The Living City (1953)
- Directed by
- John Barnes, Haskell Wexler
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary short film shows viewers what Chicago looked like in the 1950s. A narrator describes the city's neighborhoods, architecture, and daily life.
informativeobservationalearnestdatedfocusedcivic-mindedinstructionalstraightforwardneutral
What happens
The Living City is a 1953 American short documentary film about Chicago, directed by Haskell Wexler and produced by John Barnes. It is narrated by James Brill. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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