Chicago [DVD] : City of the century

Available

Chicago City of the century

(2003)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:

DVD/977.311/CHICAGO

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Nonfiction DVDs	DVD/977.311/CHICAGO	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2003]
©2003

DESCRIPTION

4 videodiscs (approximately 345 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN

0780641418, 1415702446

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Based on the book City of the Century by Donald L. Miller

"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

Co-produced and co-directed by Patricia Garcia Rios ; music, Michael Bacon ; camera, Michael Chin, Terry Hopkins ; creative consultant, Donald L. Miller ; executive producer, Margaret Drain ; senior producer, Mark Samels

Special features: Bonus video: Chicago by 'L': touring the neighborhoods ; Behind the scenes interviews with producers Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios and historian Donald Miller ; Triva questions: Do you know Chicago?

David Ogden Stiers, narrator

DVD, Dolby surround stereo

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Disc 1. Mudhole to metropolis / (edited by Bill Lattanzi) -- Disc 2. The revolution has begun / (edited by Bill Lattanzi, Jon Neuburger) -- Disc 3. Battle for Chicago / (edited by Jon Neuburger). -- Disc 4. Chicago by 'L': touring the neighborhoods / (produced by Kelly Luchtman ; written by Geoffrey Baer) and additional interviews