The David Szabo Collection is mainly comprised of films and ephemera from David Szabo's time as a student at Columbia College in the late 1960s and his time as a freelance editor and partner of the Szabo-Tohtz editing company in the 1970s and 1980s. Included are distributed prints that are unclear as to Szabo's involvement, 16mm films and intermediate materials Szabo worked on during his time at Columbia College, advertisements he worked on as an editor in the 1970s and 1980s, and 8mm home movies dating from 1948-1963.

Home Movies shot by Ellen Galt and Ann Calfee Alden featuring pop and rock concerts in St. Louis and Chicago as well as footage from Ann and Ellen's train ride from St. Louis to Chicago to see the Beatles in August of 1965. The majority of the collection consists of music performances filmed off the television.