VET Memorial
Identifier
F.2005-08-0025
Date Of Production
June 13 1986
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage of the Vietnam Veteran's Day Parade that occurred in Chicago's Loop on the Friday of June 13, 1986. The film includes an excerpt of Mayor Harold Washington present in the reviewing stand at LaSalle St. and Washington St. as he reads a proclamation declaring the day to be "Vietnam Veteran's Day." Other notable figures present include Illinois Governor James Thompson, veteran and chairman of the parade committee Tom Stack, parade marshal and retired General William Westmoreland, Alderman Burton Natarus, Alderman Roman Pucinski, Washington's press secretary Alton Miller, and veteran James Patridge.
Format
Super 8
Extent
20 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Washington, Harold (is participant)
Thompson, James R. (is participant)
Stack, Thomas J. (is participant)
Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 (is participant)
Patridge, James W. (is participant)
Natarus, Burton F. (is participant)
Pucinski, Roman C. (is participant)
Miller, Alton (is participant)
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