1937 (circa): Winter Sports
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Home movie of a winter sport & theatrics event at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Footage shows competitive skiers going down an extremely high jump. Cars are also shown racing through frames of fire.
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1937
Cfa collection: Richard J. Finnegan Collection
Notes: The footage features a towering ski slope and snowy hill dotted with people. Masses of people are portrayed in the stands and the Field Museum is pictured in the background-beyond the northern perimeter of the stadium.
Subjects: Leisure; Winter sports
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/8481
Cfa collection: Richard J. Finnegan Collection
Notes: The footage features a towering ski slope and snowy hill dotted with people. Masses of people are portrayed in the stands and the Field Museum is pictured in the background-beyond the northern perimeter of the stadium.
Subjects: Leisure; Winter sports
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/8481
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:10