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Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City

1961-01-01 en 58m
Documentary
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.

Director

Denis Mitchell

Producer

Studs Terkel

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • BBC