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A home movie shot by John Ott of Winnetka, Illinois.

Short, silent advertisement for the QRS Company's combination camera and projector. The Chicago-based company sold the 16mm equipment for $98.50, u...

Amateur footage of Chicago shot circa 1924.

Amateur film documenting a parade in Port Washington, Wisconsin, shot circa 1925.

Footage of Chicago shot in 1928.

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

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.

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

Edited footage highlighting the attendees of the 1926 Institute of American Meat Packers Convention.

Quaker Oats corporate film that looks at the use of Quaker Oats feed in the dairy industry.

A short promotional film directed at American tourist and travel trade to Europe. It begins with the SS Berengaria leaving New York harbor on route...

Caterpillar Tractor Company demonstrating how diesel tractors can be used to plow roads and sidewalks across the United States and Canada in rural ...

Caterpillar Tractor Company demonstrating how diesel tractors can be used to plow through snow and ice in the most extreme temperatures in rural la...

Short animated cartoon on the nutritional benefits of eating meat, including information about proteins, fats, vitamins, etc. Includes some raciall...

Industrial film showing galvannealed square deal fence production at Keystone Steel & Wire in Peoria, Illinois.

Silent Prizma Color film showing the damage to the architecture of Reims, France from fighting in World War I. Includes views of the cathedral, sur...