Blizzard of ’79 (Original)
Footage documenting the famed “Blizzard of ’79,” including some early examples of parking “dibs,” people digging out their cars, and postal carriers delivering mail.
Tag Archives: Snow
Palmer Square
A winter walk through snowy Palmer Square Park in Logan Square, Chicago, near JoAnn Elam’s home. Occasionally a small dog walks into frame.
Struggle
This footage by JoAnn Elam was shot during a snowstorm around 1974, probably in Chicago where Elam lived. Everything is covered in snow and the screen is almost entirely white, save for a few people walking around and shovelling snow and their dogs. Similar to much of Elam’s film work set in nature, Struggle also
Snow 83
In this footage, JoAnn Elam films the house of a college friend named Bonner in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, which she visited in 1983. The camera pans over the house and its surroundings covered in snow, before someone comes towards it and goes past. Elam then comes out of the house and films the
[Snowstorm]
This footage from 1984 shows JoAnn Elam’s neighborhood after a snowstorm, most likely in Chicago. Elam films the snowy alleys and houses first from outside and then from inside her house through the windows. The camera is eventually back outside on the street, where we see Elam toss keys to a bearded man (possibly her
[Christmas Lights & Snowy Morning]
“[Christmas Lights & Snowy Morning]” consists of two parts. The first section staggers around a dark room tinged with red light, recording a female figure in a white tee shirt as she fiddles with Christmas lights. The second, beginning nearly exactly halfway, opens with peering out a small window onto a snowy morning, the second