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Home movie taken at the Wilkinson family home in Western Springs, Illinois. Bernadine Bailey's nephew, Paul Freeman Wilkinson, can be seen wearing a crown and playing with a toy sword. There is an couple and two other children with Paul, but their relation to the Wilkinson family is unknown.
Depicted here is a family road trip through the western United States of America. Some highlights include older ladies having a snowball fight, the Rock Mountains, mountain streams and rivers, picnics being enjoyed in parks, and small towns seen from a distance.
Black and white footage of girls of various ages in school uniforms playing tennis and other games. Shows a sign reading "Falmouth High School for Girls". Possibly taken in Cornwall, England.
Home movie taken circa 1965 in an unknown location, likely in Illinois. Shows men on tractors working in a field and using farm machinery to plant crops.
Film begins with British Merchant Navy ship. Primarily shows blurry footage of Fiji, including a village with thatched roof buildings and new construction. Local children interact with and smile for the camera. A storefront advertises Procera bread. The film then shows a busy intersection in a town - the crowd is diverse with people in traditional and western-style clothes.
Shows the Wilkinson family taking a fishing trip on a lake or river. Includes many shots of the water taken from a motorboat. Bernadine Bailey's nephew, Paul Freeman Wilkinson, is seen rowing a boat. Closes with more footage of the Wilkinson's Scottish terrier playing with a crawdad.
A continuation of the footage from [Frankfurt, Germany 1954] and similar street scenes of the town center of Frankfurt am Main. Footage of rubble and ruins of buildings from World War II. Shows construction and rebuilding near the ruins. Notable landmarks include Alte Oper.
Street scenes of the town center of Frankfurt am Main. Footage of rubble and ruins of buildings from World War II. Shows construction and rebuilding near the ruins. Notable landmarks include St. Catherine's Church. A movie poster for "How to Marry a Millionaire" starring Marilyn Monroe is visible. The film was released in West Germany in 1954.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. This film shows a geothermal area in Iceland that features bright blue pools, bubbling hot springs, and steam rising from the ground.
Home movie of Bailey and an unknown male companion golfing at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. Also shows a few brief shots of a house and garden. Late 1950's era.
Footage of the 1965 IU commencement exercises outside in the football stadium. Includes images of IU President Elvis Stahr Jr. speaking, releasing of balloons, and the graduates before and after the ceremony. Shows Stahr presenting honorary degrees to Nicholson Joseph Eastman, Charles A. Halleck, and David Eli Lilienthal.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Greenland circa 1971. Shows Bailey and Carson Ritchie in a small coastal village. Captures many images of locals, particularly women, performing household and agricultural labor.
This film shows people parachuting through the sky, and a helicopter flying about. The footage was possibly shot at the Grissom Air Force Base air show, year unknown.
Helga Winold research footage studying the movement of cello players - both in real time and slowed down.
Helga Winold is a concert cellist and former Professor of Music in the Jacobs School of Music. She was also the first IU student to receive her Doctorate of Music in the Cello (1967) and was appointed to the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music in 1969. She performed research into "the analysis of movement in string playing and the translation of thought into movement". With IU psychology professor Esther Thelen, Winold used computers to track and analyze students' movements as they played the cello resulting in better teaching methods and articles in scientific journals. She was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2008.
Helga Winold IU biography: http://info.music.indiana.edu/news/page/normal/7812.html
Helga Winold Website biography: https://www.winoldsmusic.com/about-us
Helga Winold President's Award: https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/search-awards/honoree.shtml?honoreeID=4236
Esther Thelen Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Thelen
Esther Thelen Obituary: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/adolph/publications/2005AdolphVereijken%20ThelenObit.pdf
Indiana University President Herman B Wells urging people to become members of the campaign committee to support Indiana University. He explains that the support of great universities are the most lasting of all investments. "Universities have a life of their own, that maintains the validity and character of a gift. Whether the gift is for faculty, for scholarships, for research, or facilities, there remains always a reflection of the donor's interest."
Clips of Chicago home movies spanning the mid-to-late 1960's. Begins with a river cruise aboard the Skyline Queen (circa 1968). Follows with footage of Bailey visiting Lilacia Park in Lombard, Illinois, where she films a group of school children. The latter half of the film shows construction on the John Hancock Center over the course of several weeks (circa 1965-1966). Also shows people enjoying a crowded beach in the summertime, sunbathing, and skiing.
