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Filter Search ›The Chuck Olin Collection is comprised of films, videotapes and ephemera made by Chuck Olin from his work at two Chicago area film production companies from the mid-60s to the late 1990s: first with the Film Group/Mike Gray Associates and after 1974 with his own Chuck Olin Associates. Included are political documentaries made by the Film Group on the 1968 Democratic National Convention; television commercials for a variety of clients including Sears, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and politicians running for election; sponsored films for the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Medical Association, and Eli Lilly; educational films for Encyclopaedia Britannica; and a documentary by Olin on the Jewish Brigade in World War II.
The Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan (REMC) was founded in 1969, operating through the intermediate school district structure to provide various educational programs and services locally as well as collaborating on statewide programs. This collection consists of 16mm instructional and educational films produced by Coronet, McGraw-Hill, EBE Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation and multiple other production companies. These films span diverse subject matter including but not limited to health and safety, science, history, geography, social guidance and youth, and would have been available to teachers for classroom use.
This collection of 16mm films includes full historical shows ("Chicago 1968", "Black Power", "See How They Ran", etc.) as well as historical footage of sports, political events and other historical happenings (anti-war protests, courtroom footage, prohibition, etc).
Identifier: F.2008-02-0016
Collection: Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection, 1927-1966
Filmmaker: Cring, Marquis Ritchey

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Collection: Franklin McMahon Collection, 1965-1998
Filmmaker: McMahon, Franklin
Identifier: F.2005-05-0280
Collection: SERIES I: Film Group/Mike Gray Associates Films
Identifier: F.2011-01-0255
Filmmaker: Elam, JoAnn
Identifier: F.2011-01-0256
Filmmaker: Elam, JoAnn
Identifier: F.2011-01-0257
Filmmaker: Elam, JoAnn
Identifier: F.2018-10-0006
Collection: Mayor Edward J. Kelly Collection, 1939-1944
Identifier: F.2005-03-0016
Collection: Film Group Collection, 1966-1969