Summary: Takes the opportunity provided by coverage of a 'Victory Gardens' campaign and the Harvest Festival celebration that marked its climax to fulfil the wider purpose of paying a generous tribute to Chicago and its 3 million inhabitants.
Description: Shows citizens of various national and racial backgrounds at their jobs (railway switchman, tank assembly worker, newsboy) and in their gardens; various aspects of Chicago's character (stockyards, inland port, "arsenal of the mid-West" etc.); and the Harvest Festival: array of produce, US Vice President Wallace awards major prizes, followed by Mexican, Scottish and East European folk dancing. "The reason for Chicago's greatness is the people..." Begins and ends with film of Chicago at night.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:CUS 222
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943
Production Country: United States of America
Production Details: US Office of War Information (Production sponsor)
United Films (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wallace, Henry A (person)
Keywords: celebrations, United States - customary: Harvest Festival (object name)
industry, United States - general (object name)
recreation, United States civilian - dance (object name)
society, United States - domestic (object name)
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (geography)
Race (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 783 ft; Running time: 8 mins
