Title:
Chicago [videorecording] : city of the century / a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society for American Experience ; produced, written and directed by Austin Hoyt.
Author:
Stiers, David Ogden.
Miller, Donald L., 1944- City of the century.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago Historical Society.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Home Video.
Publication Information:
[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2003]
Call Number:
F548.3 .C55 2003 DISCS1-4
Abstract:
"City of the century tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world". -- Container. Chicago by 'L" is part travelogue, part history, and part tour of Chicago's neighborhoods by 'L', Chicago's elevated train.
Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
Geographic Term:
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
A program from TV program, The American Experience.
Based on the book City of the Century by Donald L. Miller.
Special features: Chicago by 'L': touring the neighborhoods; Behind the scenes interviews with producers Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios and historian Donald Miller; Trivia questions: Do you know Chicago?
Contents:
Mudhole to metropolis The revolution has begun Chicago by 'L' : touring the neighborhoods
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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