Series II: Film

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".

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

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

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.

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

Footage of dark subway tunnel shot from moving train.

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Footage of a swinging lampshade.

Blurry footage of a street shot from an upstairs window.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Homemade "The End" title cards.

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".

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

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

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

Footage of a swinging lampshade.

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

Commercial copy of a pornographic film.

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.

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

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.