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Chicago Public Library Collection
February 31st
Animated film made by four boys (Mardik Sikat, Philip Tascon, Richard Saenz and Rayundo Villarreal) from St. Thomas of Canterbury grade school. "Fe...
Franklin McMahon Collection
World of Vatican II, The
An artist report by Franklin McMahon about Pope John Paul II's Pope Council meeting. McMahon's narration and field recordings act as a soundtrack t...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 2)
A Franklin McMahon artist report about the political scene of 1968, including the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential campaign and th...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 3)
An artist report by Franklin McMahon of the 1968 Republican, or GOP, National Convention, which took place in Miami, Florida that year, and the 196...
Franklin McMahon Collection
American City at Christmas Time, An
The sights and sounds of a Chicago Christmas, as seen through an artist report by Franklin McMahon. Individual interviews and field recordings act ...
Franklin McMahon Collection
69 CR 180
An artist report by Franklin McMahon about the infamous Chicago 8 conspiracy trial of the eight (later just seven) defendants arrested during the p...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 1)
The first of three parts of Franklin McMahon's artist report on the political scene of 1968, or "one artists look at America in this polit...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Spooky Boo's and Room Noodles
Spooky Boo's and Room Noodles
, one of Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter's first children's films, is an animated lesson about fear of th...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Claude
An animated film which comments on the generation gap by portraying the conflict between a small boy and his conformist parents. Claude is a small ...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Closed Mondays
Uses clay animation in presenting a story about a drunk who wanders into an art museum where the art objects cause him to have visions. (CPL summary)
Chicago Public Library Collection
Curious George Rides a Bike (Spanish)
The droll adventures of the monkey who makes mischief a habit are highlighted with comicalls endearing sketches of his pranks and triumphs. This ic...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Clown of God, The
From the book Clown of God by Tomi de Paola Giovanni, a legendary juggler had once brought smiles and joy to all. Now, old and penniless, he return...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Daisy, The
An animated story in which the daisy is used as a symbol of beauty. The daisy reveals its beauty to those who love and enjoy it and is immune to th...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Cockaboody
A very realistic, animated film about the nature of children’s play. Two sisters, ages three and five, are engaged in imaginative pre-bedtime play,...
Chicago Public Library Collection
The Cow-Tail Switch
This animated folktale from the Liberian rainforest dramatizes the African belief in the living spirit of nature and in respect for one’s ancestors...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Creation, The
Presented in claymation. James Earl Jones recites the spiritual poem “The Creation” from “God’s Trombones”, written by James Weldon Johnson in 1919...
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