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First Pictures Chicago Grain Fire

Date released

22 May 1939

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

859

NoS ID

036670

Story no

2 / 5

Five huge grain elevators completely destroyed in worst fire Chicago has experienced for many years.

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Chicago: The Building of an EntrepÙt City / Chicago: The Rise of the Skyscraper (1999 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Between 1830 and 1930 Chicago was laid out and became the second largest city in the USA and a centre of world trade. The complexity of its infrastructure grew as the city was developed using innovative...

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Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1978 Television)

aka: Lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Director

Richard Carter (2); Frank Galati

Otto Nicolai’s opera with Eugene Johnson as Falstaff. The production was designed for stage by Frank Galati and for television by Richard Carter. The Chicago Opera Theatre is conducted by Robert Frisbie.

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Chicago’s Tallest Chimney Falls

Date released

15 Apr 1914

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

138-1

NoS ID

125023

Demolition of a chimney stack in Chicago.

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Youngest Ever, She’s to Star in Opera at Fifteen

Date released

22 Oct 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

590

NoS ID

034786

Story no

7 / 8

Young American with phenomenal voice gets job at Chicago Opera House.

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Salving a Steamer

Date released

18 Sep 1915

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

212-2

NoS ID

125356

Story no

2 / 5

The steamer ‘Eastland’ (which capsized in July in Chicago River with the loss of 1,000 lives) being salvaged at Chicago.

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New York - Chicago ‘Flier’

Date released

10 May 1926

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

767-2

NoS ID

130530

Story no

1 / 3

USA air mail - New York to Chicago at night.

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Mr Lloyd George in Chicago

Date released

1 Nov 1923

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

636-1

NoS ID

129237

Story no

2 / 5

Lloyd George in Chicago on his visit to the USA.

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Blizzard Hits Chicago

Date released

27 Dec 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

400

NoS ID

033622

Story no

5 / 6

Early cold snap grips America. Icy hurricane strikes "Windy City" as freak storms sweep country from north to south.

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Stolen Crown Jewels Found in Chicago!

Date released

17 Jun 1946

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1596

NoS ID

040081

Story no

3 / 4

American colonel and wife arrested in Chicago on charge of looting Hessian Crown Jewels from German castle.

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