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John and Marilyn Sanner Collection
BMX 1979/80
Amateur film featuring bicycle motocross racing at a BMX race track in the Chicago suburb of Itasca, IL.
Tom Palazzolo Collection
Bears Win Loop Celebration
Black and white footage capturing crowds of Chicago Bears fans celebrating the team's historic win in the city's downtown area (the Loop). The last...
Tom Palazzolo Collection
80s Pilsen Backyard Circus
Silent footage of an amateur circus performance in a backyard in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen in the 1980s.
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
August Nights
Scenes of Chicago summertime nightlife in three different parts of the city: downtown at Rush & Division streets, a concert at Grant Park's Petrill...
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
[Outside the Biograph Theater]
Unedited roll of film, primarily consisting of shots of people waiting outside the Biograph Theater on N Lincoln Avenue on a winter night. Other im...
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
Rhino BBQ
Underexposed scenes from a backyard barbecue in Logan Square, featuring members of the "Logan Square Rhinos" — a group of small gauge filmmakers th...
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
Julia - Urbana - Apt. - Light Pattern - Leg/feet
Experimental short featuring light and shadow patterns around an apartment and on filmmaker Chuck Kleinhans' legs and feet. It was likely made whil...
Julia Lesage Collection
May 10, 1980 ERA March Grant Park
Super 8mm film depicting a pro-Equal Rights Amendment demonstration in Chicago's Grant Park on May 10, 1980.
Dan Dinello Collection
Pink Triangles Rising
A documentary short depicting attendees of the 13th annual Chicago Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade rallying against the American Nazi Party in Lincoln...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Lie Back and Enjoy It
An eight-minute dialectical film about the politics of representation. More specifically, it examines the politics of filmic representation of wome...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: Nancy
Outtakes from JoAnn Elam's
Everyday People
, featuring mail carrier Nancy Morgan as she delivers mail in the Logan Square/Palmer Square nei...
Jack Baker Collection
1987: Park Ridge Yard Scenes
Home movie footage of suburban residential yard scenes.
Chicago Public Library Collection
Peas with Mom
Humorous short film depicting a mother who waits for her son to return home for what seems to be decades. On the outset a serene figure, cooking an...
Jack Behrend Collection
Am I Really That Different?
Educational film that advocates for early intervention in recognizing children with disabilities and special needs via Head Start Programs. Followi...
Jack Behrend Collection
Natchez, MS: Natchez Area
Reel of uncut footage of historic Natchez, Mississippi. Shots include Mississippi River, Vidalia Bridge, Colonial houses and bed & breakfasts in n...
Jack Behrend Collection
Galena, IL: Stillman Inn
Unedited footage of the town of Galena, IL. Shots include storefronts, Galena train station, the home of General Ulysses .S. Grant, and views of t...
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