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A silent home movie that shows an elderly woman as she enters and rides in a Rolls-Royce to a house. She then proceeds to pose performatively in va...

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

Silent home movies that feature the Finnegans’ travels, in possibly the Southwest of the United States. 

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

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

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

Silent home movie featuring the Finnegans’ travels in Yellowstone National Park and a whaling station in northern California.

Fragment of an early three-strip Technicolor film produced by Wilding Picture Productions, depicting the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair/Century of ...

Early animation released by Universal Cartoon Studios.

Animated episode of The Little King written by comic strip artist Oscar E. Soglow. The Little King is feeling low on Christmas Eve, so he joins a p...

Bizarre film starring Phil Cook’s puppet marionettes in a hotel setting. Begins abruptly due to missing footage at beginning of reel.

Travelogue produced by Ford Motor Company promoting travel to Zion National Park in a “modern dependable car.” Footage of canyons, walking and hor...

Excerpts of an instructional film on shooting and editing motion picture films. Common mistakes are described with title cards intercut with examp...

A historical and ethnographic commentary on Ethiopia’s people and government, ending in a recounting of war with Italy. Made during the reign of Ha...

Silent film star Colleen Moore visits Racine, WI via Chicago and North Western Railway.

Home movie footage of people on a beach as well as children roller skating.