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

Instructional film that demonstrates the basic strokes used in synchronized swimming and such routines as dolphin, porpoise, somersaults, corkscrew...

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

Home movie of child walking around near Chicago’s Belmont Harbor followed by children in a wading pool.

Color home movie of a family’s trip to the Missouri Ozarks. Includes lake swimming and boating scenes and leisure scenes around the ranch.

Home movie of a family's Florida vacation, followed by Chicago suburban residential scenes.

Home movie of a Chicago suburban parade followed by picnic, swimming and front yard posing scenes.

A home movie that begins with marching band scenes shot in Chicago's Mt. Greenwood neighborhood. This is followed by swimming and sun bathing scene...

Amateur travelogue film filled with scenes from Chicago and the surrounding area. Includes aerial skyline & railway views of Chicago and footage of...

Two women perform in a "live mermaid show" at Florida's Weeki Wachee Springs. They glide and twirl underwater, sip from their breathing hoses, and ...

Silent, color footage featuring tourists watching different attractions in Florida, including the mermaid show at Weeki Wachee. Also footage of Cyp...

Lifeguard Joe Griffith begins his 3rd attempt to swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana. No one had previously completed ...

Newsreel footage of a man swimming in Lake Michigan at 12th Street Beach in Chicago during wintertime.

This home movie begins with scenes of children shoveling snow off of a Chicago sidewalk. This is followed by wedding scenes shot in June of 1955. F...