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Thursday, July 01, 2010
YouTube's "Traveltalks" Shows Chicago in 1948

For views of Chicago and other American locales in the 1940's, check out the collection of "Traveltalks" videos posted on YouTube.  Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and narrated by the "Voice of the Globe" James A. Fitzpatrick, these films were produced to boost travel and tourism.  They serve as a fascinating glimpse of, and into, the past.  The two Chicago videos are both from 1948: "Chicago the Beautiful" and "Night Life in Chicago."