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William O'Farrell Collection
Frank Collin, Nazi Leader
A short film depicting the white supremacist ideology of the National Socialist Party of America and its former leader, Frank Collin. The film adop...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 1)
The first of three parts of Franklin McMahon's artist report on the political scene of 1968, or "one artists look at America in this polit...
James Benoit Collection
Attentat
A short film based on the Homestead Plot; an assassination attempt helmed by anarchist Emma Goldman and her collaborators - also lovers - fellow po...
Franklin McMahon Collection
Scene: Politic: 68 (Part 2)
A Franklin McMahon artist report about the political scene of 1968, including the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential campaign and th...
Chicago Public Library Collection
1-A
Columbia College student film about a young man receiving and responding to his Vietnam draft card. The film is part of a series of student films t...
Chicago Public Library Collection
2-Year Machine, The
University of Illinois Chicago (UICC) animated student film about being drafted to the Vietnam War. The film is part of a series of student films t...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman, 32nd President of the United States, The
Coverage of the ceremony and inauguration of President Harry S. Truman from start to finish, beginning with the journey from the White House to the...
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 II
Third of four reels that were compiled in the video "Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power." Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Ma...
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...
Peter Kuttner Collection
Facet: “Ladybird Ladybird”
This is a kinescope of a episode of an arts program “Facet”, produced by Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW. This episode is a play acted out in the sati...
Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection
1953 (circa): Crowd at Eisenhower Inauguration
Footage captures the massive crowds gathered outside the capitol in Washington D.C. during the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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