Sox Cubs Sting Swim
Identifier
F.2005-08-0157
Date Of Production
1983 – 1984
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage captures the following: Chicago White Sox fans rally against the Baltimore Orioles in Daley Center Plaza on October 3, 1983, Mayor Harold Washington joins the White Sox team on stage and awards a bottle of champagne to manager Tony La Russa, White Sox co-owner Jerry Reinsdorf furnishes Washington with a team jacket, and rookie player Ron Kittle swings a bat into an Oriole-shaped pinata filled with baseballs; Chicago Sting fans celebrate winning the North American Soccer League Championship in Daley Center Plaza on October 9, 1984, Mayor Harold Washington delivers a speech, accepts a team jacket from Sting owner Lee Stern, and poses for photographs with Stern, coach Willy Roy, forward Karl-Heinz Granitza, and team mascot Stanley Sting; City workers use Chicago Fire Department snorkels and a city cherry picker truck to affix a 12 x 6 foot, 30-pound Chicago Cubs cap on top of Picasso’s sculpture in Daley Center Plaza at the end of September 1984; World champion swimmer Benson Huggard applies cold-protectant grease to his skin and attempts to swim 10 miles through Lake Michigan with his legs tied for a hunger fundraiser on September 30, 1984.
Format
Super-8mm
Extent
250 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Baseball
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Government officials
Lake Michigan
Marching bands
Politicians
Swimming
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Government officials
Lake Michigan
Marching bands
Politicians
Swimming
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Washington, Harold (is participant)
Reinsdorf, Jerry M. (is participant)
Kittle, Ronald D. (is participant)
Stern, Lee B. (is participant)
Granitza, Karl-Heinz (is participant)
Roy, Willy (is participant)
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