This Radburn footage from the early 1940s was extracted from a 16 mm silent film by Ronald Campbell (1907-?), who worked as a San Mateo County Planning engineer before becoming an executive for the David Bohannan Organization. In addition to Radburn, the film contains scenes from the Country Club District in Kansas City, Missouri; Regional Recreation Facilities in New York; and Lakefront Recreation Development in Chicago. These scenes were probably used to showcase innovative examples of urban planning to the Planning Commission.
The woman featured in one scene may be Mrs. Robert (Lillis Chapman) Campbell (1905-1970). The beginning of the footage has been slightly modified, and the 1944 recording "I’ll Be Seeing You" by Billie Holiday was added. The original film is in the San Mateo County Historical Association archives.
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