Cars are seen parked at the Marina City (300 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654, United States) in Chicago, Illinois, United States. A helicopter flying over New York City. Views of various New York City skyline buildings and skyscrapers, including 40 Wall Street or the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, as seen from low aerial flight. Low aerial view of the John Ferraro Building (111 N. Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012) in Los Angeles, California. Low aerial views of stacked highway interchanges and highway lanes in the United States.
Skyscrapers and cluster of buildings in Chicago, Illinois. Exterior views both elevated and street level of the giant Merchandise Mart building in Chicago's North side. View of the elevated train passing near the Merchandise Mart in the mid 1960s.
A group of former war correspondents from World War II departs Chicago for Europe to attend ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe. Traffic on streets and highways of Chicago. Dowtown Chicago street and traffic as seen from a moving bus. Point of view shots from a moving bus of Chicago freeways and highways clogged with 1960s era automobiles, on the way to O'Hare airport. Aircraft at O'Hare International Airport. A correspondent gets off a bus at the airport. Correspondents and wives pose around a Pan American Airways Boeing 707 aircraft. Men and women with luggage pose and talk. Correspondents board the aircraft. The aircraft taxis along the runway and moves past other aircraft and buildings at the airport. The aircraft takes off.
Film opens with camera panning closeup over the exterior of St. Michael's Church, at 1633 North Cleveland Avenue, in Old Town, Chicago. Then, neighborhood views are seen from an open convertible car. Momentary glimpse, from above, of driver in the car. More neighborhood scenes and a pillar identifying Crilly Court. Views of various buildings in the neighborhood. A white standard poodle dog is seen looking out the open window of a car. A woman walks a black standard poodle dog along a commercial district sidewalk. Closeup of the poodle. Closeup glimpse of a woman and a man riding together on a motorcycle. A young man riding a motorcycle. Closeups of many people walking on the sidewalks and sitting on front steps of buildings. A commercial area of Old Town jammed with numerous small eateries close to one another. A man riding a bicycle in the midst of heavy traffic. Closeups of pedestrians walking on the sidewalks, and young people sitting on the sidewalk, next to buildings. A man stripped to the waist taking a cigarette (possibly a marijuana joint).He lights it. Scene shifts to a shop where women try on various wigs. Many people in typical 1960s fashions. Another street scene showing various eating places, including Paul Bunyan, at 1355 North Wells Street. Large umbrella light at entrance to Piper's Alley. Customers visiting various small shops and galleries, in Piper's Alley. An African American boy having his portrait drawn by a street artist. His mother watching. Glimpse of the boy's portrait.
Large crowd gather before arrival of Vice President Richard Nixon and the formal opening of the Republican National Convention of 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller disembarks from a plane and waves to the crowd. Narrator comments on Rockefeller's influence on Nixon in crafting the party platform. People holding banners of presidential campaign welcome Rockefeller. Sign: 'Nixon for President'. Parade for GOP (Grand Old Party) passes on a road with floats and cheering. Various floats and women on floats with banners of 'Nixon for President' in the parade. 'I'm for Nixon' written on the dress of a woman watching the parade.
A political advertisement in the United States prior to the 1968 Presidential Election promotes Republican party nominee Richard Nixon. Still images show U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey becoming a Democratic nominee at a tumultuous convention in Chicago, Illinois which was marred by disorder. Images of violent confrontations between antiwar protesters and police in the United States during the 1960s. Images depicting poverty in rural are urban areas of the United States. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
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