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William O'Farrell Collection
Super Up
Kenji Kanesaka, one of the founding members of the “Film Independent” group and the Japan Filmmakers Co-op in Tokyo, was commissioned by Chicago pr...
William O'Farrell Collection
Chicago Breakdown
Montage style film of the sights and people of Chicago. Focuses on the traffic and transportation, occupations and everyday lives of residents. Fil...
Jack Behrend Collection
Cities: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Digital renderings of various cityscapes, moving from the east to the west coast. The buildings are depicted in a yellow outline, with the building...
Jack Behrend Collection
Chicago Breakdown
Montage style film of the sights and people of Chicago. Focuses on the traffic and transportation, occupations and everyday lives of residents. Fil...
Jack Behrend Collection
Persistent Seed, The
“A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his color camera on the growing city and there ...
Margaret Conneely Collection
World Parade: Rome The Eternal City, The
A Castle Films “World Parade” film. Narrated tour of the architecture and monuments of Rome, juxtaposed with modern developments. Covers subjects ...
Margaret Conneely Collection
World Parade: New York The Wonder City
A Castle Films “World Parade” short about New York City. Covers many significant landmarks, taking the viewer on a whirlwind tour through areas suc...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Old Time Movies: Yesterday Lives Again
Castle Films, inc. produced film that presents film clippings of events and people from the early twentieth century. Depicts such famous people or ...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Chicago: City to See in ‘63
A “city symphony” film, produced to encourage Photographic Society of America members to attend their 1963 conference in Chicago.
City to See
Chuck Olin Collection
Dunbar Sales Film
A sponsored film used to sell condos in a building on Chicago’s lake shore called Malibu East. Though comprised mostly of animation that expl...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Election, 1983
Footage depicting Harold Washington on the campaign trail in 1983, ahead of the runup to the mayoral election. The film shows him being welcomed by...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Election, 1987
The footage features different segments offering a look into Chicago's 1987 mayoral election, featuring Harold Washington on the campaign trail, an...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Campaign, 1983
Second of four reels adding up to the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power.
Observational documentary following the 1983 Chicago Mayora...
Bill Stamets Collection
Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power Part I
The film depicts the competitive series of events leading up to the Chicago Mayoral Election of 1983 as well the public's response to the historica...
Bill Stamets Collection
Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power Part III
Fouth and final reel of the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Mayoral election, with ...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Campaign, 1987 (secondary)
Various outtakes documenting the energetic 1987 mayoral campaign. The footage captures the highly publicized candidature of Harold Washington, Jane...
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