Author Archives: Chicago Film Archives

Japan: Train Ride

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. Taken from a moving train, it shows a series of urban and rural landscapes, train stations, and paddy fields in an unidentified region of Japan. Many other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during that same trip to Japan, including

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#190 Orig

The reel begins with footage of moving green light drawings. The green lines of the light drawing move along a plot pattern to create an abstrace image. This footage is followed with an experimental sequence of moving colored lights that create abstract trace patterns on a black background. At the end of the first camera

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Moss Park & Sand Shrine

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. It first shows a ceremony taking place at night on boats, possibly during T?r? nagashi, a traditional Japanese candle or lantern boat ceremony. Then, we can see Mort Goldsholl and his son taking pictures of a monument, which indicates that Millie

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H.P. Shopping Neg.

Footage shot from inside a car of people on the sidewalk of a street lined with shops. A parking meter is visible for much of the street footage, which was shot from inside a car. In the first shot, a woman holding several packages walks past the car and makes a face at the camera.

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Japan: Gardeners – Shrine – Golden Pavilion – Goldfish

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. It starts with images of men and women running towards the camera on a bridge, followed by images of women sewing clothes, street views, gardeners, children outside, traditional houses, a botanical garden, and a temple in an unidentified location (possibly Kinkaku-ji

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Moratorium in Washington, D.C. Oct 1969

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl shows the crowds of people and activists demonstrating during the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam that took place in Washington, D.C., in October and November 1969. Other elements in the Goldsholl Collection titled Moratorium and November 1969 Moratorium (Dark) document the same event.

Lake Placid Holiday 1941

Based on labeling on tape at the end of the roll, this appears to be footage shot of and by Mort and Millie in 1941 on their first vacation. Shot in Lake Placid, New York in the Adirondack Mountain region, the footage shows a young Millie and Mort skiing and having fun in the snow.

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Gleda & Harry Orig Rev

This reel contains three sections of unedited camera original footage. The first section was most likely shot around 1960 and is documentation of Mort and Millie’s daughter Gleda drawing. The camera focuses on Gleda’s face in close-up as she begins a pencil drawing. The camera moves to the drawing and Gleda’s hands as she creates

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Hiroshima

This travel film by Mort and Millie Goldsholl is from around 1964, when the couple visited the city of Hiroshima in Japan. It shows the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, which commemorates the atomic bombing that occurred there on August 6, 1945, and honors its victims. Tourists may be seen

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Hawaii

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Hawaii ca. 1964. It shows local artisans working, making flower garlands, and weaving straw hats, the traditional houses in the village, views of the surrounding nature, and people playing music, among others. Many other titles in the Goldsholl Collection were taken during their many

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