The Great Chicago Adventure

The Great Chicago Adventure

We Heart History

2015 · 27 min · ★ 7.0 · History, Comedy, War, Family

For those who heart history and the great city of Chicago, this film will take you through time with a small child and his nervous babysitter. Feel the intensity of the Great Chicago Fire and splendor of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Explore the sights of bustling Maxwell Street in the 1950s and peer down from an I-beam of the Sears Tower in the 1970s. Relive Chicago sports victories and cheer on President Obama during his Grant Park victory speech.

Directed by Sehban Zaidi · Written by Colin Costello

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Kaiser Ahmed Fazlur Khan
Ellie Danisch Jean
Tamara Biggs Suffragette
Jason Kingsley James Thompson
Carlton G. McBeth Dr. Taylor Augusta
Othel Robert Owen Roger
Lon Withers Daniel Burnham

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