[State of Illinois Center Dedication Ceremony]
Identifier
F.2005-08-0268
Date Of Production
circa 1978 – 1985
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage includes the following: Televised footage of self-taught artist Lee Godie; Chicago’s Christmas Parade; the Chicago International Art Exposition at Navy Pier; storefronts and pedestrian activity in Lower Manhattan; anti-Nazi protests; televised footage of The Wizard of Oz; Mayor Jane Byrne and Governor James Thompson participate in Chicago’s Labor Day Parade; Thompson, mayoral candidate Bernard Epton, and Lieutenant Governor George Ryan attend the White Sox baseball game at Comiskey Park on April 12, 1983; Ald. Roman Pucinski and neo-Nazi Arthur Jones provide interviews while attending a rally in support of Poland’s Solidarity Movement; Governor Thompson attends the dedication ceremony for Jean DuBuffet’s “Monument with Standing Beast” at the State of Illinois Center’s plaza on November 28, 1984; Governor Thompson, poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and Cardinal Joseph Bernardin speak at the dedication ceremony for the State of Illinois Center, while nearby anti-apartheid activists protest the use of South African steel for the building’s construction.
Format
Super 8
Extent
450 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
Christmas
Demonstrations
Holidays
Labor unions
Michigan Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
Marching bands
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Polish Americans
Political Activists
Politicians
Racism
Christmas
Demonstrations
Holidays
Labor unions
Michigan Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
Marching bands
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Polish Americans
Political Activists
Politicians
Racism
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
Thompson, James R. (is participant)
Ryan, George H. (is participant)
Epton, Bernard (is participant)
Jones, Art (is participant)
Pucinski, Roman C. (is participant)
Hartigan, Neil F., 1938- (is participant)
Jayne C. Thompson (is participant)
Brooks, Gwendolyn E. (is participant)
Bernardin, Joseph L. (is participant)
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