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Series II: Film

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Skylight + etc light at J+B's

Film: cuid6924 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6924 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Closeup of lightbulb followed by footage of a city street from the window. Signs include "Penny 1-cent Candy" on a lightpost, "Lombardi's" neon sign and awning, and "Danny's Dancing".

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

Sheridan Square from J+B's roof

Film: cuid6926 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6926 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Rooftop footage of Sheridan Square including pedestrians, cars, Village Cigars shop, and the Twin Towers.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

Skylight, feet, window, buildings

Film: cuid6927 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6927 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Interior footage of unidentified man smoking. Followed by footage of a skylight with exterior clothesline and interior houseplant.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

House Tour

Film: cuid6928 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6928 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Visual tour of the interior and exterior of Nelson Sullivan's home at 5 Ninth Ave. Starts with footage of street taken through a window. Switches to POV roving camera of apartment interior and trip up a ladder to the roof. Followed by 360-panoramic view of the neighborhood and footage of the skyline, streets below, treetops, and pedestrians. Last section shows apartment interior, Blackout, and hammock on the outside courtyard.

Housing Annotations

"bad blue wash out. Nice at 6fps in places"

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

The End - hot pants pics

Film: cuid6929 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6929 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Multiple takes of Nelson Sullivan in hot pants looking into camera filming his mirrored reflection and zooming into "The End" title card.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

Subway

Film: cuid6930 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6930 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of dark subway tunnel shot from moving train.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

Night lights, meat market zooms. Mostly lights only.

Film: cuid6931 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6931 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Nighttime footage from Meatpacking district of street lights, vehicle lights, building lights etc.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

James Trulove

Film: cuid6932 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6932 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Edited footage of a "chase and murder sequence" for unknown project. Followed by exterior footage of young blonde-haired man smoking outside a stone building (possibly for same project).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Titles + glassware - lantern

Film: cuid6933 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6932 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of "Nelson Sullivan 1972" and "The End" title cards over a television monitor background. Footage of unidentified man cooking in a kitchen followed by closeup footage of a lantern, burning candle.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Road Shots #1

Film: cuid6934 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6934 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Hand-held footage of moving classic 1970s cars, featuring bumpers and tailights. Also scenes of Manhattan and the Queens–Wards Island span of the Triborough (RFK) Bridge,over the East River.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

light at J+Bs

Film: cuid6935 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6935 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Interior footage of electric light bulbs and kitchenware (dark). Followed by night-time footage of traffic and streetlights filmed from above.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

DOUG

Film: cuid6936 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6936 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Exterior out-of-focus footage of people walking in the rain with raincoats and umbrellas. Closeups of a cat's face (Doug).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Traffic Be C.P.

Film: cuid6937 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6937 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Interior footage of Nelson Sullivan's apartment with a dog (Blackout) and a cat (Doug). Exterior footage of meatpacking workers. Followed by exterior footage of NYC traffic on a trip to Central Park in a cab and footage of Blackout playing in Central Park. Also includes footage of horse-drawn carriages.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

wet Douglas

Film: cuid6938 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6938 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Interior footage of Nelson's cat, Douglas, wet and grooming himself. Includes footage of the window and outside buildings.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Bo Walk 2

Film: cuid6939 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6939 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Interior footage of Nelson Sullivan's apartment. Exterior shots from the apartment's windows, showing dogwalkers, streets, cars, walls, and foliage.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

Park Costumes

Film: cuid6940 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6940 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of people in costumes at the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace in Central Park, and of others photographing and recording them.

Housing Annotation

Q 20-05, INS A4

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

Doug - Christ st.

Film: cuid6941 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6941 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of Douglas sitting in the window. Street footage showing vehicles, buildings, pedestrians, garbage, a newspaper delivery van, The Rastro Importers (383 Bleecker Street), 95 Christopher Street, Frankel Pharmacy, Village Cigars, Riker's, the Christopher Street 1 Train station, and more.

Housing Annotation

91384

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

P.O. st. film w/ lion - Good

Film: cuid6942 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6942 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot in and around Bryant Park and the New York Public Library, showing pigeon-feeding, the library's lion statues, a man asleep on a bench, park workers dragging a tarp, and more. The film features a lot of movement, and the camera frequently turns sideways.

Housing Annotation

J 50-31, INS A 31

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Chris. St.

Film: cuid6943 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6943 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of the area around Christopher and Greenwich Streets, beginning inside the post office then located at 152 Christopher St., showing St. Veronica's Church, and including a walk around the block, down Washington St. to Barrow St., with views of the World Trade Center.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Clinic fade in/out

Film: cuid6944 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6944 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Daytime footage shot in a room lit by sunlight through venetian blinds. Primarily shows of exteriors of brick buildings and trees through the blinds, but also shows some furnishings in the room, and briefly a woman sitting in a chair.

Housing Annotation

9291

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Apre. demonst. fair - poor

Film: cuid6945 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6945 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Street footage, including shots of a demonstration in which protesters are waving the flag of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Southern Vietnam, in front of a movie theater playing "Kiss of Her Flesh" and "Climax Says it All", and of 1500 Broadway when it was under construction.

Housing Annotation

INS A 18

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Christ st. Document

Film: cuid6946 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6946 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of Christopher Street, including Stonewall Inn, Paws and Claws pet shop, Gay Street, Tor Restaurant, and more.

Housing Annotation

91351

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

roof top doc.

Film: cuid6947 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6947 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot from Nelson's roof of the roof itself and of nearby buildings and other sights.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Chains + plants, Doug, nails

Film: cuid6948 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6948 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot in Nelson's apartment of a cat (Douglas), Nelson in the mirror, his painted fingernails, and plants hanging from chains.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Moving zoom, Good 5 9th window

Film: cuid6949 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6949 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot in and around Central Park (including the statue of Jose Marti), and from Nelson's apartment at 5 9th Avenue.

Housing Annotation

59633

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

lamp s-m #2

Film: cuid6950 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6950 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of a swinging lampshade.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

J+B apt

Film: cuid6951 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6951 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Blurry footage of a street shot from an upstairs window.

Housing Annotations

[difficult to make out: deub / lent / dinb / denli etc]

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

BF

Film: cuid6952 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6952 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of people at the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace in Central Park.

Housing Annotations

[Additional housing annotations/title impossible to read]

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #1

Film: cuid6953 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6953 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of the Cherry Grove section of Fire Island on or around the weekend of the US Bicentennial. Includes many buildings and coastal scenes, and a variety of Bicentennial flags. Also included: Hanlan's Beach Hotel and Club, a poster advertising a performance by Marilyn Sokolow at the Ice Palace, a notice advertising for a room share at The Beach Hotel.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min., Color, Silent, 50 ft.

Unidentified Film #2

Film: cuid6954 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6954 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot on the subway, showing the interior of a train, and steps at 72nd and Broadway, 86th St., and others.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #3

Film: cuid6955 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6955 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot on the platform of the Christopher Street subway station, and on a 1 train as it leaves the station. There is a cut during the subway ride, the light level of the film changes, and there is additional footage inside of a subway car as it stops at Penn Station and continues on. Shots focus on people, fixtures, railings, advertisements, and more.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #4

Film: cuid6956 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6956 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of traffic at night shot from inside of a taxi.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #5

Film: cuid6957 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6957 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage showing Brant Mewborn and Rhonda Granger leaving the Plaza Hotel, and a Central Park carriage driver sitting in his carriage. Images end after 15 seconds, followed by a silent, black screen.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #6

Film: cuid6958 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6958 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Separated Materials

Footage shot at night from a car near docks, showing ships and signs for shipping lines, as well as other automotive traffic.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #7

Film: cuid6959 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6959 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot outside of Nelson's apartment at 5 9th Avenue, with four visitors, three human and one canine. One woman appears first, carrying a pile of documents and a basketball. Another woman and a man appear, along with a dog. Blackout (Nelson's dog) is also present; the two dogs interact.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #8

Film: cuid6960 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6960 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of animals in a zoo, including a lion, a baboon, alligators, crocodiles, an otter, goats, deer, and more.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #9

Film: cuid6961 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6961 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot on the streets of New York's Upper East Side; pedestrians, businesses, and vehicles. The camera is often shaky and out of focus.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #10

Film: cuid6962 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6962 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot in Nelson's apartment: a self-portrait in a mirror in the nude, views out the windows, polished fingernails, a cat (Douglas), and the kitchen. The second half of the film depicts Nelson cooking Brown 'n' Serve sausages in a frying pan.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #11 [Sunshine in New York: 1972]

Film: cuid6963 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6963 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Handwritten titles reading "Sunshine in New York: 1972 | John Nelson Sullivan". The title is shot over and over again, with various zooms, pans, and focus pulls. At one point the camera pulls back to reveal the space in which the title was being filmed.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #12

Film: cuid6964 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6964 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot inside of an apartment. A woman plays piano and a man watches television. He drinks from a mug.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #13

Film: cuid6965 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6965 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot from the roof of Nelson's building, shows pedestrians, vehicles, neighboring buildings, cyclists, and more. Features aggressive camera movements and zooms.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #14

Film: cuid6966 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6966 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Film begins with footage shot in darkness, showing a lit light bulb, a raging fire, and the lights of emergency vehicles. Second half is daylight footage shot in Nelson's apartment, showing interiors, and shots from the window of pedestrians, men urinating on a wall, foliage, and neighboring buildings. There is a brief shot of Blackout lounging on the floor.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #15

Film: cuid6967 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6967 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of people at the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace in Central Park, many in costumes. See cuid6940.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #16

Film: cuid6968 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.; No image, not digitized.

Unidentified Film #17

Film: cuid6969 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6969 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of neon "Food Stop" sign and other signs, shot from a building across the street.

Housing Annotations

MS 82484

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #18

Film: cuid6970 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6970 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage shot on Nelson's rooftop, featuring neighboring buildings and chimneys, as well as Nelson's boots and film cartridges.

Housing Annotations

TS 23572

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #19

Film: cuid6971 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6971 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Film of Washington Square, featuring in-camera editing effects and zooms. Shots show the arch, pedestrians, dogs, and more, and is shot in at least two different frame rates so that portions of the film appear to be in slow motion.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #20

Film: cuid6972 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6972 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Homemade "The End" title cards.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #21

Film: cuid6974 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6974 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Film begins with footage shot in South Carolina in or about 1972. Features shots from and of a Porsche 911E, including gas stations on and around East Church Street, of Dodd's store, and of a man in white entering a house. This exterior footage is followed by a title, shot against a TV screen, which reads "FIVE THINGS TO LOOK AT | NELSON SULLIVAN | 1972".

Housing Annotations

9290

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #22

Film: cuid6975 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6975 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of people in Central Park at the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace, boating on the Lake, and walking on Bow Bridge and on paths.

Housing Annotations

E77-56

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Unidentified Film #23

Film: cuid6976 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

Housing Annotations

13-349

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.; Black leader, not digitized.

Unidentified Film #24

Film: cuid6978 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6978 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of a cat (Douglas), titles reading "FIVE MOVEMENTS" and "the end," and Nelson in the nude in a mirror.

Housing Annotations

14, [barely legible; Germany?] #1

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 3 min.

pink light

Film: cuid6973 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6973 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of neon "Food Stop" sign, shot from a building across the street.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

lamp s-m #1

Film: cuid6977 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6977 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Footage of a swinging lampshade.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Black Velvet, Part 1, 5-1

Film: cuid6979 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Commercial copy of Brad Chapman's film "Black Velvet, Part 1."

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 16 min.; This item was not digitized due to its status as a commercial work.

Earon Solo

Film: cuid6980 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Commercial copy of a pornographic film.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 16 min.; This film was not digitized due to its status as a commercial work.

Collage

Film: cuid6981 (Material Type: film)
Box: Digitized Access Files, file: mss357_cuid6981 (Material Type: electronic records)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Gay pornography / stag film interspliced with title cards and credits of feature films; Title cards include: "Pope Visits - Soft Ver" and many others; A collage of various film segments, title cards, head leaders, tens of very short segments, including films such as Lawrence of Arabia, but alos gay pornography scenes and intertitles.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 16 min.

VB-3 Bayside

Film: cuid6982 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

Commercial copy of Target Studios's film "Bayside."

Housing Annotations

Copyright Target Studios, Reproduction Forbidden Without Written Permission

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: Super 8mm film, Duration: 16 min.; This item was not digitized due to its status as a commerical work.

Super 8mm leader

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Super 8mm leader

Super 8mm leader

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Super 8mm leader

On Location With Lawrence of Arabia [8mm souvenir film]

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir version of Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Includes insert with ads and an order form.

Housing Annotations

On Location With Lawrence of Arabia, Souvenir 8mm home movie, silent edition, in color. 8mm Columbia Home Pictures. Includes ad for "The finest in home movises from the Hollywood Studios of Columbia Pictures, TV Studios of Screen Gems".

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Pope Paul VI Visits the Unites States [souvenir filmg

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir film of the popes visit.

Housing Annotations

Pope Paul VI Visits the Unites States. Enjoy this historic event in your home! 8mm b&w silent N-1. 8mm home movies, Republic Pictures.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Boss of Rawhide [souvenir film]

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir version of Boss of Rawhide (1943). The original feature has been edited down to 4 min.

Housing Annotations

Select Film Library, Official Films, Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Western. Select Film Westerns. Boss of Rawhide, Dave O'Brien. Includes advertisement for Official Films, distributed exclusively by Select Film Library, New York, NY.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Ghost of Hidden Valley [souvenir film]

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir version of Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946). The original feature has been edited down to 4 min.

Housing Annotations

Select Film Library, Official Films, Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Western. Select Film Westerns. 352 - Ghost of Hidden Valley ,Buster Crabbe - Western. Includes advertisement for Official Films, distributed exclusively by Select Film Library, New York, NY.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Return of the Rangers

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir version of Return of the Rangers (1943). The original feature has been edited down to 4 min.

Housing Annotations

Select Film Library, Official Films, Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Western. Select Film Westerns. 353 - Return of the Rangers, Tex O'Brien - Western. Includes advertisement for Official Films, distributed exclusively by Select Film Library, New York, NY.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

The Return of Dracula [souvenir film]

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir version of Return of Dracula (1958). The original feature has been edited down to 4 min.

Housing Annotations

Standard 8mm, the Return of Dracula, SpookyHooky Thrillers and Chillers

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

The Beast with 5 Fingers

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

General

This is a souvenir version of The Beast with 5 Fingers (1946). The original feature has been edited down to 4 min.

Housing Annotations

Standard 8mm, the Beast With 5 Fingers. SpookyHooky Thrillers and Chillers

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original format: 8mm film, Duration: 4 min.

Empty film box

Box: 19 (Material Type: film)

Language of Materials

English.

Housing Annotations

Pennsylvania -cocktails after Dove shoot, 10. Chrome Movie Film. 31091, 903.

Annotated Film Containers, 1975-1990, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Original film containers that held 8mm and Super8mm films shot by Nelson Sullivan (see cuids 6924-6982). Handwritten annotations are found on many of the containers.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The films have been digitized, rehoused, and stored separately for conservation reasons. See cuid6924-cuid6982 for details about the content.

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