SE + CIAE
Identifier
F.2005-08-0141
Date Of Production
1983 – 1984
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage depicts the following:
00:19: Dizzie Gillespie performs at the 1984 Chicago Jazz Festival held in Grant Park, August 29-September 2, 1984.
00:59: Willie Dixon performs at Chicago’s Blues Festival.
03:38: A banner advertises for the 25th Annual Chicago International Folk Fair.
04:32: The Mexican aerial ballet troupe, Los Voladores, performs at the 11th Annual Fiesta Del Sol held in the Pilsen neighborhood on August 10-12, 1984.
06:08: A casino wheel spins at the Taste of Polonia Festival held at the Copernicus Center.
06:17: Former Morgan Park residents provide an interview at the 8th Annual Morgan Park Roots Picnic.
08:15: Chicago White Sox fans rally against the Baltimore Orioles in Daley Center Plaza, Mayor Harold Washington joins the White Sox team on stage, several players and manager Tony La Russa display an “A.L. Western Division Champs 1983” banner, and rookie player Ron Kittle swings a bat into an Oriole-shaped piñata filled with baseballs on October 3, 1983.
09:11: Chicago Sting fans celebrate winning the North American Soccer League Championship, Mayor Harold Washington accepts a team jacket from Sting owner Lee Stern, and Washington poses with Stern, coach Willy Roy, and team mascot Stanley Sting in Daley Center Plaza on October 9, 1984.
09:32: An athlete carries the Olympics torch through Daley Center Plaza in 1984.
09:54: City workers utilize 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 Plaza Center in late September 1984.
10:18: Children enjoy an amusement park ride.
10:27: Fireworks are lit at the Chinatown Summer Fair on August 12, 1984.
11:13: French artist Arman’s 28-foot Cart artsits on Navy Pier.
12:36: Mayor Harold Washington symbolically smashes a bottle of champagne against Dennis Oppenheim’s Rolling Explosionat the start of the 1984 Chicago International Art Exposition, accompanied by a group including Washington's fiance Mary Ella Smith, director of cultural affairs Fred Fine, and CIAE chairman John Wilson.
13:32: Concluding footage features a rapid montage of artworks exhibited at the Fifth Annual Chicago International Art Exposition held at Navy Pier on May 10-15, 1984.
00:19: Dizzie Gillespie performs at the 1984 Chicago Jazz Festival held in Grant Park, August 29-September 2, 1984.
00:59: Willie Dixon performs at Chicago’s Blues Festival.
03:38: A banner advertises for the 25th Annual Chicago International Folk Fair.
04:32: The Mexican aerial ballet troupe, Los Voladores, performs at the 11th Annual Fiesta Del Sol held in the Pilsen neighborhood on August 10-12, 1984.
06:08: A casino wheel spins at the Taste of Polonia Festival held at the Copernicus Center.
06:17: Former Morgan Park residents provide an interview at the 8th Annual Morgan Park Roots Picnic.
08:15: Chicago White Sox fans rally against the Baltimore Orioles in Daley Center Plaza, Mayor Harold Washington joins the White Sox team on stage, several players and manager Tony La Russa display an “A.L. Western Division Champs 1983” banner, and rookie player Ron Kittle swings a bat into an Oriole-shaped piñata filled with baseballs on October 3, 1983.
09:11: Chicago Sting fans celebrate winning the North American Soccer League Championship, Mayor Harold Washington accepts a team jacket from Sting owner Lee Stern, and Washington poses with Stern, coach Willy Roy, and team mascot Stanley Sting in Daley Center Plaza on October 9, 1984.
09:32: An athlete carries the Olympics torch through Daley Center Plaza in 1984.
09:54: City workers utilize 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 Plaza Center in late September 1984.
10:18: Children enjoy an amusement park ride.
10:27: Fireworks are lit at the Chinatown Summer Fair on August 12, 1984.
11:13: French artist Arman’s 28-foot Cart artsits on Navy Pier.
12:36: Mayor Harold Washington symbolically smashes a bottle of champagne against Dennis Oppenheim’s Rolling Explosionat the start of the 1984 Chicago International Art Exposition, accompanied by a group including Washington's fiance Mary Ella Smith, director of cultural affairs Fred Fine, and CIAE chairman John Wilson.
13:32: Concluding footage features a rapid montage of artworks exhibited at the Fifth Annual Chicago International Art Exposition held at Navy Pier on May 10-15, 1984.
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
Art
Baseball
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Concerts
Festivals
Government officials
Music
Musicians
Politicians
Baseball
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Concerts
Festivals
Government officials
Music
Musicians
Politicians
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (is participant)
Washington, Harold (is participant)
La Russa, Anthony (is participant)
Kittle, Ronald D. (is participant)
Stern, Lee B. (is participant)
Roy, Willy (is participant)
Smith, Mary Ella (is participant)
Fine, Fred M. (is participant)
Wilson, John D. (is participant)
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