Apollo 8 Astronauts - Chicago 1-14-69 City Hall-Daley
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Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders attend a special session of the Chicago City Council and are granted honorary citizenship by Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Richard J. Daley (participant); Richard B. Ogilvie (participant); Frank Borman (participant); James Lovell (participant); William Anders (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: The film opens with an interview of Frank Borman, during which he expresses a desire to develop a cooperative space program between the United States and the Soviet Union, but shies away from the prospect of direct collaboration. All three astronauts take the stage to field a Q&A with the room’s audience, and they receive medallions representing honorary Chicago citizenship presented by Mayor Richard J. Daley. The film concludes as Governor Richard B. Ogilvie remarks upon Borman’s invitation to Chicago sent by Daley having been the first message he had received on the Apollo 8 mission.
Subjects: Aircraft; Outer space; Astronomy
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Color Reversal Intermediate, 129 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13284
Notes: The film opens with an interview of Frank Borman, during which he expresses a desire to develop a cooperative space program between the United States and the Soviet Union, but shies away from the prospect of direct collaboration. All three astronauts take the stage to field a Q&A with the room’s audience, and they receive medallions representing honorary Chicago citizenship presented by Mayor Richard J. Daley. The film concludes as Governor Richard B. Ogilvie remarks upon Borman’s invitation to Chicago sent by Daley having been the first message he had received on the Apollo 8 mission.
Subjects: Aircraft; Outer space; Astronomy
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Color Reversal Intermediate, 129 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13284
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:17