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1964BLUES MUSIC
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FILMED IN CHICAGO DURING EARLY 1960s, BLACK STREET BLUES MUSICIANS ON CHICAGO'S MAXWELL STREET. CROWDS AT MAXWELL STREET FLEA MARKET, BLACK STREET BLUES MUSICIANS, BLIND GOSPEL SINGERS, STREET VENDORS AT OPEN AIR MARKET EARLY 1960s, CU MAXWELL STREET SIGN. GREAT INNER CITY SLUM SHOTS, BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, BLACK GHETTO IN CHICAGO. BLACK STREET GOSPEL SINGERS SING HYMNS, CROWDS WATCH. BORN AGAIN WHITE PREACHER SERMONIZES TO CROWD, FANATIC BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. MEDICINE MAN SELLS OINTMENTS TO CROWD, FREE SAMPLES. STREET VENDORS SPIEL THEIR GOODS. "YAZOO 516 & THIS IS FREE"

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PAN OF CHICAGO'S MAXWELL STREET CIRCA 1963
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CROWDED MORNING FLEA MARKET - MAXWELL STREET, CHICAGO
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FLEA MARKET VENDORS SET UP THEIR TABLES AND WARES, BROWSERS INSPECT MECHANIZE
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BLIND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STREET SINGER , ARVELLA GRAY, BLUES SINGER PLAYING A LOUD NATIONAL STEEL GUITAR WALKS UP STREET SINGING ABOUT WHAT HE IS SELLING
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CU MAXWELL STREET STREET SIGN AND CAMERA PULLS BACK TO SHOW BUSY STREET WITH VENDORS AND CUSTOMERS.
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SLOW PAN DOWN MAXWELL STREET
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CROWD ON SIDE WALK LISTENS TO GOSPEL STREET PERFORMERS - JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE - LARGE BLACK LADY IN WHITE DRESS SINGS
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CU FEET, SHOES TAPPING TO THE MUSIC
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CU BUSY STREET CROWDED WITH FLEA MARKET BROWSERS AND CUSTOMERS WALKING UP AND DOWN MAXWELL STREET
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STREET CORNER PREACHER STANDING ON SIDEWALK TALKS ABOUT " GOD WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS" TO GET SAVED BY GOD. CU PASSIONATE WHITE PREACHER ON STREET CORNER
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FLEA MARKET VENDOR GIVES OUT FREE SAMPLE. HUCKSTER SELLS FOOT POWDER - DEMONSTRATES HIS FOOT POWDER
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COUNTRY SINGER SINGS COUNTRY GOSPEL SONG ON STREET CORNER
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DIFFERENT FLEA MARKET HUCKSTERS SELLING THEIR WARES TO CUSTOMERS - SOCKS, USED CLOTHES, USED CHEAP SUITS
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JEWISH USED CLOTHES SALESMAN " HEY SOL YOU GOT SIZED 50?" GREAT CHICAGO JEWISH DIALECT
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MS FLEA MARKET VENDOR SELLING WHITE SOCKS IN ALL SIZES
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INCENSE HUCKSTERS GIVES THINGS FOR FREE - SPEAKS OUT OF MASK - FLEA MARKET VENDOR
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COMICAL STREET VENDORS HAWKING USED CLOTHES AND SUITS ON STREET FLEA MARKET
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AFRICAN STREET PREACHER - FIRE AND BRIMSTONE PREACHING ON STREET
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SOCK SALESMAN IN FLEA MARKET SHOUTS OUT HIS SALES PRICE
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CU BLACK BLUES PERFORMER JOHNNY YOUNG SINGING INTO AN ANTIQUE MICROPHONE CLASSIC LATE 1950'S - EARLY 60'S CHICAGO BLUES - STREET PERFORMER
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BLACK FLEA MARKET VENDOR WITH DEEP SOUTHERN ACCENT SELLS CAR WAX - DEMONSTRATES PRODUCT - SHOWS HOW IT CLEANS " BUG JUICE"
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CROWDED CLOSE SHOTS OF FLEA MARKET SHOPPERS AND VENDORS
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JEWISH MERCHANT SELLING RIGS ON MAXWELL STREET - BARGAINING FOR A BETTER PRICE
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MS VENDOR TABLE - PEOPLE WALKING PAST ON FLEA MARKET STREET
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MONTAGE OF FLEA MARKET VENDORS, BOOTHS, HUCKSTERS AND MOJO DEVICES AND PRODUCTS - THE SONG JOHN HENRY PLAYED BY A BLACK BLUES GUITARIST ON A SLIDE GUITAR AS BACKGROUND MUSIC
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OVERHEAD SHOT AT THE CORNER OF MAXWELL STREET AND PEORIA STREET WITH VENDOR STALL BELOW
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CU OF HANDS EXCHANGING MONEY FOR GOODS AT FLEA MARKET
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MONTAGE OF CIRCA 1960 FLEA MARKET ACTIVITY - VENDORS, PATRONS, GOODS FOR SALE, USED PRODUCTS AND JUNK ON DISPLAY AT BUSTLING URBAN STREET FLEA MARKET
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MAN PAINTS CROSS ON STREET IN WHITE CHALK - RELIGIOUS HUSTLER - TWO CARD MONTY CARD HUSTLER . STREET HUSTLER CARD SHARP TRIES TO RIP OFF SPECTATORS WITH CARD GAMES - MIND READER HUSTLER ON STREET
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CU BLUES STREET MUSICIAN TALKS AND PLAYS HARMONICA
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CU MAN SELLING AND PLAYING " THE WORLD'S SMALLEST SAXOPHONE " TOY MINI-SAXOPHONE STREET HUCKSTER VENDOR
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MS STREET SIGN FOR SHOP " WORLD'S SMALLEST SAXOPHONES ' - ODDITY
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LITTLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILD BLOWS ON TINY SAXOPHONE
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CARRIE ROBINSON POWER TI LIVE RIGHT (live)
SPIRITED SANCTIFIED GOSPEL AS PERFORMED BY CARRIE ROBINSON ON STREET - LADY DANCES WILDLY TO THE SANCTIFIED GOSPEL MUSIC - CU Tambourine being played
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MS BLACK WOMAN DANCES WILDLY TO GOSPEL MUSIC ON STREET - JUMPS AND STOMPS
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GOSPEL PERFORMANCE ENDS
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CU SPEEDOMETER IN 1962 AUTOMOBILE UP TO 80 MPH
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FLEA MARKET VENDOR SELLS " ROCKET IGNITION UNIT "
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CU MONEY EXCHANGING HANDS - FLEA MARKET SALE
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BLIND FEMALE GUITAR PLAYING STREET SINGERS PERFORM " I SHALL OVERCOME "
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CU FACE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE BLINDSTREET SINGER IN BLACK GLASSES
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CU BLACK BANDAGED HAND ON GUITAR NECK AND FINGERS STRUMMING GUITAR
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MONTAGE OF STREET SCENES - VENDORS AND LOCAL CHARACTERS ON MAXWELL STREET
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USED RECORD DEALER ON STREET FLEA MARKET SELLING OLD 45 RPM RECORDS AND 78 RPM RECORDS - COLLECTORS SEARCH THROUGH BOXES OF PHONOGRAPH RECORDS IN FLEA MARKET
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MAN WALKS ACROSS MAXWELL STREET - PAN OF STREET, CHICAGO STORE FRONTS 1960
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AFRICAN AMERICANS DANCE ON STREET TO BLUES GUITARIST SINGER - LEWD DANCING BEER DRINKING "BACK YARD BOOGIE"
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MS TWO OLD ELECTRIC BLUES GUITARS BEING PLAYED
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BLACK CHICAGO BLUES BAND PERFORMS ON STREET - DANCES, PEOPLE WILDLY DANCE TO THE MUSIC
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BLACK JUKE JOINT DANCING DANCING IN JUKE JOINT STYLE NIGHTCLUB
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SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO GHETTO STREET SCENES - MUSIC PERFORMED ON STREET BUY BLUES SINGER GUITARIST ROBERT NIGHTHAWK AND BAND
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CROWD WATCHES STREET CORNER WHITE GOSPEL SINGERS PERFORM
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PREGNANT MOTHER AND CHILD IN FRONT OF BUILDING IN BLACK GHETTO 0- SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO 1960
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MYSTIC MOJO INCENSE, POTIONS AND MASK SALESMAN AT HIS VENDING BOOTH IN FLEA MARKET
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ROBERT JR. NIGHTHAWK CHEATING AND LYING BLUES (live)
MISSISSIPPI BLUES MAN ROBERT NIGHTHAWK PERFORMS - CHEATING AND LYING BLUES ON MAXWELL STREET CORNER
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SCENES OF FLEA MARKET ACTIVITIES INTER-CUT WITH PERFORMANCE, SALES, CU OF FLEA MARKET MERCHANDIZE
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PERFORMANCE ENDS AND MANY CARRIES NAKED FEMALE MANNEQUIN DOWN STREET
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OLD BLACK MAN PLAYS ACCORDION WITH A LIVE CHICKEN ON HIS HEAD (ODDITY)
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CU OLD BEARDED BLACK MAN DRINKS JIGGERS OF HOME MADE MOONSHINE FROM GLASS BOTTLE
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MAN PUTS LIVE CHICKEN ON HIS HEAD LIKE A HAT
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YOUNG BLACK BOY HAM BONES ON STREET - PLAYS BO DIDLEY BEAT ON BOX AND SINGS
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FLEA MARKET HUCKSTER SELLS SPINNING TOPS
GYROSCOPE TOPS DEMONSTRATED AT FLEA MARKET
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MONTAGE OF BUSY FLEA MARKET SCENES
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JIM BREWER AND BLACK SKIFFLE STYLE GOSPEL BAND SINGS AND PERFORMS - I'LL FLY AWAY -
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WOMAN REMOVES OVERCOATS FROM OUTSIDE RACK AND TEARS DOWN FLEA MARKET DISPLAY AS MARKET ENDS FOR THE DAY.
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END OF THE DAY AT THE MAXWELL STREET FLEA MARKET WEEKLY STREET FAIR
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CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE STREET SCENES AS FLEA MARKET VENDORS PACK UP THEIR WARES AS MARKET ENDS
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VENDORS BREAK DOWN TABLES AS FLEA MARKET ENDS FOR THE DAY
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SONG "I'LL FLY AWAY" ENDS
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WS OF MAXWELL STREET, CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE AT DUSK
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