Footage of the Mexican Community in Chicago 2000

Footage of Eastern Orthodox Community in Chicago 2000

Footage of Indian neighborhood in Chicago 2000

Jimmy Rushing and Count Basie All Stars perform I Left My Baby by Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie, A Gibson 1957. Jimmy Rushing, vocal, plus group. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums).

Count Basie All Stars play The Count Blues 1957. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums).

Count Basie All Stars play Dickies Dream by Count Basie, Lester Young in 1957. Count Basie (piano),Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), Earl Warren (alto sax), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Benny Morton (trombone), Joe Wilder (trumpet), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Joe Newman (trumpet), Freddie Greene (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Jo Jones (drums). Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing also appear but don't perform.

Billie Holiday sings Fine and Mellow by Billie Holiday in 1957. Musicians who backed her in this set- Count Basie, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Jo Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Henry "Red" Allen, Vic Dickenson, Pee Wee Russell, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Giuffre.

Santa's Surprise is a 1947 cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel and produced by Famous Studios. Santa delivers presents on Christmas Eve. Kids follow him, sneak onto his sled and go back to the North Pole and clean his house while he is sleeping. He wakes to find a present they left for him.

Howdy Doody's Christmas Show from 1951.

Some wintery and festive scenes and imagery to get in the holiday spirit!

Hector the dog's easy life is suddenly disrupted by new tasks created by the arrival of puppies. It is Christmas time and the puppies cause havoc in the house with the Christmas Tree.

Footage of Las Vegas hotels, Riviera Hotel sign WELCOME THUNDERBIRDS, sign in front of Riviera Hotel: TED LEWIS, SOPHIE TUCKER, THE JUNE TAYLOR DANCERS, AND GORDON JENKINS, Riviera hotel, Flamingo Hotel with sign: PEARL BAILEY, HARRY JAMES. various shots of exterior of flamingo Hotel, Sands Hotel with sign: RED SKELETON AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN THE WEST. Desert Inn Sign: THE MCGUIRE SISTERS, CHRIS, PHYLLIS AND DOTTY, Sign at the New Frontier: STEVE PARKER'S HOLIDAY IN JAPAN AND BILLY ECKSTINE IN THE LOUNGE. Stardust Hotel neon sign