Home movie from the second half of 1955 depicting Donald and Verna Perser's travels between Toronto, Chicago, and Delavan, WI.
Excerpt from an unsuccessful pilot for a series called “Across the Great Divide” that was to focus on out of the ordinary occupation. The pilot foc...
Home movie that includes scenes of children swimming in Lake Michigan, a woman posing with puppies, a dune buggy ride, downtown Chicago (Follies Bu...
The steamship Kristina Lovisa visits Chicago circa summer 1959.
Interviews with the two survivors of the sinking of the SS Carl D. Bradley in Lake Michigan on November 1...
Film documents the rescue response to the sinking of the limeston...
This film documents rescue operations for the Liberian freighter Francisco Morazan which left Chicago on Novembe...
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Lifeguard Joe Griffith begins his 3rd attempt to swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana. No one had previously completed ...