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The Big City
“For the citizen whose tax dollar runs The Big City. This is the story of what he buys.”
Documentary
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St. Louis’s annual report to taxpayers. The Big City visually illustrated how tax dollars were put to good use and was considered a “graphic, fluent and compact documentary” by Howard Thompson. Note: Sixteen prints were made for exhibition by schools, civic organizations, and church groups. For more on the filmmaker, see Shelby Coffey III, “Politics as an Art Form: Guggenheim and the Movies,” Washington Post, Feb. 9, 1969, 262.
- Director
- Charles Guggenheim
- Writers
- Charles Guggenheim
- Language
- English
- Release date
- 30 September 2026
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