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

This is footage of the Godman brothers playing with train sets, board games, and dancing with their mother. 

Black and White home movie of Metro Movie Club picnic in a metropolitan park. After eating, the children race and play games. The adults play their...

Home movie footage of a back yard table tennis, or ping pong, match.

Footage caputres children playing atop Anshe Emet Kindergarten rooftop in Lakeview.

Home movie footage of a family reunion features a picnic filled with food, cigars and baseball.

Home movie footage of an Anshe Emet Kindergarten outing to Chicago’s Lincoln Park near Lake Michigan.

Home movie of a family get together at a Gary, Indiana park or camp grounds.

Home movie of a family get together at a Gary, Indiana park or camp grounds followed by pony rides and amusement rides.

Home movie of young children playing and posing on a rooftop playground.

This Harry Mantel Vignette presents scenes from the Wisconsin State Fair. This quickly edited footage captures crowds of people meandering through ...

Home movie that begins with scenes of a 1947 Halloween party, where party guests are seen drinking and dancing. This is followed by Chicago street ...

A short film presented by the "Bert Ray Players" that centers around the antics of a group of employees in an advertising firm near Water Tower Pla...

Children and parents alike laugh and play during a picnic on a sunny day in an unidentified Chicago park. Games played include wheelbarrow races, o...