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People gather in a large number to watch Swaps-Nashua match horse race held in Chicago, Illinois.

Match race between Kentucky Derby winner Swaps and Nashua at Washington Park, in Chicago, Illinois. People gather in a large number in the stands to watch the race. The race starts. Jockeys riding their horses on the race track. People cheering and applauding. Racehorse Nashua wins.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1955, September 1
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076488
Chicago city views; representatives arrive and attend Democratic National Convention of 1968 held at International Amphitheater in Chicago.

Daytime view of Chicago landmarks, including Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park in Chicago. Exterior view of Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News newspaper building. Cars, traffic, and pedestrians on sidewalks along streets of Chicago, including Michigan Avenue, with Prudential Building rising in background. Democratic National Convention of 1968: Democratic representatives from all states descend from a parked United passenger airplane at airport outside Chicago. They greet and shake hands with each other. Cars on roads approaching city of Chicago. Posters in the city welcoming the democrats including one on a highway overpass that reads, "Welcome Delegates. Democratic National convention." Another, smaller fountain in a city park of Chicago and view of buildings along street. Convention attendees inside International Amphitheater hallways, moving from room to room and registering. An African American boy wearing a hat with a "McGovern" sticker hands out stickers endorsing George McGovern. The boy shakes hands with a delegate and smiles. Delegates in conversation together. Staff assisting delegates, man typing at typewriter, monitoring television feeds. Men journalists in a room working at typewriters (has appearance of a newspaper or journalist news room also.) Several African American women typing.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1968, August
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036504
Stevenson is nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Presidential election during a national convention in Chicago.

The 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. A large number of delegates gathered at the convention. The delegates carry placards with names of various states on them. Signs read 'California', 'Tennessee', 'Texas', 'Indiana'. A man speaks into a microphone as he introduces Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as the Democratic nominee for Presidential election.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1956, August
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050720
Museums, buildings, bridges, monuments of historical importance in Chicago, Illinois during the mid 1960s.

Buildings, bridges and monuments of historical importance in Chicago, Illinois. View of bridges over the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. In the Wacker historic district, close-up view of the Heald Square Monument (34 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, United States) featuring George Washington, Robert Morris, and Haym Salomon. Lion sculpture and entrance area of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tourists view displays and artwork inside the Art Institute. Exterior view of the Museum of Science and Industry. People entering the museum. A woman with her woman in a stroller or pram, drags the stroller backwards up the steps of the museum.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036787
Hungarian refugees working in factories, attending school in Chicago.

Sign reads “State of Illinois Department of Labor Division of Unemployment Compensation Illinois State Employment Service Affiliated with United States Employment Service”. An Illinois State Employment Agency officer picks up a rotary dial phone to make calls. Employee making calls and inspecting files. A Hungarian refugee talking on phone and smiling. State Employment Agency Officer reads a file on his desk while talking on the phone. A worker lifts a cogwheel and puts it on a bench. Worker grinding teeth on a cogwheel. A Hungarian refugee cleaning a lathe at the Jones-Dabney Co. factory in Chicago. Hungarian refugee wears a white “Jones-Dabney Co.” cap while working. A Hungarian woman works as a draftsman. Draftsmen drawing at drafting tables. External view of a Chicago area Catholic school. Elementary students attend class at a Catholic school in Chicago. Hungarian refugees attend Catholic school. A priest teaches students reading. “My Captain Boy Savior” is written above the blackboard. Hungarian refugee girls listening in class. Hungarian girl reading a Catholic children’s book, “This is our Town: Faith and Freedom” (by M.A. Sister M. Marguerite, S.N.D.). “Boy Savior Our Guiding Star” written on the wall of the classroom. First grade students learn to write using crayons.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1956, December
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079692
Hippies and Yippies demonstrate at Lincoln Park during Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Lincoln Park demonstrations during Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Demonstration of Hippies and Yippies (Youth International Party) on lawn in Lincoln Park. People on street near Lincoln Park (2045 N Lincoln Park W, Chicago, IL 60614-4707). Young men lying on ground. Hippies and Yippies siting on ground to demonstrate. Hippies dance and play drums. Sign: 'Free Store'.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1968, August 25
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045044
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