1942: Skokie Christmas - Kids Watching Cartoons
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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.
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Mark Howard Collection
Subjects: Holidays; Suburban life; Children; Christmas
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Skokie > 5329 Suffield Terrace
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 150 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/9480
Subjects: Holidays; Suburban life; Children; Christmas
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Skokie > 5329 Suffield Terrace
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 150 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/9480
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:12