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French General Charles de Gaulle is feted in Chicago during his visit to the United States in 1945

Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1945, August 28
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022066
Obstetrician O'Donnell along with nurse walks in slum areas of Chicago during Great Depression.

Chronicles a young obstetrician's training in slum areas of Chicago, Illinois, where he is part of a Chicago area maternity center. Doctor O'Donnell along with nurse walks in slum area of Chicago. Slum area buildings during the Great Depression. Woman collects necessary things from garbage and drags it in a small cart on road. A woman with a small child in a wagon rummages for usable refuse. Men, women, and children scavenging for food and household items on the streets of Chicago and outside factories and plants. Obstetrics Doctor O'Donnell converses with a man.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023077
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR), presidential candidate for Democratic Party, arrives in Chicago after Democratic Party National Convention to speak to convention.

American Airways Ford Trimotor carrying Democrat New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt in flight on the way to Chicago, Illinois for the 1932 Democratic Party National Convention. American Airways plane approaching to land in Chicago Municipal Airport (5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60638, United States). Democrat supporters crowd airplane at Chicago Municipal Airport airfield to see Franklin Roosevelt after flight lands. Franklin Roosevelt speaking to the convention afterwards, saying, "the 18th Amendment is doomed" and "I pledge myself to a New Deal for the American people."

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079081
Round two of the prizefight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in Chicago

Round two of the prizefight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey. Both men box with each other in the ring. Crowd looks on. Referee officiates the boxing match. Jack Dempsey punches half a dozen blows to Tunney's body but he counters with a short left punch to Dempsey's jaw. Tunney takes a right punch on his jaw from Dempsey.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1927, September 12
Duration: 5 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025701
Round four of the prizefight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in Chicago

Round four of the prizefight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey. Both men box with each other in the ring. Tunney puts a right punch to Jack's jaw and he wobbles. The referee warns about the rabbit punch. Both boxers exchange punches. Tunney is downed in the seventh round in which the disputed long count is made.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1927, September 12
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025702
Round nine of the prizefight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in Chicago

Round nine of the prizefight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey. Both men box with each other in the ring. Both boxers exchange punches. Both boxers return to their respective corner, after the round gets over.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1927, September 12
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025703
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