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Backing up the Guns was produced by the Illinois Education Association in 1942 "to demonstrate the vital role our schools are now playing to...

This home movie begins with scenes of the Shannon family gathered at the dining table at their Ottawa, Illinois home. Daughter Beth kneels on a cha...

Footage of Chicago's Maxwell Street, circa 1971, shot by an unknown filmmaker. The film is part of Tom Palazzolo’s extensive collection documenting...

"A search for the true identity of the Beatles walrus. Is he preserved in stone in Crystal Palace Park? Is he lurking in Henry VIII's suit of armor...

Black and white footage capturing crowds of Chicago Bears fans celebrating the team's historic win in the city's downtown area (the Loop). The last...

Chicago artists Rodney Quiriconi, John Heinz, Marcia Daehn and Tom Palazzolo playfully film each other eating Celeste brand sausage pizza by candle...

Raw footage from the feature film Pause of the Clock, at least partially shot in the Avondale/Logan Square neighborhood around W Diversey an...

Three separate Heidkamp home movies, from 1929, 1930, and 1936, each shot in Chicago.

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.

Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.

Footage of Chicago shot in 1928.

Amateur film documenting a parade in Port Washington, Wisconsin, shot circa 1925.

Amateur footage of Chicago shot circa 1924.

Footage of a Chicago Gay Pride Parade circa 1974, featuring drag queens in cars, people standing on floats, and spectators watching them passing by...

Silent footage of an amateur circus performance in a backyard in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen in the 1980s.

Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary Gay for a Day.