01:00:03 3.14 |
Several shots nighttime in downtown Chicago at Christmastime on Michigan Avenue, beautiful in winter, skyscrapers, twinkling lights on the trees, the historic Chicago Water Tower in bkgd., and traffic, busses.
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01:00:50 50.94 |
Z'in to the Chicago Water Tower on Michigan Avenue, with a high rise building in the background, several ights on in office windows of high rise. z'out to street with twinkling lights on the trees lining the streets, busses and downtown traffic. Several takes.
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01:01:40 100.11 |
Cut to peds walking at night along tree lined downtown street, wearing coats and hats wintertime.
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01:01:51 111.07 |
Various CU 's of the trees lit with tiny white lights downtown Chicago, winter at night.
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01:02:13 133.19 |
WS wide city street, trees with lights, traffic - nighttime
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01:02:20 140.74 |
WS nighttime downtown Chicago Michigan Avenue, lots of lights and the historic Chicago Water Tower in bkgd., sounds of traffic and sirens.
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01:02:34 154.08 |
Two horse drawn carriages head toward camera to CU on Michigan Avenue at night, tree lined streets with twinkling lights, traffic and sound of sirens.
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01:02:52 172.24 |
Top of the Water Tower, windows lit up in green and red
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01:03:18 198.66 |
Z'out from top of Chicago Water Tower to Michigan Avenue.
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01:03:39 219.53 |
Z'in on elaborately decorated front entrance (unknown building), a pine green archway lit up in twinkle lights and a large wreath with red bow in the middle
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01:04:03 243.78 |
Cutaway to people, adults and kids, iceskating in Millennium Park. Pan around the perimeter of the rink, people wave at camera. Christmas music is heard. Several shots of the rink.
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01:05:04 304.53 |
CU mostly kids ice skate toward camera, having fun.
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01:06:04 364.86 |
Cutaway to dark sky and a blast of elaborate fireworks.
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01:06:56 416.34 |
Nighttime - A crowd of people wave and sing Christmas songs as they head toward camera riding on top of a double decker bus.
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01:07:27 447.41 |
A group of Christmas carolers strolling down the street, past a beautifully lit up park ,and stop to sing at the front door of a brick home.
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01:07:56 476.49 |
Int. three decorated Christmas trees displayed on pedestals.
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01:07:58 478.14 |
CU on the tree's decorations and lights and pan up to the big star at the top 0f the tree. Two takes.
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01:08:31 511.5 |
Pan up second tree to the decorative cloth draped at the top
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01:09:13 553.24 |
WS several elaborately decorated Christmas trees on display - inside a building
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01:09:14 554.33 |
CU an embroidered white star on top of a Christmas tree, pan out from the star reveals the tree with all white decorations
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01:09:38 578.48 |
Various shots of the several decorated trees on display.
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01:10:20 620.04 |
Holiday parade down Michigan Avenue, the Magnificant Mile, majorettes with streamers, Christmas band, holiday floats including Mrs. Claus, Clydesdales pulling a float, and onlookers.
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01:12:17 737.83 |
Happy children peaking through a gated barrier, they smile and wave.
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01:12:28 748.69 |
A giant candy cane and happy face star in the parade.
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01:12:48 768.84 |
CU Clydesdale horse with bells and braids pulling a carriage.
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01:13:01 781.27 |
A group carrying a large banner from Chicago's Chinese Community and a decorated 'dragon'. Onlookers line the sidewalks.
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01:13:18 798.28 |
Tilt down on the parade as it continues down Michigan Avenue past huge crowd of onlookers.
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01:13:48 828.82 |
Giat Bette Boop float.
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01:14:15 855.96 |
WS down Michigan Avenue - the Chicago Theater is seen, peds crossing street some traffic and holiday decorations on an overpass..
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01:14:50 890.45 |
CU as it drives slowly past the camera - A green vintage double decker bus with holiday lights and a red banner, "Marshall Field's Making Spirits Bright". A Walgreens store is seen on the corner of the intersection.
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01:15:04 904.2 |
A Salvation Army guy rings his bell, people looking up at decorations, gold holiday horns jut out from the side of Marshall Field's Department store.
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01:15:12 912.05 |
Various shots of people walking down the streets all bundled up, a parked carriage, tree lined streets with lights.
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01:15:39 939.73 |
CU a Chicago policeman on horseback. Horse wears a Santa hat on his head.
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01:16:11 971.87 |
An African American Salvation Army man rings his bell. CU on his red apron.
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01:16:23 983.05 |
Parents hold their children up to pet the horse wearing the Santa hat.
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01:16:42 1002.15 |
An animated Pinocchio display on the sidewalk, a decorated store window of the fictional character Geppetto from Pinocchio at Marshall Field's
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01:17:05 1025.3 |
CU on the window display of Geppetto as he is seen 'building' the puppet, Pinocchio.
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01:17:24 1044.42 |
Various other shots in Chicago at Christmas, shoppers, Salvation Army, animated elaborate department store Christmas window displays.
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01:18:04 1084.57 |
Ice skaters skating around the outdoor rink, large Chicago sign on perimeter of rink, onlookers .
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01:18:18 1098.53 |
Int. theater, curtains close on a Christmas ballet.
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01:19:01 1141.63 |
A giant snow globe with a snowman on display in front of a building downtown.
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01:19:52 1192.6 |
B&W WSs - a sculpture in front of a building on a large plaza, high rise buildings in bkgd., peds, downtown city street, traffic, peds.
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01:20:34 1234.19 |
End.
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01:22:03 1323.59 |
End reel.
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Description: CHICAGO CHRISTMASTIME, MICHIGAN AVENUE, THE CHICAGO WATER TOWER, ICESKATING, CHRISTMAS CAROLERS - B-ROLL
Keywords: christmas tree
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