National Portrait Gallery and Abe Lincoln, D.C. - Michigan Ave. - Fair City Folks
Identifier
F.2005-08-0325
Date Of Production
circa 1979 – 1996
Abstract
A parade, possibly celebrating India’s Independence Day, marches away from the closing Michigan Avenue drawbridge and into the Loop; attendees gather at Taste of Chicago; a unicyclist juggles flaming torches near Buckingham fountain; Pope John Paul II holds an open-air mass in Grant Park on October 5, 1979; the St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen contest finals occur in the international ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel on February 25, 1977; Highland Games assemble in Grant Park; the Country Fair For City Folks features a stage performance; Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and others perform at the Chicago Blues Festival; Sikh supporters rally along N. Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago against the Indian Army’s Operation Blue Star attack on the Golden Temple of Amritsar; scaffolding covers the front stairs to the Museum of Science and Industry; Freemasons parade along N. Michigan Avenue; interior and exterior footage depicts the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Subject
Dance
Demonstrations
Fairs
Festivals
Marching bands
Museums
Musicians
Performances
Parades and processions
Political Activists
Demonstrations
Fairs
Festivals
Marching bands
Museums
Musicians
Performances
Parades and processions
Political Activists
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Wells, Junior (is participant)
Guy, Buddy (is participant)
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