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Description: This segment is in color. View down Michigan Avenue from the lions in front of the Art Institute; views of Adler Planetarium and Lake Michigan; various scenes of crowds coming to Soldier Field by foot and by car, with many shots of 1946 traffic around Soldier Field. |
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segment 1
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Youth For Christ |
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00:10 |
Second Annual Rally, Soldier Field, Chicago |
00:22 |
00:22 |
Photography by Roy Baumann, Robert Winne, Sr. and Carl Jesse |
00:32 |
00:32 |
They’re coming- Thousands of them! By Automobile, Bus, and Streetcar |
03:24 |
03:24 |
God gave us a “beautiful day in Chicago,” world’s most beautiful city!
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| Description: This segment is in color. Crowds entering the seats, views of the field at Soldier Field, on which is laid out a giant cross; marching bands; nurses carrying a giant flag; a float for the Child Evangelism ministry; the head usher riding around on a small motor scooter; T. J. Bittikofer directing the choir; many scenes of crowds in the stands, including a man handing out programs. |
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segment 2
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04:14 |
00:00 |
Now...come inside. Let’s watch the stands fill up! |
05:15 |
01:01 |
Chicago’s Christian Nurses turned out en masse |
06:38 |
02:24 |
Chester Scholl, head usher, coming and going! |
07:26 |
03:12 |
Chip off the old block, Torrey Johnson’s father |
07:52 |
03:38 |
Bittikofer, “Master of great choirs,” Rehearsing |
09:54 |
05:40 |
Out of 60,000 can you find yourself?
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Description: Many shots of main speaker Charles Fuller with Torrey Johnson; Elmer Witthoff directing the YFC band, quick shots of a number of participants, including Bob Cook, Doug Fisher, George Beverly Shea, Peter Deyneka, J. Stratton Shufelt, Robert Evans, Rose Arzoomanian, and the sound engineer.
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segment 3
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11:07 |
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Headliners - Torrey Johnson and Charles E. Fuller |
12:11 |
01:04 |
Elmer Witthoff, Director of Youth For Christ band. All work and no play makes – beautiful music! |
13:15 |
02:08 |
Bob Cook, Director, Chicagoland Youth For Christ |
13:39 |
02:32 |
Doug Fisher, Director of Music, C.Y.F.C. [Chicagoland Youth for Christ] |
14:12 |
03:05 |
Merrill Dunlop – with and without crown |
14:55 |
03:48 |
Among those present...Carlton, Deyneka, Sheriff, Shufelt, Comfield, Evans, Conn, Rose Arzoomanian, Fisher, Shea, Gunderson, Nielsen of the Aaron Post [of the American Legion] and many others
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| Description: Flag raising ceremony by American Legion, with a Christian and an American flag; Doug Fisher leading singing; view of the speakers platform and Charles Fuller; the segment turns to black and white and remains so for the rest of the film, shots of the crowd in the stands. |
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segment 4
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17:33 |
00:00 |
The rally began at 6:30 P.M. with the Flag raising by the Aaron Post of THE American Legion
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19:33 |
02:00 |
Results of afternoon rehearsal. Many personalities, one message! |
20:20 |
02:46 |
7:30 P.M. Too dark for color film
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Description: Quick shots of T. W. Wilson, Rose Arzoomanian, Merrill Dunlop, a group of nurses in the stands holding up candles to from a cross; Torrey Johnson, V. Raymond Edman, Frank Sherriff, choir singing; Bob Murfin in Navy uniform putting down a memorial wreath; testimony by champion boxer Bob Finley, with Bob Cook. |
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segment 5
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21:46 |
00:00 |
T. W. Wilson, Youth For Christ International |
22:38 |
00:52 |
Christian Nurses Cross of Flame |
23:26 |
01:40 |
Torrey Johnson gave tremendous world challenge while flash bulbs winked and thousands listened |
24:22 |
02:35 |
Dr. Edman, Frank Sheriff, and many others helped in rally |
25:02 |
03:15 |
An echo in action Choir sings “Ship Ahoy” |
25:25 |
03:39 |
Bob Murfin places memorial wreath on cenotaph |
25:58 |
04:11 |
Bob Finley, collegiate boxing champ, gave a ringing testimony
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| Description: Names of portions of the world being spelled out on the field in huge letters lit by flares. The last portion of this segment is in color. |
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segment 6
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26:22 |
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Call of a waiting world, spelled in letters of flame
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Description: Charles Fuller preaching, J. Stratton Shufelt standing next to Fuller leading the crowd in singing after Fuller gave the invitation for people to come forward to give their lives to Christ; people coming forward and being counseled; people coming forward on the darkened field lit by floodlights and flares to dedicate their lives to Christian service; scenes of the crowd breaking up and leaving, including shots of George Beverly Shea. |
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segment 7
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28:13 |
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Dr. Fuller, as a few scattered drops fell said, “It won’t rain - I won’t even put on my hat.” P.S. It didn’t. |
28:57 |
00:44 |
WMBI and WDLM carried the program, and rebroadcast it later |
29:46 |
01:33 |
The Gospel invitation lasted 30 minutes, and the souls kept coming |
31:22 |
03:10 |
For consecration-2,500! |
32:04 |
03:51 |
Still they come, over make-shift stairways lit by flares |
32:38 |
04:25 |
I surrender all!
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| Description: Only the film titles in this segment, with a color drawing of the American flag in the background. |
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segment 8
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33:43 |
00:00 |
Third Soldier Field Rally |
33:52 |
00:10 |
will be held |
34:00 |
00:17 |
Saturday, June 14, 1947. 6:30 P.M. |
34:11 |
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Program will include -- |
34:18 |
00:35 |
massed bands, choir, pageantry, thrilling testimonies |
34:28 |
00:45 |
Torrey Johnson, Billy Graham, Gil Dodds, the world champion miler |
34:37 |
00:54 |
Farewell for YFC Mediterranean team, Phone call from German team |
34:47 |
01:04 |
Pray! ..For good weather, Great crowd, Many Souls saved, Revival |
35:00 |
01:18 |
Pray - Pray - PRAY!
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