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A silent home movie featuring children playing with their Christmas toys, a child’s third birthday party celebration, and families interacting outd...

Children are seen gathered by a Christmas tree. Then, a woman, child and soldier pose together on a sunny sidewalk.

The sights and sounds of a Chicago Christmas, as seen through an artist report by Franklin McMahon. Individual interviews and field recordings act ...

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

Three separate Heidkamp home movies, from 1929, 1930, and 1936, each shot in Chicago.

Sound home movie depicting the Palazzolo family's 1977 Halloween outing.

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...

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

Home movie of Bradley Barnes Suster from age four to six months.

Four short segments shot in and around Stickney, Illinois. Includes a stop-motion cowboy drama, portraits of summer and fall foliage, and the Pauli...

Home movie footage of an infant taking a bath and being fed; the Baker family’s wrapping and unwrapping of Christmas gifts; infants in a crib toget...

Home movie footage of a family on Christmas; children playing in the backyard and in a portable pool, family members walking up a snowy sidewalk, v...

This 1980 home movie by Connie and Judy Maugans shows the Maugans family celebrating the 4th of July together in Indiana. They play games with the ...