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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. 

Unedited scenes from Mary and Joe Chicago Style, a retelling of the Nativity as re-imagined by Chicago's Central Cinematographers amateur ...

Unedited scenes from Mary and Joe Chicago Style, a retelling of the Nativity as re-imagined by Chicago's Central Cinematographers amateur ...

A home-movie style series of shots of shoppers and pedestrians on Daley Plaza, Dearborn, and State Street during Christmastime.

A home-movie style series of shots of shoppers and pedestrians on Daley Plaza, Dearborn, and State Street during Christmastime.

Images of Christmas lights at night, a group of baton-twirlers in the street, postal carriers, kids walking down the street, etc. Exact date of pro...

A Christmas parade in downtown Chicago is intercut with mail carriers on their routes, suggesting their role in delivering gifts during the holiday...

Christmas lights blink and move against the dark black background of night. This footage is identical to, and may be the original for, the second h...

Newsreel outtakes of dollmaker Helen, who demonstrates her craft to a WLS-TV reporter (possibly Karen Agnew) inside her doll shop.

Home movie documenting various family scenes and vacations. Includes children playing in the yard of the family home; brief footage of a community ...