Silent footage of an amateur circus performance in a backyard in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen in the 1980s.
A delightful animated film featuring the Beatles singing their hit song entitled “Beatles: Do You Want to Know a Secret?”. The story begins as the ...
“The story of popular singer Paul Anka. He rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world. This film takes ...
An International Film Bureau production about a small film crew creating their film from the original idea to editing. Also shows the finished resu...
Castle Films The Band Parade presents Tony Pastor and His Band performing the songs “Hawaiian War Chant,” “I Like Boys,” “Movies Tonight,” and “Par...
Musical performance excerpts from the full length romantic tale in which Paderewski, the famed pianist, and two other plane crash survivors are gue...
A non-narrated documentary short about an African American brass band as they set up and play for an audience in an unnamed Chicago park.
An adverisement for the Chicago Tirbune. The ad features a folksinging act, The Crowd Stoppers, performing at Earl of Old Town in Chicago's Old...
An adverisement for the Chicago Tirbune. The ad features a folksinging act, The Crowd Stoppers, performing at Earl of Old Town in Chicago's Old...
An adverisement for the Chicago Tirbune. The ad features a folksinging act, The Crowd Stoppers, performing at Earl of Old Town in Chicago's Old...
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Loosely-constructed footage of the 1984 Chicago Kool Jazz Festival in Grant Park and the 25th Annual International Folk Fair.
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A variety show is performed at Peoria's Palace Theater. Includes live performances by a number of singers and dancers in front of a band of female ...
The Hoosier Hot Shots perform at a barn dance in Iowa.
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American s...
Footage shot by Rhodes Patterson of the 1,000+ attendees gathering around the the First National Bank Plaza in the Chicago Loop to hear a a free, p...
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