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Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade 1981

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Alright, we're taking some other people back.

Alright, we're taking some other people back.

Alright, we're taking some other people back.

Alright, we're taking some other people back.

Alright, we're taking some other people back.

Yeah, you got it! Yeah, you got it! Alright, we're taking some other people back.

Alright, we're taking some other people back.

How does parade marching resemble moon launching? How does parade marching resemble moon launching? Well, I think there's a similarity.

I looked at the order of the parade the other night, and I think there are 185 groups that are going to be in it.

And there's a very detailed plan of where they're supposed to be, when they get there, what route they're supposed to follow, and how they get away at the other end.

I think a moon launching and a parade are similar in that there has to be an awful lot of planning that goes on ahead of time.

And the parade or the space flight are relatively short compared to the planning.

The planning's done right, the parade or the space flight will be successful.

And if the planning's not done right, it'll be a disaster.

Does traveling through space resemble parading down State Street? Well, in one way, yes, in one way, no.

Traveling through space, you're out there with nobody else.

And traveling down State Street, there'll be a lot of people there.

But in space, once you start off in a given direction, you keep going that way because you can't really change it.

And once you start down State Street, you can't change it much either, so I guess it's similar.

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Identifier
F.2005-08-0139
Date Of Production
circa 1980 – 1981
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage captures Chicago's St. Patrick’s Day Parade activities in 1980 and 1981. Shots include Mayor Jane Byrne, reporter Jay McMullen, State’s Attorney Richard M. Daley, retired Major General Michael E. Healy as the 1981 grand marshal, ex-astronaut James McDivitt as the 1980 grand marshal, Loyola University student Kathleen Jordan as 1981 Queen of the City of Chicago Miss St. Patrick’s Day Contest, the Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band, and parade floats as they proceed along State Street. Footage also includes part of an interview with McDivitt as filmmaker Bill Stamets asks him to describe how parade marching resembles moon launching.
Format
Super 8
Extent
200 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Holidays
Marching bands
Outer space
Parades and processions
Preservation Sponsor

Related Collections
Subseries I: Completed Works

Related Places
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Loop

Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers
McDivitt, James A. (is interviewee)
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
McMullen, Jay (is participant)
Daley, Richard M. (is participant)
Healy, Michael E. (is participant)
McDivitt, James A. (is participant)
Jordan, Kathleen A. (is participant)

 
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