Author Archives: Chicago Film Archives

November 1969 Moratorium (Dark)

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl shows crowds of people and activists demonstrating against the Vietnam War during the Moratorium March on Washington of November 15, 1969. Another element in the Goldsholl Collection titled Moratorium documents the same event.

Untitled Europe Original

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Europe ca. 1965. It includes images of people and their children enjoying themselves in a park, probably the Tivoli Gardens, the statue of the Little Mermaid, and other monuments in Copenhagen, Denmark. The second half was taken in Israel, which the Goldsholls also visited

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Harry & Gleda Original #239

This reel contains six sections of unedited camera original footage. The first three sections of this reel are identical to Gleda & Harry Orig Rev (F.2010-01-0215). The fourth section of the film is similar to the first, and is footage of Mort and Millie’s son Harry drawing with a pencil. The camera focuses on Harry’s

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Japan: Kiyomizu

This travel footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Japan around 1964, when they visited Kiyomizu, a Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. At Kiyomizu, the Goldsholls filmed the other tourists and pilgrims around them, including schoolchildren in their uniforms, the architecture, and the view from the top of the mountain. The footage

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Africa Work Print (Market, Treetops, Elephants, Cheetah, Vulture, Etc)

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Africa ca. 1971. Their camera captures people shopping at an outdoor market and wild animals like lions, giraffes, birds, ducks, vultures, monkeys, cheetahs, and elephants during a safari in an unidentified African country. Other titles from the Goldsholl Collection were taken during their trip

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Art Fair Original

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl is from around 1962 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, the faces in close up, and details

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[Greece + Turkey]

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Greece ca. 1965. It includes images of young people swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, vendors on the street, monuments and ruins, and a naval ship in Greece. It also shows mosques, possibly in Turkey, which the Goldsholls also visited around that time. The man

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[Africa: Market and Animals]

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl documents their trip to Africa ca. 1971. It shows a market in an unidentified village, children playing, and wild animals like gray crowned cranes, ducks, vultures eating some carcasses, giraffes, cheetahs, and elephants, possibly in South Africa. Other titles in the Goldsholl Collection were taken during that same

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Mort’s Personal Reel

A compilation of excerpts and full-length commercials, ads / pitch reels, and finished films, this reel illustrates the wide range of aesthetics and techniques that were utilized in the films produced by Goldsholl Design Associates. While the title indicates that the films are Mort’s personal films, the reel is a compilation of films that he

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[Old Orchard Art Festival]

This footage by Mort and Millie Goldsholl was taken at the Old Orchard Art Festival of Skokie, IL ca. 1963. It shows the art works on display, often in close-up, and the people present at the festival. The Goldsholl Collection includes many other titles documenting art fairs in and around Chicago, such as Art Fair.