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1942: Skokie Christmas - Kids Watching Cartoons

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Film Identifier: F.2011-06-0008
Run Time
0h 6m 15s
Format
16mm
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Silent
Date Produced
1942
Abstract
Home movie taken at 5329 Suffield Terrace in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois. It begins with Christmas Day 1942, and Santa (played by Homer Henselt Howard) unloading presents and a young boy (Allan H. Howard) and family opening gifts. These scenes are followed by a group of neighborhood children (”Our Skokie Gang”) watching 16mm Disney films projected on a small home screen.
Related Place
5329 Suffield Terrace (production location of)