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Richard J. Finnegan Collection
1941 circa: [Skeeter Slumber Party - Pony Rides]
Silent home movies that feature four sisters performatively posing, playing outside and enjoying carnival rides together, sometimes including their...
Raymond and Jane Dean Collection
[1943: Home Movies Reel 4]
A home movie reel consisting of four parts spliced together, one in color and the following in black and white. In the first, color segment, a Rock...
Heidkamp Family Collection
[1929 Aug, 1950 Jun: Heidkamp Home Movie Canister B]
Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one of Niagara Falls from June 1950 and one of downtown Chicago from August 1929.
Heidkamp Family Collection
[1929, 1951: Heidkamp Home Movie Canister C]
Two separate Heidkamp home movies, one from 1929 and one from 1951, both shot in the Chicago area.
Tom Palazzolo Collection
1966: Peace March
Footage of a large anti-war demonstration in 1966. People can be seen carrying signs; one person has even covered their dog in anti-war slogans. Th...
Tom Palazzolo Collection
Gay Parade Trims
Outtakes from Tom Palazzolo's 1976 documentary
Gay for a Day
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Julia Lesage Collection
Dixon, Il
Chuck Kleinhans Collection
Ten Million Dollar Bash, The
"
Ten Billion Dollar Bash
was shot [spring 1979] at Antioch College during the Memorial Day weekend. Visually it is a personal diary film. ...
Otto E. Wagenknecht Collection
1943-45: Travel 1—Local Lakes
Home movie of family travel and leisure, mostly around Wisconsin.
Jack Behrend Collection
King of the Hill
“Spring 1972. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the National League's Pennant race, lead by their star pitcher, a Black Canadian named Ferguson Je...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Tar’s Basketball Intramural Girls 5th Grade 1954
Amateur film covering Tar’s girl’s basketball intramural game of 1954. The girls receive trophies, the teams are introduced in a opening ceremony,...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Boy Scout Camp 1954-55-56/ St. Tars Basketball
Amateur film covering Tar’s boy’s basketball intramural game. The teams are introduced in a opening ceremony, a marching band plays and cheerleade...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Sumner
Home movie portrait of a perfect American family with subtle tongue-and-cheek acted out scenes on gender roles. A man reads his newspaper while th...
Glick - Berolzheimer Collection
1937 (circa): Anshe Emet Kindergarten Recess
Home movie footage of children playing in winter coats at Kindergarten recess.
Chuck Olin Collection
Commonwealth Edison "The Hidden Resource: A Report on Recycling"
A sponsored film produced for Commonwealth Edison on the importance of recycling in Chicago. Includes footage of trash men picking up garbage aroun...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Campaign, 1983
Second of four reels adding up to the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power.
Observational documentary following the 1983 Chicago Mayora...
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