Halloween Fun
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Footage of costumed children participating in various Halloween games such as bobbing for apples and a paper-bag pinata. This footage was used for a Margaret Conneely unedited short titled “Halloween Fun” starring Jim & John Conneely and their friends.
Credits
Margaret Conneely (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1952
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Children; Youth; Holidays; Halloween
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: 00:03 - Children parade past the camera in their costumes against a Halloween backdrop. Some costumes are clowns, knights, a devil and a pirate. 00:23 - Children in MS bobbing for apples at a table by the same backdrop. Var. takes as children get apples and display them to the camera. 01:21 - A woman distributes paper bags to children followed by the excited group gathered closely around a paper-bag pinata as they take turns trying to break it in MS. 02:14-03:16 - Var. children in MS posing with their heads and hands through a white sheet. The sheet is decorated with a witch hat and dress. The children goof off for the camera, grinning and making faces.
Cfa elements: Print, 120 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3680
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Children; Youth; Holidays; Halloween
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Shot log: 00:03 - Children parade past the camera in their costumes against a Halloween backdrop. Some costumes are clowns, knights, a devil and a pirate. 00:23 - Children in MS bobbing for apples at a table by the same backdrop. Var. takes as children get apples and display them to the camera. 01:21 - A woman distributes paper bags to children followed by the excited group gathered closely around a paper-bag pinata as they take turns trying to break it in MS. 02:14-03:16 - Var. children in MS posing with their heads and hands through a white sheet. The sheet is decorated with a witch hat and dress. The children goof off for the camera, grinning and making faces.
Cfa elements: Print, 120 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3680
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:06