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Chicago Heights Illinois USA 1933 stock footage and images

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Scenes of Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair. Exhibit building called "The Black Forest." Midget shows

"Century of Progress" Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934. Bavarian-type building with sign reading: "The Black Forest." Visitors strolling through the area. A Hawaiian show performed by midgets, who play guitars while one dances the Hula. Midgets play a "craps" dice game on the street, with wagers of silver coins on the ground. Fair visitors watch. The game is broken up by midgets dressed as policemen.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024282
Main concourse Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair. Belgium exhibit, Tunisian exhibit, Avenue of Flags

Main concourse of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair, 1933-34. Many in the large crowd of visitors realize they are being by motion picture camera and wave to photographer. Belgium Village in background. Visitors at entrance to Tunisian Village exhibit. Visitors strolling at the "Avenue of Flags." American flag flying atop a tall building at the fair.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024284
Italo Balbo welcomed by Americans during his visit for the Chicago Worlds Fair and his visit to New York City.

Fleet of Savio-Marchetti SM.55 lead by Italo Balbo land in Chicago Illinois for the Chicago World's Fair. Sailors and citizens greet Italo Balbo and his air fleet on his arrival. Huge crowd gathered to welcome him as he drives through a parade in New York City before returning to Italy. Italo Balbo waves to the American people in New York. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".

Date: 1933, November
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022490
Scenes from the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Visitors stroll on the Avenue of Flags, in the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, United States. A statue of man with serpent underfoot. Porters push people in wheel chairs. Large facimile of a French Line ship. A sign reads 'PARIS'. Young man in American soldier's uniform chats, in French, with girl in French rural costume. A sign reads 'A hat from Paris'. Group of persons sing and walk in "Streets of Paris exhibit", led by guitar player.Scenes of Moroccan Village. Girls dressed in dancing costumes perform, accompanied by drummer and horn player. Group of people gathered near them. Fully dressed men compete in barrel rolling contest with their feet, in a swimming pool, filled with water. A huge crowd gathered along the Avenue of Flags.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041864
Brewers prepare malt liquor with equipment and use microscopes at a beer school in Chicago, Illinois after prohibition ends.

Brewers prepare liquor at a beer school in Chicago, Illinois soon after the end of prohibition in the United States. The brewers prepare malt liquor with chemical equipment. A brewer stirs liquor in a flask. A woman brewer uses a microscope. Several brewers stand and look at a man as he turns the valve on an equipment. A brewer with a gauge.

Date: 1933, February 23
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072249
Snow covered buildings and bent trees due to an ice storm in Chicago, Illinois.

An ice storm in Chicago, Illinois. A building in the far background. A statue of a soldier on the ground covered with snow. Bent trees due to the snow in the area. A sign board reads: 'No South bound traffic under penalty of arrest'. A jeep driving across the area.

Date: 1933, March 23
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076527