A short travelogue film of Havana, Cuba shot for the Metro Movie Club, a Chicago amateur film club.
A humorous Metro Movie Club film club short film. After a day of domestic squabbling, an imposing wife and bumbling husband have their furniture ap...
A short mystery film from members of the Amateur Cinema League. A group of relatives gather in a haunted house for the reading of a will. Someone a...
A silent documentary that follows a group from Central Cinematographers as they view, discuss and shoot films. The process of filmmking becomes tra...
Amateur film in one continuous shot parodying a talk show, where the guests promoting an Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC) gathering in t...
Black and White home movie of Metro Movie Club picnic in a metropolitan park. After eating, the children race and play games. The adults play their...
Behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the title cards for Margaret Conneely's 1960 film Margaret Conneely Collection
Behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Thirteen Tokens, made by Central Cinematographers, a Chicago film club for "advanced amateurs."
Scenes from the Photographic Society of America's Chicago chapter Christmas party at Toffenetti Restaurant in the Loop, circa 1959.