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Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Naomi Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, George Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Ann Leslie Jones, Nellie Feil, Harold S. Feil
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Home movie showing a Halloween party for Eddie, Kenny, and friends. Children wearing costumes play games in the living room at the Ed Feil home. The children then enjoy cider, popcorn balls, and candy at the dining room table. The film then shows a party for Maren Feil's 40th birthday (November 1970). Maren unwraps presents in front of a large group of friends and family and blows out candles on a birthday cake.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Nellie Feil, Harold S. Feil, George Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Edward G. Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Julius Weil, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Beth Rubin, Helen Kahn Weil, Kathryn Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Ken Feil
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A tribute film for Nellie Feil for her birthday. Begins with a biographical sketch of Nellie from "Who's Who of American Women" (4th ed.). Shows black and white photos and ephemera from the Elgutter family, her childhood, college yearbook, a scrapbook containing her articles about cooking, photos of Mary's wedding to Herman, Mary's graduation, and Ed's graduation. Also features a more recent image of Nellie, standing in front of the Ardleigh Drive home. Reel 2 shows Nellie's party, where a large group of friends and family gather to eat in a picnic shelter at a local park.
Footage of Harold S. Feil speaking before members of the Rowfant Club, a bibliographic society in Cleveland. This footage was also used in the 90th birthday tribute for Harold.
Home movie showing aerial views of Cleveland taken from the passenger seat of a helicopter. Shows the helicopter taking off and gaining altitude over the city. Offers views of Terminal Tower, Cleveland Stadium, and Lake Erie.
Edward R. Feil, David Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Harold S. Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Kathryn Hellerstein
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A Christmas/Chanukkah celebration at the Hellerstein home. Shows the Hellerstein children opening gifts while their parents and grandparents look on.
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.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Carson Ritchie (Bailey's third husband and travel companion in the early 1970's) walks along the shore of a small river. Shows people in a rowboat.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Shows close-up shots of flowers and trees blooming. Carson Ritchie (Bailey's third husband and travel companion in the early 1970's) and another man crossing a small river (the water is very bright, possibly another geothermal area). Footage taken from a boat sailing down the river.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Shows large cruise ships in a harbor. Brief shots of a geothermal area with steam rising from the ground.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Footage taken from a window of a plane taking off. Glaciers are visible as the plane flies over the Arctic Ocean. Shows Bailey and Ritchie disembarking in Iceland.
Begins with brief footage of unknown children in front of a dilapidated house. Primarily feature the garden in front of the Wilkinson family home in Western Springs. Bailey's nephew, Paul Freeman Wilkinson, plays with some flowers and on a swing set.
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Naomi Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Nellie Feil, David Hellerstein, Amy Feil, Harold S. Feil, Beth Hellerstein, George H. Feil, Helen Kahn Weil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Ellen Feil, George Feil, Julius Weil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Stanley M. Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein
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Compilation reel of home movies from 1967-1968. Begins with a family cookout at the Ed Feil home. The children mill about and play in the yard and the neighbor's yard as Vicki grills hot dogs.
Spring 1968 (?): Eddie and a friend play outside while wearing coats. The camera follows Kenny as he toddles about.
June 1968: Naomi and the boys visit a duck pond ; a group of children, including Eddie, Kenny, and Beth play on a swing set and in a kiddie pool in the yard ; A card shows the date as June 19, 1968. The occasion is another family cookout in the Ed Feil yard, this time as a celebration for Nellie's birthday.
Footage of the coastal village of Kirkjubøur in the Faroe Islands. Primarily shows the rural landscape and inside of St. Magnus Cathedral. Brief exterior shots of Saint Olav's Church.
Footage of the coastal village of Kirkjubøur in the Faroe Islands. Primarily shows the local landscape and wandering sheep. Features exterior shots of Saint Olav's Church.
A continuation of the home movie footage from [Lake Michigan and Calumet River ca. 1967]. This film focuses more on the river's industrial activity, showing trains, warehouses, and large piles of limestone.
A continuation of the home movie footage from [Lake Michigan and Calumet River ca. 1967 #2]. This film focuses more on the river's industrial activity and large shipping boats.
A continuation of the home movie footage from [Lake Michigan and Calumet River ca. 1967 #3]. This film focuses on the river's industrial activity, showing factories, trains, large ships.
Home movie taken while sailing in Lake Michigan and down the Calumet River circa 1967. Mostly shaky footage of the skyline and industrial activity along the river, possibly taken from a tourist boat.
Home movie documenting a day trip to Lake Paradise, near Bailey's hometown of Mattoon, Illinois. Shows many scenes of the lake and people boating and fishing. Ends with the image of a woman working in a corn field by a silo.
Footage documenting Bailey's travels to the Canary Islands circa 1971. Shows the metropolitan area and seaport of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, including the Don Juan hotel. We see Bailey is traveling with her husband, Carson Ritchie.
Footage of a pilot taking off, shot from inside the aircraft. The camera is positioned on the front of the plane, looking back at the pilot. After doing several stunt tricks in the air, he also demonstrates landing.
Edward R. Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Ann Leslie Jones, Leslie Feil, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, George Feil
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Black and white home movie footage from 1953. Begins with Maren feeding baby Leslie. Maren's sister also holds the baby. The film then cuts to a kinescope recording of Nellie making a television appearance to discuss her cookbook (written under her pen name, Florence Field). A pregnant Mary plays with Kathy, who then sits in a baby rocker. The camera then focuses on Leslie laughing and smiling in her bassinet.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Ken Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Herman Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, George Feil, Edward G. Feil, Leslie Feil, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Betsy Feil, David Hellerstein, Kathryn Hellerstein
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Home movie of a joint birthday party for Mary Hellerstein and her daughter, Beth at the Harold Feil home. Shows Mary blowing out the candles on a cake, then she and Beth open presents together while surrounded by cousins. Naomi can be seen holding a newborn Kenny.
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Naomi Feil, Daniel Hellerstein, Nellie Feil, Harold S. Feil, George H. Feil, Vicki Rubin, Kathryn Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Betsy Feil, Leslie Feil, Ken Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, David Hellerstein, George Feil, Jonathan Hellerstein, Beth Rubin
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A joint birthday party for Mary, Ellen, Amy, and Susan at the Harold Feil home. Each is given a cake and blows out the candles. The family then gathers in the living room, where gifts are opened. Eddie and George dance for the camera. The film then shows a children's party at the Ed Feil home. Naomi wears face paint and bunny ears. The children play party games in the yard.
Begins with the same woman in a corn field from the end of [Lake Paradise, Illinois ca. 1966] and agricultural workers operating machinery. Also features some footage of Bailey's hometown of Mattoon, Illinois, including the square and The Little Theatre.
Home movie capturing Bailey's hometown of Mattoon. Similar to other films of Bailey's documenting rural Illinois, showing corn fields and oil wells at work. Offers a glimpse of the exterior of the Bailey family home at 1516 Wabash Avenue in Mattoon. Bailey then visits a ranch-style home belonging to an unknown family and tours the garden.
In a commercial for Midland Bank, words are animated to illustrate their definitions which aids the narrator’s pitch and highlights different parts of financial terminology.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Herman Hellerstein, Vicki Rubin, George Feil, Amy Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Ellen Feil, Daniel Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Leslie Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, Betsy Feil, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Beth Rubin, Edward G. Feil
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Joint birthday party for Harold Feil, Nellie Feil, and Herman Hellerstein. The family gathers in the yard, where Naomi brings out a cake. The children play in the yard while eating ice cream cones.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Julius Weil, Helen Kahn Weil
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Incomplete reel of a movie made in honor of Naomi Feil's 50th birthday. The first 1:36 has sound, before the film cuts to a silent black and white look at Naomi's life. Shows a biographical sketch of Naomi from Who’s Who of American Women (7th ed.), her baby book (written in German), and photos from her childhood.
Travelogue documenting Bailey's trips to New Zealand, Indonesia, and Cambodia, 1955-1956. Film begins with footage of people playing cricket in Auckland, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and people enjoying the beach. In Rotorua, Maori women in traditional dress play instruments and perform a dance. Shows the New Zealand Parliamentary Library and Riddiford Baths in Wellington. Captures diverse landscapes of New Zealand, including beaches, snowy mountains, and geothermal areas. Bailey's mother, Nellie Freeman, accompanies her in New Zealand. Footage of Asia primarily shows small village life and men, women, and children working in fields and doing housework. Bailey captures a large celebration complete with a float that has a Hindu temple spire. Ends with extensive footage of Angkor Wat with close-ups of the art and architectural features.
Home movie taken on a trip from Niagara Falls to London, England. Offers a brief glimpse of a car driving near the falls before the film cuts to Naomi boarding an Air Canada flight. After landing, the Feils take a tour of Ottawa on a red double decker bus and film their surroundings through a rainy window. The film ends with a party where the women wear leis.
Home movie of the main street and businesses of Noble, Illinois, including the Noble Milling Company. Shows Bernadine Bailey peeks into a silo, oils wells, and men at work. A man opens a valve and oil pours out as the well pumps.
Paul Freeman Wilkinson's birthday party. Wilkinson is the nephew of Bernadine Bailey through her sister, Joy. A group of young boys sits around a table eating cake and blowing balloons before going outside to play in the yard. The film also features footage of Air Force and commercial planes taking off in an airfield.
Similar content to [Paul's birthday and planes #1--Wilkinson family]. The film begins with footage of Air Force planes and men marching in an airfield. Next the camera captures scenes of a waterway taken from a boat. Cut to Paul Freeman Wilkinson's birthday party. Wilkinson is the nephew of Bernadine Bailey through her sister, Joy. Paul and 3 friends enjoy a picnic. The same larger group of boys from [Paul's birthday and planes #1] is seen playing games in the yard and gathering around the Wilkinson's chicken coop.
Begins with a very brief scene of a child's birthday party. Primarily a home movie of the 1938 Northwestern-University of Illinois football game taken from the stands. Also shows marching bands from both schools and a man performing as Chief Illiniwek, the former University of Illinois mascot.
Unknown, Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Vicki Rubin, Beth Rubin, Harold S. Feil, Nellie Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, Julius Weil, Helen Kahn Weil, Ellen Feil, Amy Feil, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein, Daniel Hellerstein, David Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, George H. Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Beth Hellerstein
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Compilation reel of home movies, not edited in chronological order.
1969: Black and white footage of the boys playing with toy swords and watching The Avengers on TV.
1968: Kenny’s 1st birthday celebration at the Ed Feil home. Eddie blows out Kenny’s candle and the family eats cake.
1966: Joint party for Eddie and Kathryn Hellerstein’s birthday at the Harold Feil home.
1970: Ends with footage of Eddie's 5th birthday party. The group of children watch Naomi perform in the living room, then play a game out in the yard.
Edward R. Feil, Beth Rubin, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil
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Home movie of Beth, Eddie, Kenny, and an unknown girl (possibly a friend) playing on a playground. Shows Beth pushing the other children on a merry-go-round.
Edward R. Feil, Edward G. Feil, Ken Feil, Beth Rubin
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Home movie of the boys playing in snow in the yard of their house on Byron Rd. Inside, they eat while watching TV with Beth at the kitchen table. Film also shows shots of the interior of the Cleveland Public Library, possibly as part of the production for “Step a Little Higher,” and brief glimpses of Cleveland streets and shop windows at nighttime.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Street scenes of Reykjavik, Iceland in the public square Austurvöllur. Also shows the British and American embassies.
Home movie of Bailey's trip to Iceland circa 1971. Street scenes of Reykjavik, Iceland (appear to be taken from hotel balcony). Features exterior shots of Neskirkja and Hotel Saga.