Grand illusions : Chicago's World's Fair of 1893 /

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Imprint:Chicago : The Society, c1993.
Description:1 videocassette (19 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
Language:English
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Format: Video cassette Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4635997
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Varying Form of Title:Chicago's World's Fair of 1893
Other authors / contributors:Freedman, Myron.
Blumenthal, Jerry.
Chicago Historical Society.
Kartemquin Films.
Notes:Ex. producer/director, Myron Freedman ; producer/director, Jerry Blumenthal ; dir. of photography, Jim Morrissette ; historical text adaptation and original material written by Gene Walsh ; editors, Joan Adelman and Jim Morrissette ; original music, Robert F. McNaughton, Bosco Productions.
VHS format.
Summary:The dream of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair is seen through original photos, drawings, and computerized adaptations. Video covers the planning and building of the fair, contributions of various groups of people, experiencing the fair, and its distruction.

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