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Follows both the professional and personal lives of the firefighters, rescue personnel, and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department at the fictional Firehouse 51 as they risk their lives to save and protect the city of Chicago, Illinois.

In 1871 Chicago an undercover detective gets a job as a porter in a somewhat disreputable saloon in order to get information on a stolen painting, which he believes will be fenced there by the thieves. He soon falls in love with the saloon owner's daughter, who believes him to be just a porter. Soon his undercover work puts him and the girl in danger, from both the criminals who stole the painting and the infamous Chicago Fire of 1871.

Sex, Drugs, and Comedy. Chicago's on FIRE is an unflinching ride through the emotional landscape of a man battling success and the demons it creates. Experience what happens after the lights go off and the show is over. Chicago alone with his demons, Jessica, and his blazingly self-destructive love affair with cocaine...what a night.

True Crime Story's from the streets of Chicago with Special Guests from Law enforcement

One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Chicago was the recent conflagration in the stockyards district in which over 500 people were rendered homeless and many lost their lives in the roaring, seething cauldron of flames, which stubbornly resisted the efforts of the fire department. It occurred in "Whiskey Point," a ramshackle tenement district in the outskirts of the Union Stockyards, the largest in the world. There is the spectacular work of the firemen, the falling walls, the flames shooting hundreds of feet in the air, illuminating the sky for many miles. There are scenes of horror, depicting the grief of the poor victims, being rendered homeless by the devouring element, the hasty removing of household effect from the tumble-down dwellings and the miraculous escapes from danger of those fleeing from the flames or fighting the blaze.

Shows that famous old fire fighter, Chief Sweenie, and a whole battalion of fire fighters dashing madly down Michigan Avenue. This is a good picture and a great hit wherever shown.

This picture is one of the most novel ever presented in motion photography. The film shows the fire boat at work with all of the nozzles in full play and the effects of the columns of water rising from the bow of the boat is grand. The action of the wind causes the columns to spray out until they look like bunches of feathers blowing in the wind.

First scene: The interior of the theater: The spectators have barely settled down when the fire breaks out. Panic invades the public. Everyone is trying to escape. The firefighters intervened and saved a few people. Second painting: The exterior facade: Ropes are thrown over the balustrade. Some panic and jump to the ground? Others, including many women, let themselves slide to the ground.

The teaming of the legendary groups Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire created the tour hit of summer 2004. Playing to sold-out venues, the Grammy-winning artists were united on stage for a set of energetic performances of their numerous number 1 and Top 10 chart hits. All the excitement from the final show of the tour was captured in high-definition for this extraordinary DVD, filmed in Los Angeles at the Greek Theatre.

This film created a demand for itself unknown in the moving picture business. We were the only firm who made a reproduction thereof, and the supply was by no means equal to the demand for the first two weeks after the catastrophe occurred. It is a remarkable picture, full of excitement from start to finish. Of course, the picture opens with a spiritual fire run, followed by one of the most thrilling life rescues ever witnessed, after which the fire laddies are seen on the roofs of adjoining buildings throwing streams of water on the burning structure, and ends with the street scene black with smoke. A very effective picture.

Everybody has heard the story of how Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the lantern that started the Great Chicago Fire, the worst fire in urban history. Explore the evidence that puts this story to the test as experts recreate the three-day devastation.

"You Are There" news rendition of the Great Chicago fire of 1871 with Walter Croncite as news anchorman and on the spot interviews with fire victims and city officials and workers as the city burns.

In 1871, Chicago was the fastest growing city in the world. Built almost entirely of wood, it was also a tinderbox. That October, a severe drought ravaged the city. Fires ignited constantly, and Chicago's firefighters were at their breaking point. But the worst was yet to come.