The Fur-lined foxhole

Series: METROPOLIS--CREATOR OR DESTROYER?

Duration: 30

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: People who escape the big city for suburbia often do not know what is in store for them. Wheeling, Illinois, a community as old as Chicago itself, is embroiled in the spreading net of satellite communities where each family seeks a bit of territory for itself. Residents complain of traffic congestion, increased taxes and the strain placed on services. One bewildered homeowner complains, We thought we were buying a house, but we wound up buying a community., Indicates that the people who escape the big cities to the suburban spilt-levels often don't know what they're running toward. Shows Wheeling, a community as old as Chicago itself, but just now caught up in the spreading net of satellite communities where each family seeks a bit of territory all its own. Pictures a bewildered new home-owner who complains, "We though we were buying a house but we wound up buying a community."

Complete Record: People who escape the big city for suburbia often do not know what is in store for them. Wheeling, Illinois, a community as old as Chicago itself, is embroiled in the spreading net of satellite communities where each family seeks a bit of territory for itself. Residents complain of traffic congestion, increased taxes and the strain placed on services. One bewildered homeowner complains, We thought we were buying a house, but we wound up buying a community. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.