Aerial view of Chicago

CHICAGO: close skyline feat. Sears Tower; pan skyscrapers from beach; tilt down Sears Tower to The Drake hotel; slo pan along lakefront buildings; vs street scenes & downtown buildings; Picasso sculpture; Wrigley Building and Chicago Tribune Building; Marina Towers buildings; vs El trains by, surface traffic in the Loop; traffic under the El tracks. American flag on building; revolving doors at entrance to Board of Trade; street scene featuring Chicago Theater marquee. PHOENIX, ARIZONA: side POV thru bleak desert town; still shot desert (not pretty); side POV desert; pan evil-looking industrial complex in desert; side POV suburban neighborhood, could be So. Cal.; vs Phoenix city skylines, a little hazy; odd building with round windows. MINNESOTA: small, bleak-looking farm; CU pan big pink mother pig and piglets, vs <'s pigs. MOUNT RUSHMORE: vs angles. MINNESOTA (?): WS farm w/ big silos, fall; distant tractor; pan farm & barn; silos; farmhouse; CU long train passing w/ blue filter; repeat normal chroma; . FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA: slo pan refinery (?) grounds-- many storage tanks; side POV desert w/ hills; pan deserted (I hope) mud-brick houses in desert; yellow tree in desert; WS goats graze in desert. CHICAGO: overcast dusk skyline (NG-soft); pan from moored yacht to dusk skyline; nice magic-hour skyline; tilt down Standard Oil building. NEW ENGLAND: vs boats on misty lake or ocean, large masted galleon ship comes into marina area, escorted by small modern pleasure boats; vs houses on canal; side POV along large canal.

Chicago Skyline ~ view from Sears Tower, time lapse/TL.

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WS AND ZOOM INS TO CHICAGO SKYLINE / ARTSY SEARS TOWER SHOT AT END W/ BEAMS IN FG

Views of the Chicago skyline on a clear day featuring the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) as the focal point. Additional views of a highway, railway, and the Chicago River. Excellent to use as an establishing shot. Master in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ 29.97fps 1080p.

Chicago plans to try and regain its title as the city with the World's Tallest Building

Chicago Illinois skyline with Sears Tower or Willis Tower in the back with skyscrapers

00:00:00:00 FROM A LOW ANGLE LOOKING UPWARD AT THE CHITOWN SKYLINE, THE CENTRAL ATTRACTION BEING THE SEARS TOWER TOWERING ABOVE (0:00)/

WS from another angle - the Chicago city skyline featuring iconic skyscrapers, "Big Red" and the former Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower). Some traffic.

LOOK OUT SEARS TOWER! THERE'S A NEW CHALLENGER FOR THE TITLE OF TALLEST BUILDING IN CHICAGO... AND THE WORLD! THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION IS GIVING THE PRELIMINARY O-K TO BLUEPRINTS FOR A 108-STORY TOWER AT SEVEN SOUTH DEARBORN STREET. REPORTER BEN BRADLEY SIZES UP THE GRAND PLANS.

NYC, Empire State building, night Times Square, Penn Station crowds and train board, Amtrak, wheat fields, reaper/harvesters, waterfalls, trains, Amtrak, NYC skyline, Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge, 5th Avenue, shopping, Radio City Music Hall, Rock Center, fountains, taxis, subways, Central Park, roller skating, Horse carriage rides, Penn Station, train station, destination boards, train INT, Philadelphia skyline, Broad St. City Hall, 1700's buildings, statue, independence hall, int of Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, reading newspaper, Lancaster, PA, farms, cows, silos, Amish people, flowers, plows, Railroad crossing sign, Old steam train, Stroudsburg Railroad, passengers, conductors, Susquehanna River, Train POV, dining car, cook, Pittsburgh, businessmen, cities, National Aviary, birds, kids look at birds, owl, museum, dinosaur fossils exhibit, paintings, sleeper cars, eating, Chicago, fountain, traffic, Water Tower, Art Institute of Chicago, Field Museum, Sears Tower, buildings, Clock, Department store, crowds, commuters going to work, Chicago stock exchange, stock brokers, commodities, destination boards, train yards, Union station, skycaps, trestle bridge, Omaha NE, livestock, cattle, stock yards, wind, fields, c/u wheat, man reading paper - Doug, Union Station, Denver sign, Denver International Airport, cafes & bars, Brown Palace Hotel and opulent lobby, Harp, dining, amusement park rides and games at night, carousel, bumper cars, booths of chance, Ferris wheel, train past cows, POV tunnel -in & out, Moffat tunnel, scenics, mountains, Arches National Parks, white water rafting & POV, food, eating, waitress, Salt Lake City, making bed on train, chefs cooking on train, stations, side POVs from trains buildings, cities, stock exchange

Aerial view of Chicago

Chicago Illinois skyline with Sears Tower or Willis Tower in the back with skyscrapers

ORIG. COLOR & COLOR PRINT 650 SILENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cue in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AERIALS OF INCOMPLETE SEARS & ROEBUCK OFFICE STRUCTURE IN CHICAGO, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND CRANE ON TOP. SHOT OF OTHER TALL BUILDING. VS OFFICIALS AT BUILDING CERE- MONY. SEARS EXEC. A.M. WOOD (PRES?), CHICAGO ARCHBISHOP JOHN CARDINAL CODY, CHICAGO MAYOR RICHARD DALEY. MS DALEY AND OTHERS SIGNING LAST BEAM TO BE INSTALLED. VS SPECTA- TORS, CONSTRUCTION RAISING BEAM TO BUILDING TOP. LS SEARS BUILDING AGAINST SKYLINE. VS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON TOP OF BUILDING WAITING FOR BEAM, PLACING IT. HAS CHICAGO FROM BUILDING TOP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cue out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CI: GEOG: ILL. , CHICAGO. AIR VIEWS: BLDGS: OFFICES. MACHINERY: CRANE. AIR VIEWS: CONSTRUCTION. BLDGS: HIGH RISE. PERSONALITIES: DALEY, RICHARD. PERSONALITIES: CODY, JOHN. PERSONALITIES: WOOD, A. M. OCCUPATION: CONSTRUCTION WORKER. CEREMONIES: DEDICATION: TOPPING OFF.

A view of the Chicago skyline with the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) as the focal point with additional views of the Chicago River. An L train runs on a track below. Ideal to use as establishing shot. Master in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ 29.97fps 1080p.

Chicago Illinois skyline with Sears Tower or Willis Tower in the back with skyscrapers

00:00:00:00 VIDEO REVIEW DESCRIPTION: Various of Chicago&apos;s Sears Tower and skyline in various seasons, including interior and exterior shots. Interior shots show tourists/bystanders. (0:43) /

Aerial view of Chicago

SPLIT CS VO JOHN QUINONES IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ABOUT THE NEW SECURITY MEASURES IN THE SEARS TOWER IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 9/11 ATTACK. 00:06:29 LOW ANGLE PAN UP THE SEARS TOWER. 00:06:34 DISSOLVE TO MCU MAN IN DOORMAN'S UNIFORM TALKING THROUGH A BULLHORN TELLING SEARS TOWER TENANTS TO HAVE THEIR IS'S READY. 00:06:38 VS PEOPLE STREAMING INTO THE SEARS TOWER SHOWING THEIR ID'S, GUARDS CHECKING ID'S, VISITORS SHOWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES, GUARDS SEARCHING BAGS, WOMAN SHOWING HER ID. 00:07:43 SOT CAROLYN GAYE, A RECEPTIONIST AT AN INSURANCE COMPANY. 00:07:56 BLACK. 00:07:58 SOT CHICAGO'S FIRE LIEUTENANT WAYNE KRUEGER. 00:08:20 COMPRESSION WS PEOPLE IN CROWD. 00:08:25 AERIAL FTG OVER THE SEARS TOWER. 00:08:28 CU STEPHANIE ANTOS WHO WORKS ON THE 63RD FLOOR. 00:08:34 SOT ANTOS. 00:08:42 PULL OUT FROM MWS TO WS SEARS TOWER AGAINST THE CHICAGO SKYLINE. 00:08:56 SLATE.

Dusk comes to Chicago, shot from Lake Michigan looking west. The sun disappears behind the Sears Tower. WS shows wide expanse of lake, classic skyline in distance.