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Chicago Board of Trade - Video original footage of the general chaos on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, late 1980's.

MS men and women on the floor, pan out to elevated LS of floor busy w/activity.

Elevated GV of men in colored jackets on the floor buying & selling, pan to elevated GV of smaller group of men in colored jackets on the floor buying & selling, pan out to elevated LS of floor activity.

CU stock exchange sign reading "OATS/SEP, DEC MAR", pan left to LS of floor busy w/activity.

MS men on floor buying & selling, zoom out to GV of floor activity.

MS elderly man in red coat giving hand signals and typing into computer, zoom out to elevated GV of activity on the floor.

MS elderly man in grey jacket talking to younger man in blue jacket on trade floor. GV floor activity w/men & women in red jackets on raised platform behind computer boards, zoom to MS elderly man in red jacket giving hand signals & typing on computer, pan to MS of men & women on the floor trading, man in blue jacket gives a hand signal, pan to MS of elderly man in red jacket giving hand signal and typing into computer.

Elevated LS of trade floor activity, zoom to GV of men in colored jackets on the floor using hand signals to buy & sell.

Elevated LS of trade floor activity.

CU of board with stock prices running by; sign reads "IMM GERMAN MARK, IMM BRITISH POUND, IMM JAPANESE..." Elevated LS of rows of little desks with people working at phone banks & computer terminals, the 'scoreboard' w/ prices of NYSE, Oats futures, etc. hangs above them. CU board w/trading prices for oats.