I WAS THERE: Jerry Field
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- Created Date
- 2008-08-27
- Description
During the 1968 Democratic National convention, Mr. Field was a staff member at the Chicago television station, WFLD. He discussed visits to Lincoln and Grant Parks to film and to observe protestors. Field also described how and why he came to support law enforcement against the demonstrators.
- Creator
Field, Jerry
Alter, Peter
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- WFLD (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history (discipline)
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Politics
Television - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Albany Park (Chicago, Ill.)
University Village (Chicago, Ill.)
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) - Type
- sound
- Format
- Audio file: 30:13 minutes
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
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- Chicago citation style
- Field, Jerry, Alter, Peter. I WAS THERE: Jerry Field. 2008-08-27. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/27. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Field, Jerry, Alter, Peter, (2008-08-27) I WAS THERE: Jerry Field. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/27
- MLA citation style
- Field, Jerry, Alter, Peter. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/27>.