Scenes of Chicago, Illinois, United States, and various modes of transportation serving the city. A neon sign board outside a building says 'Second Marriage Blood Test'. Another one reads: 'Use Rapid Transit, 13 minutes to Loop.' Cars, trucks and buses on busy highway. Freight train passes over highway on elevated track. Elevated Trains ("L" trains) and passengers at railroad station in center of highway. Views from inside first car of train as it runs along track in center of highways. Several passengers seen in the car. The train arriving on an elevated station in heart of the city. View of downtown Chicago, including the Woods Movie Theater, at corner of Randolph and Dearborn Streets.
A demonstration against Japanese attack on China, in Chicago Illinois gets violent. Policemen grab and arrest the demonstrators. Policemen look for a gunmen in crowd who shot four policemen and a woman. They capture him and stand around him. (The captured man is Communist Stephen Chuck.)
Kidnapping of twenty month child of aviator Charles Lindbergh, Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts. Negotiator for Lindberg, Dr. John F. Condon in St. Thomas Cemetery, in the Bronx, New York, with a ransom of $50,000 demanded by kidnapper. Lindberg flies in sky above the area for a clue of his kidnapped child. A kidnapper scales a ladder, tries to reach a baby on first floor but a alarm sounds and he runs back. The mother arrives and picks up her child.
Top Democratic luminaries at a $100-a-plate fundraising dinner of the Democratic Party in Washington DC. Democratic politicians at dinner tables with their wives at the venue. View of former United States President Harry S. Truman. The dinner is also attended by four front running Presidential hopefuls. View of Senator John F. Kennedy. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey; Democratic party Chairman Paul Butler talking to Senator Hubert Humphrey; Senator Lyndon Johnson with Jacqueline Kennedy seen on his right at a table; Senator Stuart Symington seen at a dais.
Sequences from a melodramatic presentation. A girl sits near her mother and weeps. A Native American Indian man arrives and takes the mother into a forest. In the forest a group of men walk with arrested husband of the woman. The Indian man and woman try to convince them that the husband is not a murderer.
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. 1961 Ford C-Series truck driving. 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 the Kemper 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.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.