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John Nash Ott Collection
Bees Honey Dance Apple Box
This film documents John Ott's construction of a time-lapse studio custom built to record an apple's growth for the production of Walt Disney's
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William O'Farrell Collection
See Yourself As Others See You
Short, silent advertisement for the QRS Company's combination camera and projector. The Chicago-based company sold the 16mm equipment for $98.50, u...
Peter A. Nikulin Collection
T-2623 - Hal Block - Pix - Neg - Sc. 1 / Take 7
Scene 1, take 7 of an unidentified Kling Studios production featuring comedian Hal Block.
Peter A. Nikulin Collection
Vernor's #2205 Workprint
Silent workprint for ten animated advertisements for Vernor's Ginger Ale.
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
[Camera Test with JoAnn Elam]
Friends Chuck Kleinhans and JoAnn Elam experiment with a 16mm camera by testing camera distance and F-stops in this black-and-white, silent footage.
Tom Palazzolo Collection
James Bond SOUND Class He TALKS orig
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...
Tom Palazzolo Collection
Filmmaker, The
Documentary film made about Chicago independent filmmaker Tom Palazzolo for the United States Information Agency.
JoAnn Elam Collection
Lie Back and Enjoy It
An eight-minute dialectical film about the politics of representation. More specifically, it examines the politics of filmic representation of wome...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Making of Star Wars, The [Part 2/2]
A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how the most successful movie of all time was made. Hosted by robots C-3PO and R2-D2, it features the te...
Chicago Public Library Collection
Making of Star Wars, The [Part 1/2]
A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how the most successful movie of all time was made. Hosted by robots C-3PO and R2-D2, it features the te...
Jack Behrend Collection
Cross Section
A short film that documents a Niles Township High School filmmaking class. Various scenes of students and teachers going through exercises and less...
Jack Behrend Collection
Pinscreen
“In this film by Norman McLaren, Alexandre Alexeieff demonstrates the pinboard technique of film animation that he and his wife, Claire Parker, inv...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Cine Continuity
An instructional film about the filmmaking concept of "continuity" made by amateur filmmaker Margaret Conneely. Conneely would present the film wit...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Film About Filmmaking
An International Film Bureau production about a small film crew creating their film from the original idea to editing. Also shows the finished resu...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Making A Sound Film
Instructional film by International Film Bureau on how to create a film with sound. Techniques are demonstrated by adding sound to an informative f...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Shooting of the Girl on the Beach, The
Comedic amateur film made by Central Cinema Photographers club member Fred Strauss depicting the chaotic production of a film of a woman on a beach...
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