(Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City)

Content: A BBC documentary by Denis Mitchell offering an impressionistic portrait of Chicago, filmed circa 1960. Structured as a “city symphony” with recorded speech, it presents street-level observation and voices from the city. Assisted by Studs Terkel, the film became locally controversial: though originally intended for Chicago’s WBKB (Channel 7), its first Chicago-area broadcast was delayed until 1966, when it aired on WFLD.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

58 minutes

Year:

1961

Directors:

Denis Mitchell

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Production companies:

BBC

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