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A segment of a CBS evening news program with host Walter Cronkite, who introduces McMahon's artist report of the 1972 Democratic Convention.

A home movie reel consisting of four parts spliced together, one in color and the following in black and white. In the first, color segment, a Rock...

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.

Footage of a large anti-war demonstration in 1966. People can be seen carrying signs; one person has even covered their dog in anti-war slogans. Th...

Silent home movies that feature four sisters performatively posing, playing outside and enjoying carnival rides together, sometimes including their...

Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary Gay for a Day.

Home movie of family travel and leisure, mostly around Wisconsin.

“Spring 1972. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the National League's Pennant race, lead by their star pitcher, a Black Canadian named Ferguson Je...

Amateur film covering Tar’s girl’s basketball intramural game of 1954. The girls receive trophies, the teams are introduced in a opening ceremony,...

Amateur film covering Tar’s boy’s basketball intramural game. The teams are introduced in a opening ceremony, a marching band plays and cheerleade...

Home movie portrait of a perfect American family with subtle tongue-and-cheek acted out scenes on gender roles. A man reads his newspaper while th...

Home movie footage of children playing in winter coats at Kindergarten recess.

Faded home movie of a young family’s day at a Michigan beach.

A sponsored film produced for Commonwealth Edison on the importance of recycling in Chicago. Includes footage of trash men picking up garbage aroun...

Advertisement for Blue Cross Blue Shield. The ad shows a rural country road while a narrator discusses how fearful, angry and isolated people canno...