National Portrait Gallery and Abe Lincoln, D.C. - Michigan Ave. - Fair City Folks

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What the hell? What the hell? What the hell? What the hell? What the hell? I'm going to be with Marguerite and with Don Mason, who's from our orchestra.

He'll be taking care of all of that for you the way he did last year.

Okay? Thank you.

You're very welcome.

Have a great time out there.

Ah! Oh, my God! Thank you.

To begin with, we want to give a little bit of background as far as what the parade is, and I think there's been confusion in regards to that.

Some need something, Patrick's Day Parade, the Polish Constitution Day Parade.

It's a celebration.

The reason for being in the parade is as different as the reasons why people...

Okay, guys, we're going to be finished.

Bye! Thank you.

How about a good one, good one, good one, good one? Shit! I'm feeling it! Thank you! Oh, shit! Thank you! What's your name, buddy? What's your name, buddy? Got my blue shirt on.

Got my blue shirt on.

Got my blue shirt on.

Got my blue shirt on.

Got my blue shirt on.

I'm feeling it! I told you something now.

I'll be able to tell you what it's about later.

We're going to have our after set at the Checkerboard now, and on the behalf of the City of Chicago, we want to thank all of you for making this the greatest blues show on Earth! Make a happy Chicago! It's been a pleasure, and until I see all of you again, remember that you can't make it to the Checkerboard! Thank you! Thank you! Come on, everybody! Come here, right here! On behalf of the trustees, staff of the museum.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I'm presenting 20 ,000 people, each one of us individually, across the country.

We first did this in August 2nd, and then the candle stayed lit, even in the rain and the wind, and that was symbolic to us to come back and do it.

This is the last one tonight.

We believe within three weeks it's going to happen, that something big is going to happen to release the hostages.

But more than that, all of us are going to be there.

Where these people were calling, three people, and they in turn were calling three people.

We've got a million people in Chicago right now, just right now, have done the same thing.

We all thought the color yellow, and we said, free the hostages and settle your differences with the United States.

That was sent directly to the Ayatollah.

And collectively, we are sending a message to the Ayatollah as of tomorrow morning, to let them know that this thing has been done.

These psychic things have been doing for cancer patients.

We get together and we can hear cancer people.

We can hear diabetes and other things.

We found that that works.

So what we've done was like, you know, that program network, instead of screaming out the window, I've had it.

We've all come together to do the same thing at the same time, and it didn't matter, even though they were voting Republican or Democrat or Liberee.

But anyway, the thing is we're all doing the same thing, and it's very unusual.

People are stopping their eating and everything right now.

They've been doing it.

And it's just beautiful.

You know, everybody's doing the same thing at the same time.

It's very unusual, isn't it? And this is Hank Adams, and he's very psychic also.

This boy here is Gary Carr.

And he's only 14, and he wanted to be out here to represent the youth.

So everybody's doing the same thing.

It's all sort of just things.

Freedom should be our priority.

Even in Europe right now, in Afghanistan, in Poland, the differences that they're having in the countries, if it doesn't come down to peace, the only other end is destruction.

Yes, we all see, all the psychics are seeing that there's going to be threats of war within the next year.

And it's going to be really big.

I mean, they're preparing for it.

We can see where the military is already preparing for a third world war.

And if this thing isn't settled, if those hostages don't come back, it's going to end up in an awful lot of deterioration of large cities, people, all kinds of terrible things.

And it wouldn't be so bad if one person, if one person would see this, but all the psychics clear across the USA are seeing it too.

And in fact, we've got Canada working with us.

We just came back from a tour with Canada here, and we're each representing 20 ,000 people.

And that's a big load to carry.

Can any flame without this current...

Yes, we don't know why that's out.

But from what I understand, since Jane Byrne took her little escapade to Paris, many things are being overlooked.

But they knew about this experiment tonight.

Jane Byrne's office knew about it.

President Carter knows about it.

Most of your bigger politicians, all the radio, all the channels knew about it.

Channel 5 was supposed to be out here tonight.

And we don't know.

It wasn't for the publicity, but it was to let people know that psychic energy can be used as communication.

I was thinking on the 300th day, now that it's warm.

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; a group of morris dancers performs in Grant Park; 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 and Shriners 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

Preservation Sponsor

Related Collections

Subseries II: Footage

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Loop

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Lincoln Park

North America ➜ United States ➜ District of Columbia ➜ Washington DC

Main Credits

Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers

Wells, Junior (is participant)

Guy, Buddy (is participant)

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