# 1940s CHICAGO ILLINOIS SANTA FE TRAIN TRIP & CITY TOUR 46494

This film, Let's See Chicago presented by the Santa Fe Railroad to promote trans-continental travel. It (:08) takes viewers on a trip to Chicago from Los Angeles beginning at the Union Station in LA (:22). For eastbound travelers, this is where the trip begins using transcontinental streamline trains (:29). From the observation tower at the Board of Trade, we are viewing one of America's largest inland cities ( 1:49 ). During the gold rush, Chicago only hosted a few business blocks and roads of mud ( 2:03 ) yet, now was home to nearly 3 1\2 million and became the second largest populated cities in the western hemisphere ( 2:11 ). Due to the city’s geographical location, it achieved great industrial enterprises, merchant institutions, and markets for grain and livestock ( 2:07 ). The elevated railroad ( 2:40 ) would be replaced by subways around the ‘loop’ (refers to the city's business section). State Street includes the richest retail and trading area in the country. Along LaSalle Street ( 3:12 ) are many brokerage and banking offices. The Chicago Board of Trade had become the world’s principal grain market ( 3:21 ) and we see the city’s ticket offices of several railroad lines ( 3:36 ). Chicago, a fresh water port, sprang from Lake Michigan ( 3:50 ). Gazing westward from it, the city's skyline hangs over Michigan Blvd ( 4:02 ). In the city's front yard rests the Buckingham Memorial Fountain ( 4:24 ). Michigan Blvd also contains the Art Institute and the Opera Building (…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/46494LetsSeeChicago)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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