Bill Stamets Collection > SERIES I: Films by Bill Stamets > Subseries I: Completed Works

Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade 1976

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You go out in the center.

Oh, okay.

How many marshals do you have all together now? About a hundred.

A hundred marshals? Oh, goodness.

Well, it depends on the...

Outside of your parade, yeah.

Sometimes you can do it with 25 and 30, you know.

It's not a great big parade.

Yeah.

But this is a big thing.

Okay.

You have one down there where...

One man taking care of these first trees.

That's the first is the...

He cares for the St.

Patrick family.

Johnny Lapp.

And then the sons of St.

Patrick...

You know what he's doing? He's giving me a hundred bad.

Oh, he's giving me...

I don't have any.

Oh, you know, Dave...

Get the marshals over here.

Come on.

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Okay, that's...

Keep moving.

Keep moving.

There's a photograph that I've only got one line.

You can tell who's from the Chicago politics just by the way they're standing.

It's like a Kremlin wall movie.

Last year, Judge LaFever was third from Daly's left.

I don't think he's even afraid of this shit.

Now, LaFever was the man who was the chief judge of traffic court.

Who decides who's going to stand there? Daly.

But you can see who's who on the line by just watching the position in the line.

I mean, they have a few movie stars.

Like last year, George...

Somebody else.

That doesn't make...

Enjoy the parade? Yep, sure.

I'm not Irish.

Oh, no, no, wait.

But I love beer.

Why do you think you gotta get my T -shirt? Ha ha.

Whee.

Everybody's Irish today.

It's like a little game of Wichita.

How's it going? What's up? What's my joke? So I get a ride home? Not too bad.

Hey, hey, hey.

Look at that dog.

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You can break it.

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Are you ready to break it, Dad? Yeah.

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How are you? There's over 32 members, three clowns, I guess the ones that are doing all that shooting out there, are the Chicago police officers.

Oh no, it's the little guy in the center.

Fire! Fire! Fire! By the way, there's one...

Excellent physical shape.

And of course...

Fire! Fire! Fire! Hey, there it is! Hi! Hi! Got me? Get me food, baby.

I'm working hard.

Hey! This is Chicago! Come on.

Oh, here, Bill, come back here.

Bill, would you do me one favor?

Identifier
F.2005-08-0185
Date Of Production
March 17 1976
Abstract
Footage depicts Chicago’s 1976 St. Patrick’s Day Parade as it proceeds along State Street. Parade participants include Illinois Secretary of State Michael J. Howlett, actor Mickey Rooney, Mayor Richard J. Daley, a clown troupe, and the Chicago Stock Yard Kilty Band.
Format
Super 8
Extent
350 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Genre
Ethnographic
Form
Short
Subject
Boats and Boating
Bodies of water
Clowns
Holidays
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Politicians
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
Howlett, Michael J. (is participant)
Daley, Richard J. (is participant)
Rooney, Mickey (is participant)

 
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