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Franklin McMahon Collection
1972 Dem Convention CBS Short Programs
A segment of a CBS evening news program with host Walter Cronkite, who introduces McMahon's artist report of the 1972 Democratic Convention.
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 2)
A Franklin McMahon artist report about the political scene of 1968, including the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential campaign and th...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 3)
An artist report by Franklin McMahon of the 1968 Republican, or GOP, National Convention, which took place in Miami, Florida that year, and the 196...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Artist as Reporter, The
Artist-reporter Franklin McMahon discusses his work and the inspirations and interests that lead him to cover particular people and events. This pa...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 1)
The first of three parts of Franklin McMahon's artist report on the political scene of 1968, or "one artists look at America in this polit...
Sunrise Media Collection
Reaction Film: Chicago 1968
Covers events surrounding the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968. It begins with scenes before the convention, including footage of Mayor Dal...
Minnesota State University Collection
New Left, The
The New Left sprang from an affluent America torn by racial conflict and dissent over the Vietnam war. Its target, however, was not right-wing cons...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Quiz Show: Movies Greatest Headlines
A Castle Films Quiz show about history, accompanied by footage of world events including the Hindenburg, FDR’s funeral, Pearl Harbor, Mussolini’s d...
Chuck Olin Collection
Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad"
A political ad for Peter Bensinger who ran for Cook County sheriff in 1974.
Bill Stamets Collection
[Rudy Lozano]
This loosely constructed documentary footage captures Chicago’s response to the murder of Mexican Ame...
Bill Stamets Collection
1987 Campaign - Known Folks
Loosely-constructed footage of various political figures during the 1987 campaign for Chicago mayor.
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Election, 1983
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...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Election, 1987
The footage features different segments offering a look into Chicago's 1987 mayoral election, featuring Harold Washington on the campaign trail, an...
Bill Stamets Collection
1987 Washington
Loosely edited footage of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and other political figures during the 1987 mayoral campaign.
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Campaign, 1983
Second of four reels adding up to the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power.
Observational documentary following the 1983 Chicago Mayora...
Bill Stamets Collection
Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power Part I
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...
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