5 Quickies O.T. - Good Circus Gal
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A compilation of three short, fast-motion films shot in 1969: footage of a Northwestern football game at Ryan Field; Daley Plaza and the Chicago Christmas tree featuring holiday shoppers admiring the Marshall Fields' holiday windows; and two trapeze artists and a lion ring at a circus.
Credits
Rhodes Patterson (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Rhodes Patterson Collection
Notes: The first segment features about thirty seconds of fast-motion footage of a Northwestern football game at Ryan Field. They are playing against a team with orange helmets (possibly the University of Illinois). The second segment is time-lapse footage of Daley Plaza and the Christmas tree (both aerial and ground-level), interspersed with shots of holiday shoppers admiring the Marshall Field's holiday window displays. The marquee for the Chicago Theater is also included. The final forty-five seconds of this film features fast-motion footage of two trapeze artists and a lion ring at a circus from the perspective of an audience member.
Subjects: Christmas; Circus; Football; College Students; City and town life
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Reversal Positive Print, 85 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/5693
Notes: The first segment features about thirty seconds of fast-motion footage of a Northwestern football game at Ryan Field. They are playing against a team with orange helmets (possibly the University of Illinois). The second segment is time-lapse footage of Daley Plaza and the Christmas tree (both aerial and ground-level), interspersed with shots of holiday shoppers admiring the Marshall Field's holiday window displays. The marquee for the Chicago Theater is also included. The final forty-five seconds of this film features fast-motion footage of two trapeze artists and a lion ring at a circus from the perspective of an audience member.
Subjects: Christmas; Circus; Football; College Students; City and town life
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Reversal Positive Print, 85 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/5693
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:10