Author Archives: Chicago Film Archives

Gleda and Harry Drawing Together Orig

Camera original negative of the fifth and sixth sections of Harry and Gleda Original #239 and Harry & Gleda Work Print #211. This reel is related to Gleda & Harry Orig Rev (F.2010-01-0215);Harry and Gleda Original #239 (F.2010-01-0061);and Harry & Gleda Work Print #211 (F.2010-01-0280).

Aid Association for Lutherans “Spirit of Fraternalife”

Sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for the Aid Association for Lutherans, an insurance company that provides life, disability income, long-term care, and business insurance services. Through historical prints the film first discusses the early history of Lutherans in America, emphasizing the lack of social welfare and insurance throughout the country. The film then goes

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Dyer-Bennet School – Aspen

Footage of men and women dancing, drumming, smoking, and hanging out inside a rustic wooden interior space, presumably the Dyer-Bennet School of Minstrely in Aspen, Colorado. Founded in 1947 by folk singer and “minstrel man” Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991 and his wide Melvene, the school offered musical training as well as lessons in physical preparation, relaxation,

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[Japan: Tokyo]

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan ca. 1964. Their camera captures Tokyo’s bright lights at night, people walking in the streets, the roofs of a temple, masons working on a house, fish in a pond, and the countryside, among others. Many other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken

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Africa Work Print (Lacks Lion & Boar)

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Africa ca. 1971. Their camera captures wild animals like lions, cheetahs, elephants, and rhinos, young women and children weaving rugs, and artisans making various wooden artifacts in an unidentified African country. Other elements from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during their trip to Africa,

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Magazine Publishers Association “The Meeting Place”

Sponsored film made Goldsholl Associates for the MPA (The Association of Magazine Media). Through nature scenes of the northwest (“the bones” of the magazine), narration and a collage of print media, the film discusses magazines as a “meeting place” between an idea and the consumer.

Chicks & People

Medium close-up and close-up shots of white chickens in what seems to be an outdoor chicken coop / habitat. The chickens move in and out of the frame. There are also several overhead shots of young chickens / chicks. The last shot in the first section of b/w negative is of the exterior of a

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Moratorium

Documentation of anti-war protestors shot in Washington, D.C. (most likely on November 15, 1969) at the “Moratorium March on Washington.” At times the camera is positioned above the crowd and at other times it is in the crowd. Protestors fill the frame for most of the reel, and, at times, the U.S. Capitol building and

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Art Fair – Several Scenes

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl is from around 1963 and it shows adults and children at an art fair, probably in or around Chicago. Among other things, the camera captures the movements of people from one stand to the next, their discussions with friends and family, their faces in close up, and details

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Untitled – Africa

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Africa ca. 1971. Their camera captures wild animals like boars, monkeys, lions, cheetahs, elephants, and rhinos, young women and children weaving rugs, and artisans making various wooden artifacts in an unidentified African country. Other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during their trip

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