidewalk; WMAQ-TV reporter Linda Yu serves as cochairman for the American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon; the St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen contest finals take place in the international ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel held on February 25, 1977; Bill Stamets interviews pigs in a pen; Sidman, PA resident Andrew Brunnet dresses like Abraham Lincoln, and members of the Sons of Veterans Reserve and Troops of the Confederate Forces convene in Seneca Lake State Park in 1978; excerpts of Stuart Gordon’s stage adaptation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are intercut with excerpts of a panel discussion, “Racism, Censorship, and Huckleberry Finn,” held at the Goodman Theatre on January 28, 1985. Footage also includes shots of Circus Vargas elephants, ice skating performances, aquarium exhibits, Lake Michigan, Hare Krishnas singing, the Chicago River, a mural of Prince located at the the 5th Annual Bucktown Summer Fest held August 26, 1984, and various unspecified marching bands and parades.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Beaches
Bicycles
Bodies of water
Chicago (Ill.) Police Dept.
Circus
Demonstrations
Historical reenactments
Ice Skating
Lake Michigan
Literature
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Political Activists
Popular culture
Racism
Bicycles
Bodies of water
Chicago (Ill.) Police Dept.
Circus
Demonstrations
Historical reenactments
Ice Skating
Lake Michigan
Literature
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Political Activists
Popular culture
Racism
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Rossen, John (is participant)
Yu, Linda (is participant)
Wallace, John (is participant)
Krug, Judith (is participant)
Kleinfeld, Lenny (is participant)
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