This silent, color home movie was likely filmed sometime around the first week of August, 1966, and begins in Florida (Ruskin, Jacksonville, Miami), before moving onto the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, and finally downtown Chicago, Illinois, where the photographer captures the Loop theater district in all its nighttime neon glory. There’s also as a daytime stroll around the State Street area and a trip up to the Prudential Building observation deck. Also included is footage of a Muhammad Ali fight and a First Daughter Luci Baines Johnson’s wedding, filmed off a television set.
08:07 Television screen; Muhammad Ali vs Brian London boxing match, KO (August 6, 1966) 00:22 Jungle Cruise boat, Little Manatee River, FL. 00:28 Bahia Beach, Ruskin 00:39 Interior, seaside restaurant 01:02 Railroad swing bridge, Little Manatee River near US-41 01:30 Main Street Bridge (John T. Alsop Jr. Bridge) over St. John River, Jacksonville 01:47 St. Elmo W. Acosta Bridge, Florida East Coast Railway Bridge, Prudential Building (Eight Forty One) 02:02 Tour bus interior 02:16 Julia Tuttle Causeway, Miami 02:28 Biscayne Boulevard; Columbus, McAllister and Everglades Hotels 02:01 Interior, charter fishing boat 03:09 Biscayne Bay; old Port of Miami Bridge, MacArthur Causeway 03:45 Rooftop restaurant interior 03:51 Harbor with docked sailboats 04:06 Three-masted frigate 04:18 Television screen; “A White House Wedding” – Luci Baines Johnson weds Patrick John “Pat” Nugent (August 6, 1966) 04:51 Tropical birds and flora 07:35 Wisconsin Dells sign 07:38 100-block of Broadway (WI-23), Wisconsin Dells, WI. 07:49 Broadway bridge over Wisconsin River 07:54 Passengers aboard tour boat, man in Native American headdress 08:19 Upper Dells boat landing; Riverfront Walk, Dells Boat Co. building 8:41 Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial 08:56 POV: Riding in a DUKW on a Wisconsin Dells “Duck” tour; water, land, goats 09:41 DUKW in traffic 09:47 Jung Hotel marquee, New Orleans, LA. 09:50 Canal Street neon lights at night; Joy Theater, Loews Theater, Canadian Club 10:05 Lake Pontchartrain Causeway 11:02 United Artists Theatre, Chicago, IL. marquee: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” 11:10 Woods Theater marquee: “Modesty Blaise” 11:19 Oriental Theater (now the Nederlander Theatre) marquee: “What Did You Do in The War, Daddy?” 11:33 State-Lake Theatre marquee: “Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.” 11:37 Chicago Theatre marquee: “Arabesque”, Loop Theater marquee: “Dear John” 11:44 National Trailways bus depot marquee 11:49 Roosevelt Theater marquee: “Walk, Don’t Run”, Karoll’s Men Shop neon sign 12:01 Chicago Federal Savings sign 12:08 N. State St. at E. Washington St., looking South 12:11 McVickers Theater marquee: “Khartoum” 12:16 Marina Towers from N. Dearborn St. at E. Randolph St. in daylight 12:30 E. Randolph looking East from N. Dearborn St. 12:35 N. State St. from E. Randolph, looking north; Marina Towers, State/Lake “L” platform 12:46 N. State St. from E. Randolph, looking south 12:50 N. Wabash St. at E. Randolph St., looking South 13:00 N. Garland Ct. at E. Randolph St., looking north; Mather Tower 13:08 S. Michigan Ave. at E. Madison St., looking South; The Art Institute of Chicago 13:16 S. Michigan Ave.; The Prudential Building 13:30 View from the Prudential Building observation deck, looking Southeast; Monroe St. parking lot, S. Lake Shore Dr., Monroe Harbor 13:44 Looking South; S. Michigan Ave., Grant Park, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Central and South Shore Line railroad tracks 13:54 Looking Northwest; 35 East Wacker (Jeweler’s Building), Marina Towers, Unitrin Building (Kemper Building) 14:05 Looking North; N. Michigan Avenue, Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, Equitable Building, Carbide & Carbon Building, Mather Tower 14:39 Looking South; Grant Park, Field Museum, Buckingham Fountain, Shedd Aquarium, Miegs Field
