Country Roads
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Home movie of scenic stops along country roads of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. We follow a car on dirt trails with footage of the canal ranging from small streams, still lakes, manmade locks and waterfalls, to barges floating through deep waters. We see swimmers, campers, insects, and plant life along the way.
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Bodies of water; Roads; Leisure; Automobiles; Nature
Places: North America > United States > Illinois; North America > United States > Michigan
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - VS car driving on wooded road towards camera, sign “Illinois & Michigan Canal”, VS trees reflecting in still canal water, VS manmade waterfall; 02:04 - sign “Channahon State Park, Lock No. 7,” MLS wooden lock damming up water, CU water rushing drains in lock, VS people walking along waterfall, swimming in lake; 04:13 - MS set up for campfire, MLS women setting up picnic on lake, MLS men fishing in the canal; 04:49 - sign “McKinley Woods,” VS car driving on wooded dirt road away from camera, TS road ahead, VS still water and trees, rocky creek, RA girls looking at river, LS barge passes by; 07:02 - CU leaves and flowers, dragonfly, bee pollinating flower, spider in web, fish splashing in water; 08:21 - VS lake scenery, men in small boat, VS people walking across bridge over canal, reflection of clouds in water; 10:08-10:56 - TS road ahead, wooded and highway, MLS rabbit in road
Cfa elements: 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2723
Subjects: Bodies of water; Roads; Leisure; Automobiles; Nature
Places: North America > United States > Illinois; North America > United States > Michigan
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - VS car driving on wooded road towards camera, sign “Illinois & Michigan Canal”, VS trees reflecting in still canal water, VS manmade waterfall; 02:04 - sign “Channahon State Park, Lock No. 7,” MLS wooden lock damming up water, CU water rushing drains in lock, VS people walking along waterfall, swimming in lake; 04:13 - MS set up for campfire, MLS women setting up picnic on lake, MLS men fishing in the canal; 04:49 - sign “McKinley Woods,” VS car driving on wooded dirt road away from camera, TS road ahead, VS still water and trees, rocky creek, RA girls looking at river, LS barge passes by; 07:02 - CU leaves and flowers, dragonfly, bee pollinating flower, spider in web, fish splashing in water; 08:21 - VS lake scenery, men in small boat, VS people walking across bridge over canal, reflection of clouds in water; 10:08-10:56 - TS road ahead, wooded and highway, MLS rabbit in road
Cfa elements: 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2723
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:07