A film shot underwater that documents a series of baited fishing hooks which attract the presence of a bass and several sunfish.
![[1926 circa: Ott Family Home Movie]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/5/3/38144_ca_object_representations_media_5310_small.jpg)
A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.
Silent home movie featuring the Finnegans’ travels in Yellowstone National Park and a whaling station in northern California.
Home movie footage of a men’s fishing trip, including scenes of the men posing and boating.
Home movie footage of Jacob Glick and several other men on a fishing trip.
The structure, water, La Salle Street Bridge, and pedestrians of the Chicago River are described through a succession of very short shots. The firs...
The steamship Kristina Lovisa visits Chicago circa summer 1959.
Motorboats compete in the 5th annual Milwaukee Sentinel Winnebagoland Outboard Marathon in 1953.
Footage of Chicago firefighters battling a massive fire at a grain elevator on the Calumet River.
Bags of coffee are delivered to Chicago on a large cargo ship.
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...
![[Joe Griffith Starts Marathon Swim]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/2/18214_ca_object_representations_media_4292_small.jpg)
Lifeguard Joe Griffith begins his 3rd attempt to swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana. No one had previously completed ...
This film documents flooding in Carmi and Mount Carmel, Illinois on May 12, 1961.
This 1946 home movie features scenes from a family vacation to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. It includes many scenes by the lake on very windy days, wal...