Chicago city of the century
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Bedford - Movies & TV - DVDDVD 977.3 ChicagoChecked OutJanuary 22, 2025

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Tours.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Tours.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Chicago Transit Authority.
Documentary films.
Railroads, Elevated -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Urban transportation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., b&w with col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
794054881424

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
"PBS DVD Gold."
General Note
Based on the book City of the Century by Donald L. Miller.
General Note
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?
Creation/Production Credits
Camera, Michael Chin, Terry Hopkins ; music, Michael Bacon.
Participants/Performers
David Ogden Stiers, narrator.
Description
"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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Dolby surround stereo., Region 1 encoding.
Language
Closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hoyt, A., Stiers, D. O., Chin, M., Bacon, M., Hopkins, T., & Miller, D. L. (2003). Chicago: city of the century (Widescreen version.). WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Austin. Hoyt et al.. 2003. Chicago: City of the Century. [United States]: WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Austin. Hoyt et al.. Chicago: City of the Century [United States]: WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2003.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hoyt, A., Stiers, D. O., Chin, M., Bacon, M., Hopkins, T. and Miller, D. L. (2003). Chicago: city of the century. Widescreen version. [United States]: WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hoyt, Austin., et al. Chicago: City of the Century Widescreen version., WGBH Educational Foundation : Window to the World Communications, Inc. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2003.

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