Chicago City of the century

DVD - 2009

"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.

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DVD/977.311/Chicago
vol. 1: 1 / 1 copies available
vol. 2: 1 / 1 copies available
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Genres
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Boston] : Hollywood, Calif. : WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. ; Distributed by PBS Distribution 2009, [2003]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), Chicago Historical Society, WGBH Educational Foundation, Window to the World Communications, Inc
Corporate Authors
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (-), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), Chicago Historical Society, WGBH Educational Foundation, Window to the World Communications, Inc
Other Authors
Austin Hoyt (-), David Ogden Stiers, Donald L. Miller, 1944-
Edition
Widescreen version
Item Description
Based on the book City of the Century by Donald L. Miller.
Program content, c2003.
Special features: Chicago by 'L': touring the neighborhoods; Behind the scenes interviews with producers Austin Hoyt, Patricia Garcia Rios and historian Donald Miller; Trivia questions: Do you know Chicago?
Physical Description
2 v. (DVD)(2 videodiscs per volume)(ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. & b&w. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Dolby surround stereo., Region 1 encoding.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Camera, Michael Chin, Terry Hopkins ; music, Michael Bacon.
  • v. 1 (3 hrs). Disc 1. Mudhole to metropolis / (edited by Bill Lattanzi) ; Disc 2. The revolution has begun / (edited by Bill Lattanzi, Jon Neuburger)
  • v. 2 (2 hrs., 45 min.). 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.