Camera on Chicago (Warren Thompson, 1949-1983)

A new HD transfer of Warren Thompson's "Camera on Chicago" (filmed throughout the years 1949 -1983) - "a love letter to the city" from Chicago native and filmmaker Warren E. Thompson. It is a continuing effort to record some of the events, characteristics, problems and glories of Chicago. Footage includes architecture, sculpture, housing, Lake Michigan, Chinatown, parades, Maxwell Street Market, and the people of Chicago. Thompson captures life and culture from the most affluent to the poverty stricken. original: 16mm., 1949 - 1983, Color/B&W, Silent, found in Chicago Film Archives' Warren E. Thompson Travelogue Film Collection (http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/co...) Explore over 800 streaming films from Chicago Film Archives here!: http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/co...