WWII re-enactment landing on beach northside
Identifier
F.2005-08-0232
Date Of Production
circa 1985 – 1994
Abstract
Content notice: this film contains hate speech and hateful imagery at 22:20 - 22:32.
Loosely assembled footage primarily depicts a 50th anniversary reenactment of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, held at Montrose Avenue Beach on June 4, 1994, Mayor Richard M. Daley in attendance, and anti-war reenactment protests on a nearby hill. Concluding shots capture the following: A cook sits in a restaurant booth and provides an opinion about local politicians; Studs Terkel delivers a speech at a municipal event; Art Jones and other neo-Nazis rally in Lincoln Park; a gospel choir performs onstage; a marching band pauses outside 670 N. Michigan Ave.; police arrest protesters at a demonstration against U.S. intervention in Central America near 120 N. LaSalle St.; a parade featuring a knight on horseback marches along W. 18th St. past S. Miller St.
Loosely assembled footage primarily depicts a 50th anniversary reenactment of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, held at Montrose Avenue Beach on June 4, 1994, Mayor Richard M. Daley in attendance, and anti-war reenactment protests on a nearby hill. Concluding shots capture the following: A cook sits in a restaurant booth and provides an opinion about local politicians; Studs Terkel delivers a speech at a municipal event; Art Jones and other neo-Nazis rally in Lincoln Park; a gospel choir performs onstage; a marching band pauses outside 670 N. Michigan Ave.; police arrest protesters at a demonstration against U.S. intervention in Central America near 120 N. LaSalle St.; a parade featuring a knight on horseback marches along W. 18th St. past S. Miller St.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Spanish
Spanish
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Beaches
Demonstrations
Hispanic Americans
Historical reenactments
Marching bands
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Police
Political Activists
Politicians
World War II
Demonstrations
Hispanic Americans
Historical reenactments
Marching bands
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Police
Political Activists
Politicians
World War II
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Daley, Richard M. (is participant)
Terkel, Studs (is participant)
Jones, Art (is participant)
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
Hartigan, Cornelius F. (is participant)
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- (is participant)
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