Bluesfest
Identifier
F.2005-08-0252
Date Of Production
circa 1978 – 1985
Abstract
Content Notice: This material contains depictions of hate speech at 7:04 - 7:22.
Loosely assembled footage includes depictions of the following: the Chicago Blues Festival; a Veteran’s Day gathering in Heald Square; televised footage of neo-nazis claiming a Supreme Court victory; the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; a fireworks show; a Jane Byrne winter holiday-themed stage event; Radio Expo Hamfest; Mayor Harold Washington and director of the Mayor’s Office of Special Events Lois Weisberg promote events planned in conjunction with Chicago’s “Sharing It Holiday” during a press conference at the City Hall-County Building in October 1984; Mayor Washington accepts a corporation’s donated check to clean the Victory Monument in Bronzeville; members of the Disarm Northrop Coalition and other anti-nuclear activists block a road leading to the Northrop Corporation’s Defense Systems Division plant on Disarmament Action Day, June 20, 1983; a “Help End the Arms Race” march and a separate military parade both proceed through the Loop.
Loosely assembled footage includes depictions of the following: the Chicago Blues Festival; a Veteran’s Day gathering in Heald Square; televised footage of neo-nazis claiming a Supreme Court victory; the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; a fireworks show; a Jane Byrne winter holiday-themed stage event; Radio Expo Hamfest; Mayor Harold Washington and director of the Mayor’s Office of Special Events Lois Weisberg promote events planned in conjunction with Chicago’s “Sharing It Holiday” during a press conference at the City Hall-County Building in October 1984; Mayor Washington accepts a corporation’s donated check to clean the Victory Monument in Bronzeville; members of the Disarm Northrop Coalition and other anti-nuclear activists block a road leading to the Northrop Corporation’s Defense Systems Division plant on Disarmament Action Day, June 20, 1983; a “Help End the Arms Race” march and a separate military parade both proceed through the Loop.
Format
Super 8
Extent
500 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
African Americans
Beaches
Christmas
Demonstrations
Festivals
Holidays
Labor unions
Lake Michigan
Monuments and memorials
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Police
Political Activists
Politicians
Racism
Beaches
Christmas
Demonstrations
Festivals
Holidays
Labor unions
Lake Michigan
Monuments and memorials
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Police
Political Activists
Politicians
Racism
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Hooker, John Lee (is participant)
Washington, Harold (is participant)
Weisberg, Lois (is participant)
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