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Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) throws the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in Chicago during campaign to run as President of the United States

Silhouette of train carrying New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) on the way to Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Mayor, Anton Cermak, honors Franklin Roosevelt in special dinner. Close up view of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak speaking. Mayor Anton Cermak passes a baseball to Franklin Roosevelt during the Baseball World Series Game 3 (New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs) at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Due to paralysis, Franklin Roosevelt stands upright with the assistance of his son, James Roosevelt. Crowds watching the Baseball World Series Game 3, the same game famous American baseball player, Babe Ruth, won for the New York Yankees over the Chicago Cubs. Franklin Roosevelt throws the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series. View of the Baseball World Series Game 3. View of locomotive train wheel moving.

Date: 1932, October 1
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079094
Highway, houses, bridges, waterfront, skyscrapers and cars on roads of Chicago, Illinois United States.

Film opens with hazy aerial views of Chicago Illinois. Scene shifts to views from vehicle driving on Chicago highway. A road sign reads"Des Plaines River Rd exits 1/2 mile ahead." A Boeing 727 commercial airliner is seen overhead with wheels down as it descends to land. Some 1960s cars drive past. View back, of the airliner descending above the highway, and of truck and cars passing the camera vehicle. Overhead highway road sign reads "Chicago Downtown 15 Miles." View of the Chicago skyline of buildings on Lake Michigan waterfront. View from slow moving aircraft of the Wrigley Building; the Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River; and the Tribune Tower. Camera continues to pan to East and then at building with "United Insurance" written near its top. Camera then swirls downward to river and bridges directly below and then back up from street and down again, ending on avenue near building displaying two American flags.

Date: 1965
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036782
Monuments, buildings and traffic on streets in various cities of Illinois, United States

Film 'This is our Land' focuses on the state of Illinois in the United States. A bridge over a river. A view of the river through the bridge. The highway running alongside the river. A man sits on a bench under a tree overlooking beach and Lake Michigan, with downtown buildings and skyscrapers of Chicago in the background. The skyscrapers of the city. Automobile and streetcar traffic on the downtown building-lined city streets of Chicago. People walk on pedestrian sidewalks. Pedestrians and automobile traffic in the capital city Springfield. The Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. A view of the Capitol dome. The statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois State Capitol building. The Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. A child rubs nose of the sculpted face of Abraham Lincoln.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067573
University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

Sign board reads 'University of Chicago'. View of Ida Noyes Hall (Ida Noyes Hall - 1212 E. 59th Reynolds Club - 5706 S. University Chicago, IL 60637). Vehicles drive in front of University of Chicago. Harper Memorial Library in University of Chicago campus grounds. Board reads 'William Rainey Harper Memorial Library 1116 East 59th Street'". View of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House (5757 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States). Adlai Stevenson Institute. Three men walk out of a building.

Date: 1970
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043076
A Hungarian refugee family reunion at Chicago Union Station, Chicago, Illinois

Baltimore and Ohio locomotive arrives at Chicago Union Station. An elderly Hungarian man greets his refugee family on the train platform as they arrive in Chicago. Elderly man kisses and hugs family members during reunion. Hungarian refugee girl smiling. Hungarian woman smiling at train station. Hungarian family leaves the train station. The One Prudential Plaza (130 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601, United States) as seen from a moving vehicle. Pedestrians walking on a busy street in Chicago. DeLuxe Cab (5900) parked in driveway of a snowy suburban Chicago neighborhood. Hungarian family walks to front porch of home. Man takes off his jacket and lies down on his bed. Man shows a newspaper article to a woman inside a living room. Man and woman reads an article about their family reunion in the newspaper. A rotary dial phone. Hungarian refugee woman answers a phone. Woman opens a door for her neighbor. Neighbor offers the woman winter coats for her family.

Date: 1956, December 28
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079691
Metallurgical Laboratory, Eckhart Hall and other buildings in the University of Chicago campus, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Buildings of the Chicago University, Chicago. Metallurgical Laboratory in the university campus. Eckhart Hall in the foreground. Ryerson Hall Physical Laboratory in the background. A man comes out from the entrance to Ekhart Hall. Lettering 'Eckhart Hall' above the entrance.

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046544