Tug Boat Accident Michigan Avenue 1972
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Color footage of a tug boat accident in downtown Chicago along the Chicago River near the DuSable Bridge/Michigan Avenue. The film captures scenes of a tug boat pushing a barge beneath a bridge, followed by the barge slamming into the side of a small passenger boat. The film also captures the numerous bystanders and news cameras around the scene of the accident. Marina Towers, the Equitable Building, and Tribune Tower can be seen in the background.
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Don McIlvaine Collection
Subjects: Boats and Boating; City and town life; Transportation
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/15165
Subjects: Boats and Boating; City and town life; Transportation
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/15165
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:19