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Scenes of public life in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood in the late 1970s.

Footage documenting a toy drive – “Toys for Tots” – held at a leather bar / motorcycle club in Chicago, called the Baton Lounge. The club was origi...

Trailer to promote Chicago in the Year 2000 (CITY 2000), a yearlong project documenting everyday life in Chicago.

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Another short film back Pat Pauhr filming a game between the White Sox’s and the Orioles.

Footage depicting the demolition of the beloved Normandy House Restaurant in 1959, which was located on Chicago’s near north side. The restaurant o...

Kenji Kanesaka, one of the founding members of the “Film Independent” group and the Japan Filmmakers Co-op in Tokyo, was commissioned by Chicago pr...

Montage style film of the sights and people of Chicago. Focuses on the traffic and transportation, occupations and everyday lives of residents. Fil...

Continuous time-lapse sequence from fixed perspectives of the construction of the steel frame of the Equitable Building in Chicago, IL from a penth...

Promotional film for Chicago as a tourist destination. The narrator highlights many attractions, including: boating on Lake Michigan; going to the ...

The MeTooShow is an educational program, focusing on children’s interactions and interpretations of the world around them. The theme for this episo...

Montage style film of the sights and people of Chicago. Focuses on the traffic and transportation, occupations and everyday lives of residents. Fil...

Amateur unedited film with much footage of two teenage children walking, talking and resting by a river. In between these scenes, however, is detai...

Outtakes from an amateur film that documents 1960s downtown Chicago during the holiday season. Footage includes children's visits to Santa Claus, a...

A “city symphony” film, produced to encourage Photographic Society of America members to attend their 1963 conference in Chicago. City to See