A three-part video oral history interview of Jack Behrend, who worked in the film equipment and film production business in Chicago starting in the 1950s. The interview was conducted by Nancy Watrous,...

"The First Degree" (1923, Edward Sedgwick) Charles E. Krosse Collection, 35mm, tinted and B&W, silent Score composed by Quasar Wut-Wut, 2021 (c) Chicago Film Archives For more information about thi...

Lem Blossom (Charles Ray)—inventor, fire chief of Mosville, and son of a pumpkin farmer—falls in love with unsophisticated country girl Mary Griggs (Duane Thompson). His rival for her hand is the worl...

A documentary depicting a 1977 City of Chicago program that supported employment for artists via the creation of public art and arts programs.

The Chicago Film Archives series features four free screenings of films made by Chicago-based women exploring themes of identity, culture, and migration.

The collection consists of home movies shot by Julia Lesage. All were captured on small gauge formats, and feature images of everyday life in Logan Square with partner Chuck Kleinhans as well as trave...

A collection of films and other media that once belonged to George Kirby, an entertainer known for his unique style of comedy, a mix of mimicry, celebrity impressions, singing, and acting. The collect...

An art education film exploring the texture, form and shape of Chicago's Picasso statue. This film won a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Tom Palazzolo captures the unveiling of the Picasso sculpture in City Hall Plaza. Palazzolo shot The Bride Stripped Bare at the dedication ceremony, sending up what he called the “absurd and mystical ...

Home movie documenting a family trip through Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Texas.

This home movie features the Faust family taking trips to Wisconsin with their friends the Wyckoffs and the Wilkersons in 1940, 1942, 1944 and 1945.

Loosely assembled footage depicts food vendors, art, music, dancing, pony rides, goat petting zoos, carnival rides, Michael Jackson impersonations, and more at various summer festivals throughout Chic...

Home movie following a civil rights march from Grant Park to City Hall in Chicago. The rally was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and sponsored by Chicago's Coordinating Council of Community Organization...

Clown antics on the beach during a sunny day are interspersed (and sometimes overlaid) with nighttime fireworks celebrating the Fourth of July in 1976 during the United States Bicentennial. This film ...

The Chuck Kleinhans collection consists of home movies and experimental films by film scholar Charles "Chuck" Kleinhans. His Super 8 films depict a sensitivity to daily life, gender, and leftist polit...