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

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.

In a small town, a cowardly young man (played by Harold Lloyd) becomes courageous, and captures a bandit, after his grandmother gives him an umbrel...

Silent B&W comedy set to musical score starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis. An American book salesman (Lloyd) is persuaded to go to the kingdo...

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.

The footage captures the events of a Mexican rodeo and bullfight. The footage captures the matadors that rise to the challenge and a couple puts on...

Footage depicts a Mexican bull fight and rodeo. The film also includes Charles Lindbergh arriving to the event.