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George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Clips from family gatherings and events during 1956; fall scenery, kids playing. footage of taking a ferry over the Wabash river; Christmas day 1956. Also scenery from the following spring.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Footage of a parade, including military units marching; child in little league baseball uniform; summer scenery, including scenery from IU's campus. Images of a quarry, and Spring Mill State Park. Footage and scenery from around a lake; large gathering and family road trip.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Scenery from a town and from other places in upstate New York. Video of the Washington Monument and the National Mall. Footage from christmastime, 1957.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Footage from a graduation ceremony; lake scene; New York City and Christmas open house.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Footage from several family gatherings; pets; Christmas day and a large summer event.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Footage of Fort Ticonderoga, including scenes of the fort itself and the surrounding landscape; hunting trip; aftermath of house fire and Christmas Day.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Chipmunks; a visit to a lake; wedding;cookout/barbecue; Christmas open house; aftermath of town flood; George Rogers Clark memorial; downtown Bloomington and various places on I.U. campus.
George T. Engelman Jr. was a graduate from Indiana University, attending IU from 1937-1941. He worked and raised his family for a few years in Bloomington while studying for his master’s degree in education in the 40s and 50s and working for RCA. He was also a WWII veteran.
Footage from Christmas day, and a meeting of military personnel, likely officers. Images of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Monument. Recording of family pets. More scenery from Washington, D.C., featuring the Marine Corps War Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
Lighting test taken using Naomi in different parts of the Feil home. Shows her standing in the living room and the kitchen. Ed then sits at the kitchen table while testing different lights. Ends with footage of Naomi shopping at the grocery store.
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.
Compilation reel of home movies of the Feil family spanning 1953 to 1970. Shows many short scenes with frequent cuts.
1953: Maren's sister Ann Leslie pushing baby Leslie in a carriage and the family gathers around to admire the baby ; Herman and a pregnant Mary playing with baby Kathryn. She then plays with her grandparents, Harold and Nellie ; A close up of the "Gourmet Cooking for Cardiac Diets" title page. This book was written by Nellie under her pen name, Florence Field, with an introduction by Harold ; Footage of Kathryn Hellerstein's first birthday party.
1954: Kathy and Leslie playing in a box while Mary holds baby David.
1957: Leslie, Betsy, and Maren holding baby Ellen arriving at Harold Feil home. Harold opens presents (possibly for his birthday) while surrounded by Leslie, Betsy, David, and Jonathan.
1961: Birthday party for someone, possibly Maren ; children at the Feil home celebrating Christmas and opening presents.
1965: Another birthday party - again it appears Maren is being celebrated. Vicki, Beth, Naomi, and baby Eddie are present.
1970: Joint birthday party for Betsy and Ed Feil.
Edward R. Feil, Naomi Feil, Nellie Feil, Julius Weil, Vicki Rubin, Betsy Feil, Amy Feil, Edward G. Feil, Maren Mansberger Feil, Ellen Feil, Helen Kahn Weil, David Hellerstein, Harold S. Feil, Herman Hellerstein, George H. Feil, Beth Rubin, Ken Feil, George Feil, Daniel Hellerstein, Susan Hellerstein, Beth Hellerstein, Leslie Feil, Kathryn Hellerstein, Mary Feil Hellerstein, Jonathan Hellerstein
Summary:
Compilation reel of home movies from 1964 to 1967, not edited in chronological order.
1967: Birthday party for Nellie Feil (possibly a joint party with Harold). The family gathers at picnic tables in a yard. Vicki presents a birthday cake to Nellie. Naomi holds a baby Kenny. The Weils are in attendance at this party.
1964: Another birthday party for Nellie. Betsy shows pictures of the Beatles to the camera. Daniel and Susan give a card to Nellie. The children mill about and play in the yard.
1965: Dark footage of a party at Harold Feil home. Guests are friends of the elder Feils - possibly an anniversary party.
Film is cut with leader and shots of Ed in his studio, testing filters on the camera lens.
Begins with Ed shooting aerial footage of Cleveland in a small plane piloted by his friend, Charles Long. The film then shows Charles and Ed on their trip to Europe, with scenes from London and Capri, where Charles is joined by a girlfriend. Shares footage with other travelogues to Europe in 1959. Highlights include: people feeding pigeons at Trafalgar Square, passing Windsor Castle, views of Parliament, Big Ben, and crossing the Tower Bridge to see the Tower of London. In Capri, the group goes swimming in the ocean and sunbathes on the rocks.
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.
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.
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
Summary:
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
Summary:
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
Summary:
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.
The collection consists of linguistic and oral history interviews conducted in Yiddish in Budapest in 2006-2009 as part of the Archive of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memory (AHEYM) Project.
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include family anecdotes, religious education, Hasidic songs, prewar life in Rohod, non-Jewish Yiddish speakers, Passover celebrations, food customs, Purim spiels, life during World War II, forced labor, imprisonment in Mauthausen, Jewish weddings, birth customs, cultural terminology, gefilte fish, Hungarian songs, memorialization, relations with non-Jews, tour of the former Jewish neighborhood in Debrecen, liberation by the Brtitish Army, tour of the Nyíregyháza synagogue, prewar religious life at the Debrecen synagogue, blessings and prayers, contemporary religious life. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childood memories, including memories of family members and family life, yeshiva education, daily study routine, prewar religious life in Vaja, life in Vaja after graduation, prewar praying customs, purim celebrations, Passover celebrations, traditional weddings, cooking, Rosh Hashanah, healing customs, and prewar Sukkot celebrations; experiences as a forced laborer during World War II, Jewish life after the war, life today, regional geography, and a visit to Auschwitz. Includes responses to questions about cultural terminology, singing of Yiddish songs, chanted prayers, recitation of the beginning of the Four Questions, and Purim shpiels. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.
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
Summary:
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.
