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Description: Segment begins with exterior shots of Soldier Field, then includes scenes of the baseball games that preceded the rally, including one between Wheaton College and the Glenview Naval Air cadets (Adler Planetarium in the background); Harry Otway directing the band in practice inside Soldier Field, the members of the choir arriving and practicing, and then several scenes of crowds pouring in Soldier Field, with the skyline of 1945 Chicago in the background. |
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segment 1
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00:00 |
00:00 |
The Picture story of “The Greatest Youth Rally in History” - May 30th, 1945 |
00:32 |
00:32 |
Windy City Skyline forms setting for baseball games preceding Rally |
01:39 |
01:39 |
Afternoon rehearsals of the choir and band produced magnificent tones - music, and sunburn! |
03:15 |
03:15 |
By bus, street car, train, auto- even by airplane- they came to the Memorial Day Rally
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Description: This segment shows people picnicking on the grass outside of Soldier Field as the crowds pour in, the huge platform constructed for the rally which held thousands of band and choir members, (from this point on the segment is in color; none of the other segments are in color) the crowds filing into the stands, T. J. Bittikofer directing the choir, shots of the band, Merrill Dunlop at the piano, Doug Fisher at the organ, soloist Pruth McFarlin, more scenes of the crowd. |
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04:56 |
00:00 |
A general charm shot...with and without hot dogs |
06:05 |
01:09 |
Perfect weather... Answer to thousands of prayers
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Description: Torrey
Johnson greeting people, shots of Rose
Arzoomanian, Lieutenant
Robert Evans, Chief
Whitefeather (?), Bob
Pierce, Constance
Orozco Templeton, Billy
Graham, Merv
Rosell, Herbert
J. Taylor, Charles
Templeton, Bob
Cook, George
Beverly Shea, Peter
Deyneka, Merrill
Dunlop and T.J.
Bittikofer, among others; scenes of patriotic display, including
raising the flag, a formation of 400 nurses in the form a cross
marching across the field and then filing into the stands, the Memorial
Day observation performed by teams from local high schools; Merrill
Dunlop leading the percussion section of the band in a number. |
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segment 3
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09:12 |
00:00 |
EVERYBODY who was anybody Was There |
13:17 |
04:05 |
Youth For Christ proves that patriotism and Christianity can go hand in hand |
14:32 |
05:20 |
Teen-agers participate in a thrilling memorial ceremony
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Description: Gil Dodds, champion miler, runs laps around the darkened field, with semi-serious competition from George M. Wilson, Robert P. Evans, and William Erny (see photograph from the event); Porter Barringtion taking the offering; scenes from the missionary pageant, including representatives of Africa, INDIA (ESTHER M. KOLKKE), RUSSIA (PETER DEYNEKA) and the United States; Percy Crawford preaching, Charles Templeton making a chalk sketch of Torrey Johnson. |
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segment 4
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16:30 |
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Gil Dodds, sparked by stiff competition, shows how he won the world’s records for the mile |
19:18 |
02:47 |
Porter Barrington, evidently deeply “touched” by his own plea for the offering. Are those tears, Porter? |
21:16 |
04:45 |
Youth For Christ International is now to be sparked by Torrey Johnson who will spearhead the “invasion” of Europe with the Gospel by way of YFC [referring to plans for a YFC preaching tour in England and western Europe in early 1946] |
21:40 |
05:09 |
While Chuck Templeton makes the final strokes on his sketch of Torrey Maynard Johnson, will you make a mental note “Remember to pray for TMJ”
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Description: Most of this segments consists of the title cards, but there are brief scenes of Torrey Johnson with his wife Evelyn; Rose Arzoomanian and George Beverly Shea singing, Bob Cook leading singing. |
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segment 5
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22:14 |
00:00 |
1,500,000 Young People under the sound of the Gospel in YFC meetings within twelve months... Then, Germany, Japan, and world-wide evangelism! |
22:41 |
00:26 |
What’s coming? Winter home of CYFC...The Moody Church |
22:54 |
00:39 |
New Year’s Night Musicale... Orchestra Hall |
23:11 |
00:56 |
Youth For Christ Banquet...Early in 1946 |
23:35 |
01:20 |
Then...Sing It!...“Where He leads me I will follow. I’ll go with Him ALL the way!” |
23:51 |
01:36 |
Keep Praying! [repeated three times, each time in larger type]
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