Various outtakes documenting the energetic 1987 mayoral campaign. The footage captures the highly publicized candidature of Harold Washington, Jane...
Amateur film featuring bicycle motocross racing at a BMX race track in the Chicago suburb of Itasca, IL.
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...
Silent footage of an amateur circus performance in a backyard in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen in the 1980s.
Scenes of Chicago summertime nightlife in three different parts of the city: downtown at Rush & Division streets, a concert at Grant Park's Petrill...
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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...
Underexposed scenes from a backyard barbecue in Logan Square, featuring members of the "Logan Square Rhinos" — a group of small gauge filmmakers th...
Experimental short featuring light and shadow patterns around an apartment and on filmmaker Chuck Kleinhans' legs and feet. It was likely made whil...
Super 8mm film depicting a pro-Equal Rights Amendment demonstration in Chicago's Grant Park on May 10, 1980.
This 1980 home movie by Connie and Judy Maugans shows the Maugans family celebrating the 4th of July together in Indiana. They play games with the ...
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...
Educational film that advocates for early intervention in recognizing children with disabilities and special needs via Head Start Programs. Followi...
Educational film promoting land and population management with the practice of regulated hunting. Men load and clean guns, shoot at firing ranges,...
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...
Unedited footage of Stillman Inn exteriors, gardens, and outdoor dining areas in Galena, IL.