Film
Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City
1961 · 58m · Documentary
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Overview
A BBC documentary by Denis Mitchell offering an impressionistic portrait of Chicago, filmed circa 1960. Structured as a “city symphony” with recorded speech, it presents street-level observation and voices from the city. Assisted by Studs Terkel, the film became locally controversial: though originally intended for Chicago’s WBKB (Channel 7), its first Chicago-area broadcast was delayed until 1966, when it aired on WFLD.
Crew
- Denis MitchellDirector
- Studs TerkelProducer
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1961
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
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