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1954: Toby & hats; John's family and new car - 1955: Suzy and John in snow; Summer - Barnes Elgin farm

Home movie shot by Barbara Suster in Des Plaines and Elgin, Illinois, featuring the extended Suster family. Prominently features a large orange cat...
Logan Square - Various

Scenes of public life in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood in the late 1970s.
Tussle on the Trestle, The

A man pulls over to repair a flat tire on his car and is quickly ambushed and robbed by a passerby. The victim regains consciousness and soonafter ...
Finnegan_001

A silent home movie that shows an elderly woman as she enters and rides in a Rolls-Royce to a house. She then proceeds to pose performatively in va...
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Animated student film about a personified automobile. The film is part of a series of student films that all won awards at the 1971 Young Chicago F...
1955: Chicago General Motors Powerama

This film offers a tour through General Motors Powerama, an industry event that took place during the months of August and September 1955. The Powe...
Chicago Breakdown

Montage style film of the sights and people of Chicago. Focuses on the traffic and transportation, occupations and everyday lives of residents. Fil...
Indy 500 (Master Reel 1)

Unedited footage of the 1968 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Reel one of two.
Indy 500 (Master Reel 2)

Unedited footage of the 1968 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Reel two of two.
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A highly imaginative, amusing and sardonic cartoon showing what can be expected by the year 2000 as an outgrowth of the present traffic problems al...
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A highly imaginative, amusing and sardonic cartoon showing what can be expected by the year 2000 as an outgrowth of the present traffic problems al...
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A comedy about a dying millionaire who gives his fortune away a million dollars at a time to eight random people from the city directory rather tha...
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Montage style film of the sights and people of Chicago. Focuses on the traffic and transportation, occupations and everyday lives of residents. Fil...
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“A documentary film about the automobile and its effect on the history of North America, focusing on the Ford dynasty from the original Henry throu...
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The News Parade of the Years 1947-1950 are documentary films made in the U.S. directed by Eugene W. Castle. News Parade is composed of newsreel ...
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Photographed in Superscope, this Chevrolet sponsored film is a tribute to engineers and their role in improving American life through technology. A...
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