Miscellaneous
Identifier
F.2005-08-0161
Date Of Production
circa 1976 – 1984
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage depicts an assortment of music performances, parades, televised footage, and pedestrian activity.
Shots include the following: Mayor Jane Byrne attends Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade; contestants parade across the stage in front of a panel of judges at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen contest finals held in the international ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel on February 25, 1977; televised footage shows a football game between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans; televised footage shows a Smith Barney commercial; anti-abortion activists march along the sidewalk; Christian evangelist Nicky Cruz speaks at the “Washington for Jesus” youth concert at Robert Kennedy Memorial Stadium on the evening of April 28, 1980; Holy Rosary Parish parishioner march to nearby Smith Park in honor of St. Roch in August 1982; the Illinois Army National Guard participates in a street parade; lead guitarist Hoppy Niles, bass guitarist Joe Cetner, and drummer Larry Cornwall of One Arm Bandit perform at ChicagoFest on Navy Pier, August 10, 1982; city workers erect a Christmas tree in downtown Chicago; participants ice skate to Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey”; participants roller skate to The Knack’s “My Sharona”; the Olympic torch relay, shot animatedly on foot, proceeds along N. Michigan Avenue in May 1984; televised footage captures Mayor Harold Washington as he delivers a speech, an interview with Professor George Reedy of Marquette University, and excerpts from The Wizard of Oz; the Bad Boys Marching Kazoo Band parades down the street.
Shots include the following: Mayor Jane Byrne attends Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade; contestants parade across the stage in front of a panel of judges at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen contest finals held in the international ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel on February 25, 1977; televised footage shows a football game between the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans; televised footage shows a Smith Barney commercial; anti-abortion activists march along the sidewalk; Christian evangelist Nicky Cruz speaks at the “Washington for Jesus” youth concert at Robert Kennedy Memorial Stadium on the evening of April 28, 1980; Holy Rosary Parish parishioner march to nearby Smith Park in honor of St. Roch in August 1982; the Illinois Army National Guard participates in a street parade; lead guitarist Hoppy Niles, bass guitarist Joe Cetner, and drummer Larry Cornwall of One Arm Bandit perform at ChicagoFest on Navy Pier, August 10, 1982; city workers erect a Christmas tree in downtown Chicago; participants ice skate to Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey”; participants roller skate to The Knack’s “My Sharona”; the Olympic torch relay, shot animatedly on foot, proceeds along N. Michigan Avenue in May 1984; televised footage captures Mayor Harold Washington as he delivers a speech, an interview with Professor George Reedy of Marquette University, and excerpts from The Wizard of Oz; the Bad Boys Marching Kazoo Band parades down the street.
Format
Super 8
Extent
300 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
Art Institute of Chicago
Festivals
Ice Skating
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Women's rights
Demonstrations
Festivals
Ice Skating
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Women's rights
Demonstrations
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
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