Great Lakes Exposition Opening Day

Zychick, A.H.

1936
2015-01-06

Silent film. Consists of a number of spliced segments relating to the Great Lakes Exposition showing opening day, Goodyear Day, office workers from US Commissioner’s office, Vitales Band & US Troops from Ft. Benjamin Harrison; Crile Day Ceremonies, Arrival of Secretary Wallace; Grotto Circus Parade; parades in downtown Cleveland and on exposition grounds. Includes 9 minute sequence shot at exposition on lakefront in Chicago PRESERVATION NOTE: Sticker on container: “Film Acc 37”. Housed in round metal container. Handwritten on a torn label in the center of the exterior of the top of the container: “AH ZyChick 258 Leader Bldg Cleveland, Ohio” Written in green marker around the top exterior center of the lid: “CLEVELAND BOWN 1964” Film is 16 mm, with rectangular sprocket perforations only on one side of the film’s outer edge, and is wound on a grey metal reel, 13 ¾” diameter . Has odor of mothballs when opened. On a red sticker in the center of the reel, printed in white letters: “TWYMAN FILMS, INC. Dayton, Ohio 45401. Please do not rewind.” Other writing on the label is missing sections of text. The leader is creased in 2 places; film appears to be strong and in-tact

Architecture, Domestic
Exhibitions--Ohio--Cleveland
Great Lakes Exposition
Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio)

Cleveland (Ohio)
1936-1937

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Twyman Films, Inc.

http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:wrhsgleVid-001

16 mm
film

Great Lakes Exposition of 1936 and 1937