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.
Buildings of the University of Chicago with students and pedestrians walking on paths, streets, and roads in the Hyde Park and University of Chicago areas of Chicago, Illinois. The Harper Memorial Library (1116 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637, United States) and its Gothic stone arches. Girls wearing fur trimmed coats talk to each other. Crowd of pedestrians on sidewalks. Sculptures on display in the park. Buildings, church and monuments of Chicago.
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.
People visit a modern furniture, artwork, and lighting store by Dux in Chicago, Illinois United States. Women move inside the 1960s modernistic looking displays featuring fashionable furniture and artwork of the time. Drawing, dining and bedroom displays in the store. Show pieces and portraits in the Dux store.
Elevated views of large buildings of Chicago and ground nearby. Buses and 1960s cars on busy roads, streets, and highways in West Chicago area. A streetcar or trolley goes by on the road. Its connecting electric rod can be seen above it. Pedestrians walk on roads and sidewalks in the Little Italy neighborhood of Chicago. Shops in the area. Three women walk on sidewalk in front of a pizzeria. Old men on streets. A residential housing area, and the Notre Dame de Chicago Roman Catholic Church (1335 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States) nearby. High rise apartment buildings and housing projects. City of Chicago workers, of the Department of Urban Renewal, work to clean debris from an area and load it on a truck. A huge building under construction.
Development of first airplane by Wright brothers in United States. Launch of Wright Flyer at Le Mans in France. The Flyer prepares to take off using a catapult device. Headlines of a newspaper. Wilbur Wright places carriage wheel beneath wing. A horse drawn cart attached with Wright Flyer. Men pull propellers to start the engine. Man checks catapulting rail, while others pull rope to lift weight to top of drop tower. Wright Flyer operates smoothly. French dignitaries and social leaders in stands.
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