James C. Soucie Collection
Inclusive Dates
1913 – 1966
Bulk Dates
1947 – 1966
Abstract
The Soucie Collection is comprised of 85 reels of 8mm acetate films, an issue of the Sam Campbell Special newsletter sponsored by the Chicago and North Western Railway, and the original inventories created by the filmmaker. These films are amateur travel films of classic American festivals, rituals, amusement parks, parades, Civil War re-enactments, national parks, industrial shows, railroad fairs and Native American tribal ceremonies.
Collection Items
To request more information about the items in this collection, please contact the archive at
info@chicagofilmarchives.org.
Items with Viewable Media
- 1947: Soucie’s Western Tour #1
- 1947: Soucie’s Western Tour #2
- 1948-1949: St. Louis 1948, Shaws Gardens, Forest Park Zoo - Chicago 1949, Brookfield Zoo
- 1948: Chicago Railroad Fair
- 1948: El Paso - Phoenix - Ciudad Juarez
- 1948: Grand Canyon, South Rim
- 1949: Alberta, Canada, Lake Louise,Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff - Portal, North Dakota
- 1949: Chicago Railroad Fair
- 1949: Sam Campbell Tour #1
- 1949: Sam Campbell Tour #2
- 1950: Chicago Industrial Fair #1
- 1950: Chicago Industrial Fair #2
- 1950: Sam Campbell California Tour #1
- 1950: San Francisco - Muir Woods - Sam Campbell #2
- 1950: Yosemite National Park & Sequois
- 1950: Yosemite National Park - Spares Sam Campbell California Tour
- 1951: Bad Lands - Black Hills - South Dakota
- 1951: South Dakota
- 1951: Yellowstone National Park #1
- 1951: Yellowstone National Park #2
- 1952: Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials - Gallup, New Mexico. #1
- 1952: Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, Gallup, New Mexico #2
- 1953: Florida #1
- 1953: Florida #2
- 1953: Florida #3
- 1953: Florida Everglades #4
- 1954: Glacier National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park #2
- 1954: Glacier Park #1
- 1955: Chicago General Motors Powerama
- 1955: Travel Into Yesterday #1
- 1955: Travel Into Yesterday #2
- 1956: Medina, New York Sep. 22 1956
- 1957: Jamestown Virgina 1607 - Jamestown Festival 1607
- 1957: Our Nations Capitol
- 1957: Richmond Virginia
- 1957: Williamsburg - James River Plantations
- 1957: Yorktown Virginia 1781
- 1958: Land of the Sleeping Rainbow #1
- 1958: Land of the Sleeping Rainbow #2
- 1958: Land of the Sleeping Rainbow #3
- 1958: Land of the Sleeping Rainbow #4
- 1959: Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Parks July 1959
- 1959: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- 1959 July: Dude Ranch R Lazy S, Moose Wyoming
- 1960-1961: Freedom Land, NY City - Bronx, August 1960, June 1961 #1
- 1961-1963: Freedom Land, NY City - Bronx, August 1960, June 1961, July 1963, #2
- 1961: Fantasyland - Gettysburg, Pa. July 1961
- 1961: Freedom Land, NY City - Bronx, August 1960, June 1961 #3
- 1961 July: Bronx Zoo, New York, N.Y.
- 1962 Sept: Civil War - Hagerstown Bicentennial
- 1963 Apr: Easter Show at Radio City Music Hall Theatre 4-18-1963
- 1963 July: Civil War - Gettysburg - Military Parade - 100th Anniversary
- 1963: Rose Parade
- 1964: Centennial Park - Nashville, Tenn. - Civil War Parade 12/12/1964
- 1965: Civil War Battlefield Tours #1 & #2
- 1965: Re-enactment of Bull Run at Manassas, VA, & antietam Creek at Sharpsburg, MD
- Abraham Lincoln #1
- Abraham Lincoln #2
- Abraham Lincoln #3
- Abraham Lincoln #4
- Abraham Lincoln #5
- Adventure Parade: Arctic Thrills - Kings of the Arctic
- Alaska Part #1
- Battle of the Civil War Re-produced in 1913, The
- Belles of the South Seas - Bali
- Colossus at Freedomland, Bronx, New York City
- Escape in Canada - Mexico
- Fall Colors
- Fences
- Fireworks
- Freedomland Spares
- Grand Canyon B&W
- Montana Story, The
- New York City 1896
- Playset [?] Entrance - Freedomland
- Rippling Waters
- Rome - Bermuda
- Soucies Flowers Only
- Spares
- Spares - Florida
- Spares - Florida - Grand Teton - Yellowstone
- Spares - Glacier National Park
- Spares - Misc.
- Washington, DC - America’s Wonderland
Collection Identifier
C.2007-03
Extent of Collection
87 reels of 8mm film totaling 22,670 feet; 1 file folder of paper materials
Language Of Materials
English
Custodial History
The films in this collection were created by James C. Soucie and were cared for by his family after his death in 1967.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to on-site access. Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only video copies will be provided for on-site viewing.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection.
Creators
Soucie, James Charles
(was created by)
James Charles Soucie (1896-1967) worked for the Pullman Company of Indianapolis, Indiana for forty-one years (1920-1961). His interests included travel, the U.S. Civil war, railroad history, Native American culture, the Wild West, nature, and amateur filmmaking. Soucie was able to travel across America with a railroad pass issued to Pullman executives. According to his son, his father never felt the need to travel overseas as a tourist, because there was too much to see in America. James Soucie