Board of Education City of Chicago “Operation Head Start”
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Sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for the Chicago Public Schools about their Head Start program that provides services to preschool children and their families who have incomes at or below the Federal poverty level. The film mixes live action footage of Chicago neighborhood street scenes and CPS classrooms and sets these images to voiceovers and synced sound. Periodic voiceover narration provides the history and impact of the Head Start program, which began in 1964.
Credits
Millie Goldsholl (director); Goldsholl Design & Film Associates (producer); Benjamin C. Willis (contributor); Millie Goldsholl (writer); Thomas Freese (cinematographer); Thomas Freese (editor); Millie Goldsholl (cinematographer); Millie Goldsholl (editor); Larry Janiak (animator)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Sponsor: Chicago Public Schools; Board of Education of the City of Chicago
Subjects: Education; Children; Classrooms
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 1,020 feet; Answer Print, 975 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6219; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6254
Sponsor: Chicago Public Schools; Board of Education of the City of Chicago
Subjects: Education; Children; Classrooms
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 1,020 feet; Answer Print, 975 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6219; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/6254
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Sources
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Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:09