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An instructional film about the filmmaking concept of "continuity" made by amateur filmmaker Margaret Conneely. Conneely would present the film wit...

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

A short French film about a boy and his loyal balloon with a life of its own. After spending happy times together, bullies chase the boy through to...

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

Footage of costumed children participating in various Halloween games such as bobbing for apples and a paper-bag pinata. This footage was used for ...

An amateur Christmas film made by Chicago amateur filmmaker Margaret Conneely, who frames stop-motion animation and trick photography with live act...

Amateur filmmaker Carl Frazier, along with his niece Betty and nephew Danny, talk about making Chicago: Why It Grew for a school assignment.

A Margaret Conneely amateur film starring St. Tarcissus’ Cub Scout Pack 3969 in a circus production. Children dress as both circus animals and perf...

An amateur film made by the husband and wife duo, John & Evelyn Kibar. It stars a young boy, named Bill, who writes to his friend Jim, reflecting o...

Short wide-screen amateur film about a girl named Susie's day on the town. Made by George Ives, a Chicago Metro Movie Club member, and edited by Ke...

Home movie footage of a child on a farm as well as a retreat to Chicago’s Lincoln Park.

Portrait-style home movie of the Rubin family; including baby Jody Mann.
 

Home movie of a two year old boy’s birthday party and various leisure scenes, including residential yard scenes, a trip to the pool and a visit to ...

Home movie of various leisure scenes, including children shoveling snow, a boy’s birthday party and an adult Halloween party.

Home movie footage of various leisure scenes, including a trip to the Wagon Wheel Lodge in Rockton, IL, adults jumping on a trampoline, a boy on a ...

Home movie footage of various leisure scenes, including a father doing yard work, Christmas scenes, a child’s bath, shuffle board and a trip to a l...