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1933-1934: Chicago World’s Fair - Danley on Hermitage Ave.

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Film Identifier: F.2011-11-0002
Run Time
0h 12m 30s
Format
16mm
Color
B&W
Sound
Silent
Date Produced
1933 - 1934
Abstract
Home movie of the 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago. It begins with a shot of a man posing near a bustling Michigan Avenue and entering the fair. The home movie then appears to be spliced together with a silent, commercially produced film about the fair but this has yet to be verified. Highlights include an animatronic tyrannosaurus rex, a Radio Flyer sculpture and a building titled "Infant Incubators - with living babies." The home movie ends with a shot of young Danley playing on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood.
Main Credits
Hadley, Uriel (is filmmaker)
Actors, Performers and Participants
Gray, Leonard Danley Jr. (is actor)
Related Place
Chicago (production location of)