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Film, Video Let's see Chicago

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About this Item

Title

  • Let's see Chicago

Summary

  • Film tour of this famous railroad hub and industrial center includes the park system, network of boulevards, sports highlights, museums, educational institutions, packing town, industrial activity, and social and recreational life.

Names

  • Atlas Film Corporation, production company

Created / Published

  • [1941?]

Headings

  • -  Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel
  • -  Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc
  • -  Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs

Genre

  • Travelogues (Motion pictures)
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Unable to positively determine production and distribution date.
  • -  Filmed in Chicago, probably in 1940.
  • -  Summary adapted from Business Screen Magazine.
  • -  Sources used: Business screen magazine, 1946, p. 22, viewed online October 16, 2023 via Media History Digital Library; Los Angeles Times, May 26, 1941, p. A2, viewed online October 16, 2023 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers; NAVCC digital donor inventory MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection, Films.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 21 min.) : sd., col.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600637

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Let's see Chicago. produceds by Atlas Film Corporationuction Company [?, 1941] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600637/.

APA citation style:

(1941) Let's see Chicago. Atlas Film Corporationuction Company, prod [?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600637/.

MLA citation style:

Let's see Chicago. prod by Atlas Film Corporationuction Company [?, 1941] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600637/>.