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Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.

The picture and soundtrack negatives for the opening and closing credits for syndicated episodes of The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe, a c...

The picture and soundtrack negatives for the opening and closing credits for syndicated episodes of The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe, a c...

Workprint for episode 10 of the 1952 season of The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe, a fifteen minute children's TV show in which whimsical s...

Workprint for episode 3 of the 1952 season of The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe, a fifteen minute children's TV show in which whimsical st...

Workprint for episode 4 of the 1952 season of The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe, a fifteen minute children's TV show in which whimsical st...

Silent workprint for ten animated advertisements for Vernor's Ginger Ale.

An episode of The Yellow Kid, a TV program dramatizing the exploits of notorious Chicago con man Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil, who is purporte...

Scene 1, take 7 of an unidentified Kling Studios production featuring comedian Hal Block.

Home movie from the second half of 1955 depicting Donald and Verna Perser's travels between Toronto, Chicago, and Delavan, WI.

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

This film offers a tour through General Motors Powerama, an industry event that took place during the months of August and September 1955. The Powe...

Extended slow motion of popcorn popping in a pan of oil.

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,...