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Chicago : city of the century
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The work Chicago : city of the century represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Chicago : city of the century
Label
Chicago : city of the century
Title remainder
city of the century
Statement of responsibility
a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society for American Experience ; produced, written and directed by Austin Hoyt
Title variation
City of the century
Contributor
  • Stiers, David Ogden
  • Chicago Historical Society
  • PBS Home Video
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  • WGBH Educational Foundation
  • WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Window to the World Communications, Inc
  • Bacon, Michael, 1948-
  • Hoyt, Austin
  • Miller, Donald L., 1944-
Composer
  • Bacon, Michael, 1948-
Director
  • Hoyt, Austin
Narrator
  • Stiers, David Ogden
Subject
  • Documentary television programs
  • 1800-1899
  • Architecture
  • Architecture -- Illinois | Chicago -- Tours
  • Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
  • Chicago Transit Authority
  • Chicago Transit Authority
  • Documentary films
  • Documentary films
  • Documentary television programs
  • History
  • Illinois -- Chicago
  • Nonfiction television programs
  • Nonfiction television programs
  • Railroads, Elevated
  • Railroads, Elevated -- Illinois | Chicago -- History
  • Tours
  • Urban transportation
  • Urban transportation -- Illinois | Chicago -- History
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
  • Documentary television programs
  • Nonfiction television programs
  • History
  • Tours
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Documentary films
Language
eng
Summary
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. "Chicago by 'L'" is part travelogue, part history, and part tour of Chicago's neighborhoods by 'L', Chicago's elevated train
Member of
  • American experience (Television program)
  • PBS DVD gold
Cataloging source
IAK
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Michael Bacon
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned. Optionally described in English for the visually impaired
PerformerNote
David Ogden Stiers, narrator
Runtime
270
Series statement
PBS DVD gold
Technique
live action
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  • Chicago : city of the century, a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society for American Experience ; produced, written and directed by Austin Hoyt
  • Chicago : city of the century, a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society for American Experience ; produced, written and directed by Austin Hoyt

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