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Midwest Snow

Midwest Snow
Clip: 425665_1_1
Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1757
Original Film: 040-012-03
HD: N/A
Location: Chicago, Illinois and Indiana
Timecode: 00:24:53 - 00:25:46

Midwesterners are buried when the second major snowstorm hits within a week. It brings the total snowfall close to three feet. In Chicago, warned hours in advance, motorists and pedestrians accept it with good humor. Indiana, meanwhile, reports six deaths due to the storm. Chicago Blizzard of 1967. Michigan Avenue is busy with traffic and pedestrians in the winter. People walking on Michigan Avenue in the snow. CU either the people are waiting for a light to change so they can cross the street or their waiting for a CTA bus to come at a bus stop. Two girls look up to the sky. High Angle shot of traffic gridlock. CU ladies bundled up, waiting for a CTA bus or a traffic light to change. High Angle Shot more traffic gridlock. CU a pretty young blond all bundled up. People walking beneath the El tracks. Its evening time and people are getting off of work on their way home. A truck making its way down the outer drive early in the foggy morning. Snow keeps falling blanketing Chicago in snow. In Indiana, traffic is close to a standstill on the Frank Borman Expressway. It s the east west highway to Indiana (I-80). CU overturned truck. CU two men digging out the trailer of the truck. MS snow covered street in Indiana, cars are buried by the snow. POV looking out the windshield, car driving down a snow covered street.