Skooter Chicago
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A silent Telenews newsreel featuring Illinois Institute of Technology graduate student Louis Richards riding a miniature power scooter called a "Skeeter" around the IIT campus. The scooter was assembled from rollerskate reels and powered by a model airplane engine to dramatize Richards' thesis on "minimal transportation."
Credits
Frank Koza (cinematographer); Louis Richards (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Subjects: Transportation; Design; Universities and colleges
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11876
Subjects: Transportation; Design; Universities and colleges
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 50 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/11876
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:13