SERIES I: Film Group/Mike Gray Associates Films
Abstract
SERIES I includes 16mm films and TV commercials from his time working for the Film Group/Mike Gray Associates in Chicago. The series dates from 1965 to 1973. Series I is split into three subseries that reflect the form and economic purpose of the works: Subseries I includes television commercials, Subseries II contains sponsored films, and Subseries III comprises the company’s political documentaries.
Series identifier
S.2005-05-0001
Series Items
Film
Bunker Ramo Composite
1970s
Film
Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad"
1974
Film
A.B. Dick Company “Machines”
circa 1965
Film
A.B. Dick Company “Machines”
circa 1965
Film
A.B. Dick Company “Salesman”
circa 1966
Film
A.B. Dick Company “Salesman”
circa 1966
Film
AC Spark Plugs
1968
Film
Alert Soap “ The Perfect Bar of Soap”
1969
Film
Allstate Insurance Company “Santell”
1967
Film
American National Bank “Dennis O’Neal”
1970s
Film
American National Bank “Gastineau”
circa 1976
Film
American National Bank “Jack Katz”
circa 1976
Film
American National Bank “Jim Carlson”
circa 1976
Film
American National Bank “Nightmares”
1968
Film
American National Bank “Tycoon”
1968
Film
Chicago American “Trucks”
1967
Film
Blue Cross Blue Shield “Breakfast”
1967
Film
Blue Cross Blue Shield “Breathing Bag”
1967
Film
Donald P. Moore “Justice”
1971
Film
Exchange National Bank “Bandit”
1968
Film
Blue Cross Blue Shield “We Need Each Other”
1972
Film
Flavor-Kist Cookies “Crunch”
1967
Film
Vets’ Dog Food “Dachshund”
1967
Film
Thank You Pudding “Laboratory”
1968
Film
Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
1967
Film
Chicago Tribune “Folksinger”
1968
Film
Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat “Wager”
1968
Film
Thank You Pudding “Chocolate Pudding”
1967
Film
Thank You Pudding “Interrogator”
1967
Film
Minnie Pearl’s Chicken "Fried Chicken"
1968
Film
Kentucky Fried Chicken “Sunday Dinner”
1968
Film
Sears, Roebuck and Company “Racing Track”
1968
Film
Kentucky Fried Chicken "Finger Lickin' Good"
1968
Film
Blue Cross Blue Shield “Turn Blue”
1968
Film
American Medical Association “Venereal Disease”
1970
Film
AMF "Homko Mowers"
1968
Film
Illinois Bell Telephone “Amigo”
1967
Film
Sears, Roebuck and Company "Perma Prest Courduroy Slacks"
1968
Film
Purify Breath Mints “Wrestling”
1966
Film
Commonwealth Edison “O’Hare”
Film
Aunt Jemima “Pouring Container”
1967
Film
Sara Lee “Beef Stroganoff and Shrimp Creole”
1966
Film
Sara Lee “Beef Casserole and Chicken Casserole”
1966
Film
Sara Lee “Chicken Noodles and Sara Lee Chicken”
1966
Film
Sara Lee “Cheese Dumplings and Macoroni Floretine”
1966
Film
Coco Wheats “Kid’s Toys”
1968
Film
Bernard Carey “Endorsement”
1972
Film
Vets’ Dog Food "Tug of War"
1967
Film
Satin Plus Paints “Trilogy”
1968
Film
Vets’ Dog Food “Jump Out”
1968
Film
Vets' Dog Food "Racecar"
1967
Film
Montgomery Ward “Eskimo Snow Tires”
1972
Film
Sears, Roebuck and Company “Recording Studio”
1968
Film
Montgomery Ward “Fencing”
1970
Film
William G. Clark "William G. Clark for U.S. Senator"
1968
Film
Karoll's Department Stores “Santa Claus”
1969
Film
Project Straight Dope “Pollution”
1971
Film
Thank You Pudding “Palumbo”
1968
Film
Project Straight Dope “Peter”
1970
Film
Sears, Roebuck and Company “Fire Truck”
1968
Film
Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr”
1968
Film
Kelvinator Corporation “Measure of Quality”
1972
Film
People’s Gas Company “Recipes”
1972
Film
United Airlines “Party”
1971
Film
People's Gas Company “Youth Motivation”
1972
Film
WBKB “Yawn”
Film
Sears, Roebuck and Company “Crawling Baby Doll"
1968
Film
Impressionism to Cubism in 9 Minutes
1973
Film
GATX Corporation "GATX"
1969
Film
Dunbar Sales Film
circa 1970
Film
WLS
circa 1969
Film
Park Band
circa 1965
Film
Commonwealth Edison "The Hidden Resource: A Report on Recycling"
1972
Film
Eli Lilly and Company "Identi-dose"
1965
Film
Matter of Opportunity, A
1968
Film
8 Flags for 99 Cents
1970
Film
Murder of Fred Hampton, The [Trailer]
1969
Film
American Revolution 2 [Trailer]
1969
To request more information about the items in this collection, please contact the archive at
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Subseries I: Film Group Television Commercials
- AC Spark Plugs
- AC Spark Plugs
- Alert Soap “ The Perfect Bar of Soap”
- Alert Soap “The Perfect Bar of Soap”
- Alert Soap “The Perfect Bar of Soap”
- Alert Soap “The Perfect Bar of Soap”
- Allstate Insurance Company “Santell”
- American Medical Association “Venereal Disease”
- American Medical Association “Venereal Disease”
- American Medical Association “Venereal Disease”
- American Medical Association “Venereal Disease”
- American National Bank “Dennis O’Neal”
- American National Bank “Dennis O’Neal”
- American National Bank “Gastineau”
- American National Bank “George K. Metzger”
- American National Bank “Jack Katz”
- American National Bank “Jim Carlson”
- American National Bank “Nightmares”
- American National Bank “Tycoon”
- AMF "Homko Mowers"
- AMF "Homko Mowers"
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Farm Family”
- Aunt Jemima “Pouring Container”
- Aunt Jemima “Pouring Container”
- A.B. Dick Company “Machines”
- A.B. Dick Company “Machines”
- A.B. Dick Company “Salesman”
- A.B. Dick Company “Salesman”
- A.B. Dick Company “Salesman”
- Bernard Carey “Endorsement”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “Breakfast”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “Breakfast”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “Breathing Bag”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “Turn Blue”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “We Need Each Other”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “We Need Each Other”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “We Need Each Other”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “We Need Each Other”
- Blue Cross Blue Shield “We Need Each Other”
- Bunker Ramo Composite
- Bunker Ramo “Connectors”
- Bunker Ramo “Mini-Computer”
- Bunker Ramo “Overview”
- Bunker Ramo “System 7”
- Bunker Ramo “System 7”
- Burgess Seed & Plant Co “Lawn Sprinkler”
- Chicago American “Silhouettes”
- Chicago American “Spirit of 76”
- Chicago American “Trucks”
- Chicago Tribune "Folksinger"
- Chicago Tribune “Folksinger”
- Chicago Tribune “Folksinger”
- Chicago Tribune “Folksinger”
- Coco Wheats “Kid’s Toys”
- Coffee “Party”
- Coffee “Party”
- Coffee “Party”
- Commonwealth Edison “Hospital”
- Commonwealth Edison “Hospital”
- Commonwealth Edison “O’Hare”
- Commonwealth Edison “O’Hare”
- Commonwealth Edison “O’Hare”
- Commonwealth Edison “O’Hare”
- Commonwealth Edison “Recycling”
- Commonwealth Edison “Recycling”
- Commonwealth Edison “Recycling”
- Commonwealth Edison “Recycling”
- Commonwealth Edison “Recycling”
- Commonwealth Edison “Speakers Bureau”
- Continental Casualty “Declaration of Independence”
- Continental Casualty "Solitaire"
- Donald P. Moore “Justice”
- Donald P. Moore “State’s Attorney General”
- Donald P. Moore “State’s Attorney General”
- Donald P. Moore “State’s Attorney General”
- Exchange National Bank “Bandit”
- Exchange National Bank “Bandit”
- Flavor-Kist Cookies “Animation”
- Flavor-Kist Cookies “Crunch”
- Flavor-Kist Cookies “Crunch”
- Florsheim Shoes “Centipede”
- Florsheim Shoes “Centipede
- Hill Bros. Coffee “Breakfast”
- Hill Bros. Coffee “Breakfast”
- Hills Bros. Coffee
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Amigo”
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Amigo”
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Amigo”
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Amigo Service”
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Sunday”
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Sunday”
- Illinois Bell Telephone “Sunday Paper”
- Karoll's Department Stores “Santa Claus”
- Karoll's Department Stores “Santa Claus”
- Kelvinator Corporation “Craftsmanship”
- Kelvinator Corporation “Measure of Quality”
- Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr”
- Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr”
- Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr”
- Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr”
- Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr” [30 second]
- Kenner Products “Dune Buggy Jr” [60 second]
- Kenner Products “Flip Your Top”
- Kentucky Fried Chicken "Finger Lickin' Good"
- Kentucky Fried Chicken “Sunday Dinner”
- Kentucky Fried Chicken “Sunday Dinner”
- Micrin Gum Mints “Wrestling”
- Micrin Gum Mints “Wrestling”
- Micrin Gum Mints “Wrestling”
- Minnie Pearl’s Chicken "Fried Chicken"
- Minnie Pearl’s Fried Chicken
- Mogen David “Party”
- Mogen David “Waiting Man”
- Montclair “Male”
- Montgomery Ward “Big Sur”
- Montgomery Ward “Eskimo Snow Tires”
- Montgomery Ward “Eskimo Snow Tires”
- Montgomery Ward “Eskimo Snow Tires”
- Montgomery Ward “Eskimo Snow Tires”
- Montgomery Ward “Eskimo Snow Tires”
- Montgomery Ward “Fashion Jeans Moods”
- Montgomery Ward “Fencing”
- Montgomery Ward “Fencing”
- Montgomery Ward “Fencing”
- Montgomery Ward “Fencing”
- Montgomery Ward “Life Paint”
- People’s Gas Company “Recipes”
- People’s Gas Company “Tall Home”
- People’s Gas Company “Youth Motivation”
- People's Gas Company “Youth Motivation”
- People’s Gas Company “Youth Motivation”
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad"
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad"
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad"
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad"
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (A)
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (B)
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (C)
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (D)
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (D)
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (E)
- Pete Bensinger "Cook County Sheriff Campaign Ad" (F)
- Pioneer Seed Corn “Cornfield”
- Pioneer Seed Corn “Cornfield”
- Project Straight Dope “Peter”
- Project Straight Dope “Peter”
- Project Straight Dope “Pollution”
- Project Straight Dope “Pollution”
- Purify Breath Mints “Wrestling”
- Purify Breath Mints “Wrestling”
- Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat “4 People”
- Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat “Wager”
- Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat “Wager”
- Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat “Wager”
- Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat “Wager”
- Quote Soap “Great Survey”
- Romonda Watch “Cowboy”
- Sara Lee “Beef Casserole and Chicken Casserole”
- Sara Lee “Beef Stroganoff and Shrimp Creole”
- Sara Lee “Cheese Dumplings and Macoroni Floretine”
- Sara Lee “Chicken Noodels & and Sara Lee Chicken”
- Sara Lee “Chicken Noodles and Sara Lee Chicken”
- Sara Lee “Gnocchi”
- Sara Lee “Shrimp Creole”
- Satin Plus Paints “Trilogy”
- Satin Plus Paints “Trilogy”
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Crawling Baby Doll"
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Crawling Baby Doll"
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Crawling Baby Doll”
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Crawling Baby Doll"
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Fire Truck”
- Sears, Roebuck and Company "Perma Prest Courduroy Slacks"
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Racing Track”
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Recording Studio”
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Slot Cars”
- Sears, Roebuck and Company “Slot Cars”
- Squirt “7”
- Squirt “14”
- Squirt “17”
- STP Oil "The Racer's Edge"
- Thank You Pudding “Cherry Pie Filling”
- Thank You Pudding “Chocolate Pudding”
- Thank You Pudding “Curmudgeon”
- Thank You Pudding “Interrogator”
- Thank You Pudding “Interrogator”
- Thank You Pudding “Laboratory”
- Thank You Pudding “Laboratory”
- Thank You Pudding “Palumbo”
- Thank You Pudding “Palumbo”
- Thank You Pudding “Palumbo”
- United Airlines “Party”
- Vaco Products “Vaco Screwdrivers”
- Vet’s Dog Food “Flip”
- Vets’ Dog Food “Cop”
- Vets’ Dog Food “Dachshund”
- Vets’ Dog Food “Dachshund”
- Vets’ Dog Food “Jump Out”
- Vets’ Dog Food “Jump Out”
- Vets' Dog Food "Racecar"
- Vets’ Dog Food "Tug of War"
- WBKB “Leaving Chair”
- WBKB “Man”
- WBKB “Sleeper”
- WBKB “Yawn”
- WBKB “Yawn”
- William G. Clark "William G. Clark for U.S. Senator"
- 8 Flags for 99 Cents
- Commonwealth Edison "The Hidden Resource: A Report on Recycling"
- Dunbar Sales Film
- Eli Lilly and Company "Identi-dose"
- GATX Corporation "GATX"
- Impressionism to Cubism in 9 Minutes
- Matter of Opportunity, A
- Matter of Opportunity [Cut Version], A
- Park Band
- WLS
- WLS
- American Revolution 2 [Trailer]
- American Revolution 2 [Trailer]
- The Gregory March: Police Power and the Freedom of Assembly
- The Gregory March: Police Power and the Freedom of Assembly
- Law and Order vs. Dissent
- Law and Order vs. Dissent
- Murder of Fred Hampton, The [Trailer]
- People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters, The
- Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave.
- Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave.
- Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave.
Subseries II: Film Group Sponsored Films
Subseries III: Film Group Political Documentaries