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The History Center has a growing collection of films and videos.\u00a0\u00a0Holdings include commercially produced films on genealogy, the circus, and other Bridgeport related topics in the general collection.\u00a0\u00a0But BHC films also include locally produced footage of events or places, Bridgeport promotional or marketing segments, interviews from cable access television, documentaries on local history subjects, and \u201chome movies.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Check our\u00a0Films<\/em>\u00a0section for viewing some of the department\u2019s collection online.<\/p>\n

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Please be aware that the Bridgeport History Center does not have playback machines for all a\/v formats.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

\"Black<\/a>\n

Black Lives Matter – Bridgeport, 2020<\/a><\/h4>
Black Lives Matter street painting in Bridgeport, Connecticut Casual footage of community members painting the words “Black Lives Matter” and related text on a summer evening on Broad Street in ...
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\"Construction<\/a>\n

Construction of Golden Hill Methodist Church<\/a><\/h4>
During the mid-1920s, a professional photographer, Lewis Corbit, created six films chronicling the construction of Bridgeport\u2019s Golden Hill Methodist Church, a significant religious and architectural structure that still stands today ...
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\"Joseph<\/a>\n

Joseph Minto – WW II Veteran<\/a><\/h4>
Bridgeport native Joseph “Joe” Minto is interviewed by Matt Larry about his experiences during World War II. Minto describes his work before he was drafted into the Army and sent ...
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\"Bridgeport<\/a>\n

Bridgeport Firebird Society<\/a><\/h4>
The Firebird Society is a branch of the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters that grew out of a class action discrimination lawsuit against the City of Bridgeport Fire Department ...
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\"Searching<\/a>\n

Searching for Wordin Avenue<\/a><\/h4>
This film commemorates the Hungarian community in Bridgeport and the immigrant experience, particularly the people of Hungary and other countries who made America their home. The film depicts the fortunes ...
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\"Bullard<\/a>\n

Bullard Company – Man Au Trol: How it Works<\/a><\/h4>
This 1951 film was produced by the Bullard Company, the famous inventor and manufacturer of the vertical lathe. The film contains extensive instructions on how to operate the Man Au ...
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\"Mount<\/a>\n

Mount Trashmore<\/a><\/h4>
Video created by community members opposing City of Bridgeport’s management of Mount “Trashmore,” a large, illegal dumpsite located on the City’s East End in the early 1990s ...
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\"Bridgeport:<\/a>\n

Bridgeport: A Legacy of Neighborhoods<\/a><\/h4>
This 1986 film from Cablevision of Connecticut visits different neighborhoods and community leaders throughout the city. Highlights include an African American choir at the Full Gospel Pentecostal Church, Puerto Rican ...
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\"Blizzard<\/a>\n

Blizzard of 1934<\/a><\/h4>
Silent home movie documenting the blizzard of 1934 in what was originally thought to be Bridgeport, but now looks to be in neighboring Fairfield. While the original film maker is ...
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\"Adlai<\/a>\n

Adlai Stevenson and Harry Truman in Bridgeport, 1952<\/a><\/h4>
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\"Mayor<\/a>\n

Mayor Jasper McLevy Administration: 1930’s Civic Improvements<\/a><\/h4>
This 1930’s era silent, black and white film shows locations around the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where infrastructure improvements are being implemented under the aegis of the Mayor Jasper McLevy ...
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\"Bridgeport:<\/a>\n

Bridgeport: A Closer Look (1990)<\/a><\/h4>
\ufeff Bridgeport: \u00a0A Closer Look \u00a0is a marketing film produced in 1990 on Bridgeport, Connecticut, by the Lynmark Group and the City of Bridgeport ...
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\"Dolly<\/a>\n

Dolly Curtis Interviews Mary K. Witkowski, Historical Collections, Bridgeport Public Library<\/a><\/h4>
\ufeff Local public access cable channel star Dolly Curtis interviews History Center Head Emeritus Mary K. Witkowski. They discuss Bridgeport’s history as well as the nature of the Center’s collections ...
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\"Barnum<\/a>\n

Barnum Festival, 1949, pt. 1, by Vincent Frazzetta, Sr.<\/a><\/h4>
This is the first segment of four reels of 8mm film taken during the first year of the Barnum Festival in Bridgeport, 1949. This segment begins with a long shot ...
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\"Barnum<\/a>\n

Barnum Festival, 1949, pt. 2, by Vincent Frazzetta, Sr.<\/a><\/h4>
This second segment of four reels of 8mm film taken by Bridgeport resident Vincent Frazzetta, Sr., during the first year of the Barnum Festival in Bridgeport, 1949. This segment begins ...
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\"Barnum<\/a>\n

Barnum Festival, 1949, pt. 3, by Vincent Frazzetta, Sr.<\/a><\/h4>
This segment opens with a shot of the main entrance to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus tent then switches to crowds milling about circus tents. Many animals ...
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\"Barnum<\/a>\n

Barnum Festival, 1949, pt. 4, by Vincent Frazzetta, Sr.<\/a><\/h4>
Film segment opens with a demonstration of a Remington electric shaver then a Bridgeport Brass Company booth at the Bridgeport Progress Exposition sponsored by the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce. A ...
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\"Bridgeport:<\/a>\n

Bridgeport: Toward the Good Life<\/a><\/h4>
A promotional film on Bridgeport produced by People’s Bank in the early 1970’s. The film covers the City’s location within Fairfield County, infrastructure, industry, arts and culture, schools, social service ...
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\"Rare<\/a>\n

Rare Film: Fireman and Police parade; UMC-Remington Arms Workers, 1912<\/a><\/h4>
1912 – Some of our Bravest and Finest (movie) Bridgeport History Center This silent film was found hidden in the archives of the Lewis Corbit Photo Studio Collection.\u00a0 It is ...
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\"Barnum<\/a>\n

Barnum Festival Parade, 1956<\/a><\/h4>
Film enthusiast Nicholas Soltis was born and raised in Bridgeport and spent his entire career as a policeman on the Bridgeport force. Nick enjoyed taking home movies of family gatherings ...
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\"Bridgeport<\/a>\n

Bridgeport Player’s Club Production, 05\/03\/1940<\/a><\/h4>
This silent film follows a Bridgeport Player’s Club or drama club’s production. \u00a0The film is in both black and white and color and has text card interspersed throughout. \u00a0Both men ...
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\"Holmes<\/a>\n

Holmes & Edwards Silver Company – Marketing film<\/a><\/h4>
Industrial film produced by the Holmes & Edwards silver company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The film shows workers manufacturing silver items (more…) ...
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\"Memorial<\/a>\n

Memorial Day Parade, 1923-1929<\/a><\/h4>
Memorial Day Parade in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1923-1929 This film is from the period between the World Wars. The World War I manufacturing boom further expanded Bridgeport\u2019s already well established status ...
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\"Ice<\/a>\n

Ice Cutting on Bunnell’s Pond, Beardsley Park, 1932-1939<\/a><\/h4>
Ice Cutting \u201cIce Cutting\u201d was produced for a local Bridgeport Company, The Southern New England Ice Co., which was already over 100 years old at the time the film was ...
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