Film Identifier: F.2012-03-1287

Run Time
0h 2m 14s

Format
16mm

Color
Color

Sound
Mag Stripe

Date Produced
November 18 1974

Abstract
Newsreel outtakes featuring Muhammad Ali decending an airplane at Chicago's Midway Airport, being taken by convoy to City Hall, and being presented with the Chicago Medal of Merit by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Afterwards, he is shown being interviewed by an ABC7 journalist.

Description
In 1974, after winning the World Heavyweight championship title from George Foreman in Montreal, Chicago's Mayor Richard J. Daley invited Muhammad Ali to a homecoming reception at City Hall.

The opening segment of this film depicts Muhammad Ali decending from his airplane after arriving to Chicago's Midway Airport, being taken by a car convoy to City Hall, and attending a press conference where he was presented with the Chicago Medal of Merit by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Here, Mayor Daley also presented him with a poetic proclamation which included the lines:

"I Richard J. Daley, mayor of the city
Do proclaim for this champion, clever and witty,
For Muhammad Ali his own special day
For receiving the honors he won the hard way."

Significant people surrounding Muhammad Ali at the reception ceremony include Wilson Frost, Walter Turner, Alderman Tyrone Kenner, and State Senator Cecil Partee.

Afterwards, Ali is shown being interviewed by an ABC7 journalist. He talks about his sound defeat of George Foreman, a goal to build a hospital in Chicago's South Side, and an interest in fighting in Chicago.

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