Short amateur documentary about fountain pen repairs and the process of repairs within a fountain pen 'hospital.' The film begins with a client han...
Independently-produced newsreel featuring brief human interest stories. Subjects include: cleaning Pullman cars at the Kansas City Terminal Yards; ...
A slyly subversive student film from the mid 1970s exploring the pitfalls of American consumer culture through the framework of a stoner comedy.
A man pulls over to repair a flat tire on his car and is quickly ambushed and robbed by a passerby. The victim regains consciousness and soonafter ...
Two men (amateur filmmakers Robert Davis and Harry Hilfinger) lip sync to the song Modern Design.
![[1926 Institute of American Meat Packers Convention]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/3/11172_ca_object_representations_media_4360_small.jpg)
Edited footage highlighting the attendees of the 1926 Institute of American Meat Packers Convention.
A humorous commercial for Hill's Dog Food produced in the mid-1960s.
Footage of Chicago's Maxwell Street, circa 1971, shot by an unknown filmmaker. The film is part of Tom Palazzolo’s extensive collection documenting...
![[1929, '30, '36: Heidkamp Home Movie Canister A]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/8/60939_ca_object_representations_media_4855_small.jpg)
Three separate Heidkamp home movies, from 1929, 1930, and 1936, each shot in Chicago.
![[1928 circa: Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/8/50752_ca_object_representations_media_4859_small.jpg)
![[1925 circa: Parade in Port Washington, Wisconsin]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/8/73568_ca_object_representations_media_4860_small.jpg)
Amateur film documenting a parade in Port Washington, Wisconsin, shot circa 1925.
![[1924 circa: Chicago]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/8/23909_ca_object_representations_media_4858_small.jpg)
Footage from a Sound for Film class taught by Chicago based cinema engineer James Bond at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Fall of...
Footage of Chicago's Maxwell Street Market, likely shot in the 1940s by an unknown filmmaker. It made its way into Tom Palazzolo's collection while...
Scenes of Chicago summertime nightlife in three different parts of the city: downtown at Rush & Division streets, a concert at Grant Park's Petrill...