1968 - Color, USA: Chicago South Side Tenements & Neighborhood Stores. 22Mar68

1968 - Color, USA: Chicago South Side Tenements & Neighborhood Stores. 22Mar68 POV along street & parked cars in small neighborhood stores w/ signs & neon: Beauty Salon, clothing store, bar / lounge / tavern, hardware. 11:49:50 Slate: 22Mar68 Camera: J. Downey; Dir. Mr. Sage. Rear of brick & wooden two story tenements & slums from alley, MS unpainted wooden steps / fire escapes on brick houses. Pan to collapsed porch covered w/ light snow. 11:50:53 CU chalk or paint on brick wall: Keep Out. 11:51:03 LS from across street of several houses w/ empty spaces between, woman walking along street w/o traffic. 11:51:20 CU Neon signs: Sunny’s Place - lighted. Billboard: Witzel’s mens boys & ladies Clothing. Credit. Painted signs in windows: Mens suits 2.95; Like New baby clothes 10¢. Sign: Drastic reductions 20% to 50%. CU city sign: Keep Chicago Clean $10 to $50 fine for littering. 11:52:12 CU sign: Stern’s Loan Office. 11:52:22 View of hanging signs over sidewalk: Vienna Polish Sausage; Hot Dogs / Hotdogs; Linoleum; Tile; Arena Hotel, pedestrians walk towards camera low in frame. 11:52:35 MCU sign: We sell U.S. Gov’t Food Stamps, Money Orders, Checks Cashed. Poverty; Housing; Advertising; 1960s; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good color & content.