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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 four sisters performatively posing, playing outside and enjoying carnival rides together, sometimes including their...

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

Silent home movies featuring the Finnegans’ trip to Tampa, Florida and wintertime at home in Chicago.

The family is depicted picking flowers in a garden.

Children are seen gathered by a Christmas tree. Then, a woman, child and soldier pose together on a sunny sidewalk.

Footage shot by Carl Godman during his travels while in the Navy. Scenes in the film include rural landscapes, interacting with local civilians in ...

This is footage of the Godman brothers playing with train sets, board games, and dancing with their mother. 

Film depicts White Sox and Baltimore Orioles batting practice at Comiskey Park on August 21st, 1976.

There are a few exterior shots of...

A home movie reel consisting of four parts spliced together, one in color and the following in black and white. In the first, color segment, a Rock...

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.

Footage of Chicago shot in 1928.

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