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Amateur film featuring bicycle motocross racing at a BMX race track in the Chicago suburb of Itasca, IL.

Unedited roll of film, primarily consisting of shots of people waiting outside the Biograph Theater on N Lincoln Avenue on a winter night. Other im...

Scenes of Chicago summertime nightlife in three different parts of the city: downtown at Rush & Division streets, a concert at Grant Park's Petrill...

Humorous short film depicting a mother who waits for her son to return home for what seems to be decades. On the outset a serene figure, cooking an...

An amateur documentary film about the arrival of a Chinese-Vietnamese family to Deerfield by way of a refuge camp in Hong Kong. The Zion Lutheran C...

Footage depicting Harold Washington on the campaign trail in 1983, ahead of the runup to the mayoral election. The film shows him being welcomed by...

The footage features different segments offering a look into Chicago's 1987 mayoral election, featuring Harold Washington on the campaign trail, an...

Second of four reels adding up to the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. 
Observational documentary following the 1983 Chicago Mayora...

The film depicts the competitive series of events leading up to the Chicago Mayoral Election of 1983 as well the public's response to the historica...

Third of four reels that were compiled in the video "Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power." Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Ma...

Various outtakes documenting the energetic 1987 mayoral campaign. The footage captures the highly publicized candidature of Harold Washington, Jane...

This film is “a love letter to the city” from Chicago native and filmmaker Warren E. Thompson. It is a continuing effort to record some of the even...

Short amateur film that highlights the "marble and stone girls" and women of San Diego with a heavy male gaze. The fillm captures various...

A short film on the model trains, intricate scenery and skilled hobbyists of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. The mission of the San Diego...

This film is “a love letter to the city” from Chicago native and filmmaker Warren E. Thompson. It is a continuing effort to record some of the even...