Dan Andries Collection
Abstract
The Dan Andries Collection is a collection of 16mm and 8mm films, some of which were produced by Fred Niemann Productions and sponsored by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.
Dan Andries found this collection of mid-20th century films outside of the radio station WFMT, the likely previous home of these films. Alongside these films were labels and shot lists suggesting the films’ content as prohibition melodrama, various depictions of urban life, shoreline vistas, and even some footage shot outside Illinois: Florida, California, Alaska.
Dan Andries found this collection of mid-20th century films outside of the radio station WFMT, the likely previous home of these films. Alongside these films were labels and shot lists suggesting the films’ content as prohibition melodrama, various depictions of urban life, shoreline vistas, and even some footage shot outside Illinois: Florida, California, Alaska.
Collection Items
To request more information about the items in this collection, please contact the archive at
info@chicagofilmarchives.org.
Items with Viewable Media
- Alaska
- B+H. 202 Sound - Stripe Practice Film
- Babe Didriokson Mrs. Golf
- Behind the Sky Scrapers
- Bogus Bill
- Chicago - June 1944
- The Choice is Yours
- First Day on Nautilus and Elsie & Uta on Nautilus
- Florida Holiday, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
- Florida Holiday Reel 2 March 1953
- Florida - May 1953 Ships at Sea Navy Transport
- Hayward Rep. Xmas Party 1953-1954-1955
- Lakeside Beach Picnic
- Mrs Golf KC 22
- Overs
- "Overs" Skid Row 1961
- Paty . Berg
- Public Enemy #1 (Fall 1950)
- Public Enemy No. 1
- Salvation Army - Street of Lost Hope (Winter 1950)
- Sc 29-1 (Silent - Light Flored)
- Sept. 30 ' 72 Uta modeling furs.
- Skid Row
- Skid Row
- Skid Row
- Summer 1971
- [Ted Williams Sportscope]
- Three Shot Lists (Paper or Photographic Materials)
- Tides
- Untitled
- Untitled
- The Vicious Circle
- The Vicious Circle
- View, Very Rough Lake
- What About Alcohol
- Zenith - The Long Corridor. V. Wright
Collection Identifier
C.2016-09
Extent of Collection
28 reels of 16mm totaling approximately 16,450 feet; 5 reels of 8mm totaling approximately 1,750 feet; 5 rolls of 35mm still negatives
Language Of Materials
English
Custodial History
These films were found in a dumpster near WFMT by Dan Andries. They are believed to have been stored at the radio station beforehand.
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 does not hold the copyrights for the films in this collection but may provide access. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their heir for permission to publish or exhibit materials in this collection.
Creators
Fred Niemann Productions
(was created by)
Fred Niemann Productions was a Chicago based industrial film producer. Their eponymous founder, Fred Stepina Niemann, made a singular Warner Brothers' animated film with Frank Tashlin. He then returned to Chicago and produced films sponsored by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, including Skid Row, The Vicious Circle, Behind the Skyscraper, and The Choice is Yours. Niemann died in 1997 at age 84.