Chicago Streets During The Great Depression (1934)
Compilation of street scenes in Chicago, Illinois, US during the year 1934. These films were taken with early Movietone sound cameras. Condensed/worked on footage and sound
jCUfqwy7bSsthe-mothman-returns-point-pleasant-legend-to-chicago-terrorThe Mothman Returns | Point Pleasant | Chicago TerrorThis legend beings as so many do. Three gravediggers, working in a cemetery hear something overhead. They look up and see a creature: almost ten feet tall with massive wings perched on a high tree branch; staring at them with glowing red eyes. Then in an instant, it's gone.
NHLxFPQmLuYart-trip-chicago-the-art-assignmentArt Trip | Chicago | The Art AssignmentIn which we explore our neighboring city of Chicago, film with two local artists, and see more art in one day than is probably advisable.
XT2ulZ7RI3Qseconds-from-disaster-41-chicago-plane-crash-2006Seconds from Disaster | 41 - Chicago Plane Crash (2006)On May 25, 1979, an American Airlines DC-10 loses an engine at take-off and crashes into a trailer park killing all 271 on board. The investigation shows that short-cuts at maintenance resulted in damaged attachments of the engine pylon.
WLLSqpYyPD8shirley-temple-on-the-good-ship-lollipop-1934Shirley Temple - On The Good Ship Lollipop | (1934)An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
rZ0WVY_wSZwthe-first-color-columbia-cartoon-holiday-land-1934The First Color Columbia Cartoon | Holiday Land (1934)Scrappy does not want to get up and go to school. As the days peel off his calendar, the dates representing holidays come to life. Father time, in particular, takes Scrappy on a tour of the other holidays, stopping at dioramas representing Christmas, New Year's, Easter, and taking some eggs from Easter over to the feasts of Thanksgiving. Then he wakes up, and has to hurry to get to school on time.
TQEpknjUeZgsergei-rachmaninoff-rhapsody-on-a-theme-of-paganini-op-43-1934Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934)The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto, all in a single movement. Rachmaninoff wrote the work at his summer home, the Villa Senar in Switzerland, according to the score, from 3 July to 18 August 1934.
7M2FA2rjYg4fleischer-betty-boop-poor-cinderella-1934Fleischer | Betty Boop - Poor Cinderella (1934)In her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to the good fairy, later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
kE8R4ktwLg8walt-disney-silly-symphonies-the-wise-little-hen-1934Walt Disney | Silly Symphonies | The Wise Little Hen (1934)The hen is looking for someone to help her plant her corn. Peter Pig and Donald Duck both feign belly aches to get out of the chore.
Qdw5_p6t9OYfilm-hitchcock-waltzes-from-vienna-1934Film | Hitchcock | Waltzes from Vienna (1934)The biographical story of rivalry between Johann Strauss Jr. and his father, & composition of the "Blue Danube" waltz .
YbaY7p5ahZosergei-prokofiev-lieutenant-kije-suite-op-60-1934Sergei Prokofiev | Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op. 60 (1934)Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé music was originally written to accompany the film of the same name, produced by the Belgoskino film studios in Leningrad in 1933–34 and released in March 1934.
f4phKWMaOr0synths-music-from-the-ether-1934Synths | Music From The Ether (1934)"For generations the invention of new music-making instruments has almost stood still. Today we present Professor Maurice Martenot with his new electrical creation."
JYwpvdcIYIIfleischer-betty-boop-red-hot-mamma-1934Fleischer | Betty Boop - Red Hot Mamma (1934)Betty Boop, sleepless on a freezing night, builds a nice hot fire which proves too much of a good thing; in a dream she visits Hell, sings "Hell's Bells," and makes Hell freeze over!