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"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 &...

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Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), Chicago Historical Society, WGBH Educational Foundation, Window to the World Communications, Inc, PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Hoyt, Austin, Stiers, David Ogden, Chin, Michael, Bacon, Michael, 1948-, Hopkins, Terry, Miller, Donald L., 1944-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English. Closed-captioned, includes audio description (DVS).
Published: [United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : [2003]
Series:American experience.
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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"--Container. "Chicago by 'L'" is part travelogue, part history, and part tour of Chicago's neighborhoods by 'L', Chicago's elevated train.
Item Description:Based on the book City of the Century by Donald L. Miller.
"PBS DVD gold."
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?
Videorecording.
Physical Description:4 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:30:00
01:30:00
01:30:00
01:15:00
Format:DVD, Dolby surround stereo., Region 1 encoding. Widescreen.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Camera, Michael Chin, Terry Hopkins ; music, Michael Bacon.
ISBN:0780641418
9780780641419
1415702446
9781415702444