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Request materials using ID numbers, for example ID#:
sua_morris_fe_071 |
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No. 1: Inflatables (1971); Our Boys in Vietnam (1971); State Dinner (1975); At This Point in Time (1972) 1971; 1972; 1975
(16mm film; running time 46:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_071)
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Copies of four films spliced together on one reel. The third film contains fragments from the "Patriotic Symphony in Three
Movements" film. Magnetic tape sua_morris_fe_072 contains the sound recording for the film reel.
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No. 1: Inflatables (1971); Our Boys in Vietnam (1971); State Dinner (1975); At This Point in Time (1972) 1971; 1972; 1975
- tape with audio recordings refers to film reel sua_morris_fe_071
(1/4 inch audio tape; running time 34:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_072)
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No. 1: Phyllis 1967
(16mm film; running time 14:40)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_001)
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Woman in tiger leather coat and helmet on her head walks under the construction of Interstate 81, later she switches sites:
she goes to car repair shops, streets, parking garages, parks. Her face never shows. Along the film it looks like someone
follows her. A man appears three times and at the end he walks towards the woman, takes the helmet from her and walks away.
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No. 2: Black Lite 1968
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_002)
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Visualization of objects and different colors of light. The film starts with man's hands on dark light, then shows man's face,
shadows, scary masks, some unidentified objects.
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No. 3: Painted Film #1, Original 1968
- abstract animation; print created from handmade scratch film sua_morris_fe_004
(16mm film; running time 7:22)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_003)
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No. 3: Painted Film #1, Original 1968
- handmade scratch film; abstract animation
(16mm film; running time 7:22)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_004)
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No. 4: Green Oscilloscope Figures, Copy #1 1971
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_007
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_008)
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No. 4: Green Oscilloscope Figures, Copy #2 1971
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_007
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_009)
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No. 4: Green Oscilloscope Figures, Original 1971
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_007)
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Green color figures on black background. The film is most likely screened simultaneously with music piece during multimedia
performance.
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No. 5: Color Oscilloscope Figures, Original 1971
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_010)
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Different color figures on black background. The film is most likely screened simultaneously with music piece during multimedia
performance.
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No. 5: Colored Oscilloscope Figures, Copy 1 1971
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_010
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_011)
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No. 6: Dot Film #1 1971
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_012)
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Dots with irregular forms shaped from liquid splashes on a black background. |
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No. 6: Dot Film #2
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_014)
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Dots with irregular forms shaped from liquid splashes on a black background. |
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[No. 6]: Dot Film #1
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_013)
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Dots with irregular forms shaped from liquid splashes on a black background. |
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No. 7: Filmscope #1 1971
(16mm film; running time 25:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_015)
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Black and white film showing various musicians individually performing instruments. |
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No. 7: Filmscope #2 1971
(16mm film; running time 25:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_016)
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Black and white film showing various musicians individually performing instruments. |
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No. 7: Filmscope #3 1971
(16mm film; running time 25:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_017)
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Black and white film showing various musicians individually performing instruments. |
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No. 8: Our Boys in Vietnam 1971; 2/21/1973
(16mm film; running time 10:55)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_018)
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Face-masks animation on various backgrounds. Images of clowns masks, animals masks, skulls, etc. |
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No. 9: Oscilloscope Figures 1971
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_019)
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No. 9: Oscilloscope Figures, Video Film, Copy #1 [MISSING] 1971
(; running time 15:20)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_020)
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No. 10: Inflatables [copy] 1971
(16mm film; running time 6:30)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_021)
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Film shows images of inflatable toys, promotional materials, face-masks, comics super heroes, American flags, flower, butterflies,
stained glass lamps, etc.
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No. 11: The Melting Sundae, Original 10/22/1970; 1972
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_022)
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Films shows ice cream sundae on a dark background, melting over a table. |
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[No. 11]: Melting Sundae, Copy
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_022
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_023)
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No. 12: At This Point in Time 1972
(16mm film; running time 11:50)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_024)
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[Audio] Tape for this film starts with a voice saying: "Ladies and Gentleman, The President of the United States. The first
film image should start immediately after this voice finishes". Images of President Ronald Reagan appear during the film.
The film finishes with a bloody silhouette of a human head.
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No. 13: Toys - Lights Kinescope, Copy #2 1972
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_025
(16mm film; running time 16:25)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_027)
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No. 13: Toys - Lights, Copy #1 1972
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_025
(16mm film; running time 16:15)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_026)
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No. 13: Toys - Lights, Original 10-02-1972
(16mm film; running time 16:25)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_025)
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No. 14: Fun in the Studio 1973
(16mm film; running time 12:50)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_028)
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No. 14: Fun in the Studio, Copy; No. 16: Slide Film Collage, copy 1973
- two abstract films spliced together on one reel
(16mm film; running time 26:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_060)
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No. 15: Oscillo Kinescope, Copy 1973
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_029)
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No. 16: Slide Film Collage 1973
(16mm film; running time 13:10)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_030)
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No. 17: Saturday Morning on Television [copy] 1973
(16mm film; running time 10:35)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_031)
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Fragments of various cartoons, TV programs for children and adults, excerpts of the movie "Planet of the Apes", Crime Prevention
Week ad appears at the end of the film.
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No. 18: Color TV Roll
- excerpts of TV shows
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_033)
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No. 18: TV Roll
- excerpts of TV shows; film begins with actor John Wayne
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_034)
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No. 18: TV Roll #1 [copy] 1973
- excerpts of TV shows
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_032)
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No. 19: David and Dana [original] 2/21/1973; 1973
(16mm film; running time 22:50)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_035)
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Performance of a woman and a man. Visual effects run along with the film. |
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No. 19: David and Dana, Copy 1973
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_035
(16mm film; running time 22:50)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_036)
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Performance of a woman and a man. Visual effects run along with the film. |
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No. 20: Special Effects Generator, copy 1 (2)
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_039)
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No. 20: Special Effects Generator, copy 1 (2)
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_040)
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No. 20: Special Effects Generator, part 1 1974
(16mm film; running time 05:05)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_037)
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No. 20: Special Effects Generator, part 2
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_038)
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No. 21: A Woman's Dream [copy] 1975
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_041)
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The film shows a woman in different positions, later there are scenes of a naked woman observed by a man. Visual effects run
along with the film.
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No. 21: A Woman's Dream, Copy 1975
(16mm film; running time 15:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_042)
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The film shows a woman in different positions, later there are scenes of a naked woman observed by a man. Visual effects run
along with the film.
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No. 22: Six Variations on Aural and Visual Themes May 1975
(16mm film; running time 24:53)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_043)
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An abstract film with colorful visual effects. |
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No. 22: Six Variations on Aural and Visual Themes, Binghamton Film #2, Copy May 1975
(16mm film; running time 24:53)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_044)
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An abstract film with colorful visual effects. |
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No. 23: A Christmas Fantasy August 1975
(16mm film; running time 19:03)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_045)
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The film features Christmas ornaments, Christmas lights, stars, Santa Claus toys, socks, deer, children making a snowman,
other decorations shown through various visual effects.
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No. 23: A Christmas Fantasy, Copy July 1975
(16mm film; running time 19:03)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_046)
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The film features Christmas ornaments, Christmas lights, stars, Santa Claus toys, socks, deer, children making a snowman,
other decorations shown through various visual effects.
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No. 24: Patriotic Symphony in Three Movements, Copies 1975
- edited print from film sua_morris_fe_047; label lists three film fragments with timings: #1 - 10:07; #2 - 4:30; #3 - 9:10
(16mm film; running time 24:51)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_049)
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No. 24: Patriotic Symphony in Three Movements, Original July 1975
(16mm film; running time 10:07)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_047)
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A film with heavily historical content and alternating visual effects. Its beginning shows a plastic American flag with a
red target pointing at it. Other interesting segments in the film feature two men wearing face masks and one of them covers
himself up within a patriotic sack, fragment of the Pledge of Allegiance, small plastic babies laying on American flag-themed
paper plates on a table, a man pointing a gun at a cannon, the Confederate flag rotating with other variations of American
flags, inflatable patriotic toys and decorations, images of Uncle Sam, images of an 18th century looking woman sewing with
a needle, perhaps depicting Betsy Ross, newspaper clippings. The film ending is the same as its beginning.
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No. 25: Binghamton Film #1, Copy May 1975
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_050
(16mm film; running time 22:25)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_051)
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No. 25: Binghamton Film #1, Original May 1975
(16mm film; running time 22:25)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_050)
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An abstract film with colorful visual effects. |
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No. 26: Synapse: Syn-Os-Slide, Copy Jan 1976
- print created from film sua_morris_fe_052
(16mm film; running time 8:30)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_053)
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No. 26: Synapse: Syn-Os-Slide, Original Jan 1976
(16mm film; running time 8:30)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_052)
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An abstract film with colorful visual effects. It begins a red press button and ends with Frank E. Morris smiling from an
opening in a covered with mechanical switches and gadgets wall.
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No. 27: Moments in an Ordinary Life 1977
(16mm film; running time 13:15)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_054)
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Film with visual effects shows a silhouette of a woman who is doing various activities: drying her hair, drinking from a cup,
reading a book. The film ends with a face mask.
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No. 27: Moments in an Ordinary Life, Copy; No. 28: Wordless Drama #1 [The Guiding Light], Copy 1977
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_061)
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Two films spliced on one reel. Note on label reads: "1. This is first longer version which will not fit musical score. 2.
This has break until which must be replace before running". The first film, with various visual effects, shows a silhouette
of a woman who is doing various activities: exercising, drying her hair, drinking from a cup, reading a book. Towards the
end, it contains nude scenes of female and male performers. It ends with a face mask. The second film has various visual effects.
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No. 28: Wordless drama #1 (The Guiding Light) 1977
(16mm film; running time 9:08)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_055)
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The film shows excerpts from the movie "Guiding Light" while special lighting focuses over actor's faces, eyes, mouths. |
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No. 29: Red Bird, Original 1969
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_056)
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Film with different background lighting shows a red parrot, most likely it is Chattering Lory. The bird is in a cage, interacting
with red and yellow wool pom pom, seeds, green leaf, a small American flag.
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No. 30: Bird Variations 1977
(16mm film; running time 11:14)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_057)
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Film with various visual effects shows a red parrot, most likely a Chattering Lory in a cage, interacting with different objects. |
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No. 30: Oscilloscope Figures, Copy; No. 31: Wordless Drama # 2 [As the World Turns], Copy 1971; 1977
- two abstract films spliced on one reel
(16mm film; running time 26:26)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_062)
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No. 31: Wordless Drama #2 (As the World Turns) 1977
(16mm film; running time 11:26)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_058)
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The film with special visual effects shows excerpts from the TV show "As the World Turns". |
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[Unnumbered]: Barry's Film, part #2
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_063)
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The film shows a man, most likely Franklin Morris, working in a production studio and playing on keyboards. |
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[Unnumbered]: Bird Variations (Backwards)
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_059)
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Film with various visual effects shows a red parrot, most likely a Chattering Lory in a cage, interacting with different objects. |
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[Unnumbered]: Black Leader and Student Scene Jan 1974
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_067)
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Franklin Morris and students are having a conversation in a production studio. |
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[Unnumbered]: Fire Film (usable)
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_064)
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The film beginning with a person holding a note in front of his face that reads: "Subject: Field test of Additives to increase
the viscosity of water." The film continues with firefighters adding something from buckets into a fire truck tank. Later
there is fire training with real fire. In the middle, the film is spliced backwards.
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[Unnumbered]: Kravitz Animation 1966
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_069)
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Greek-style body sketches in a story animation. Words appear between scenes: Fleisch; Suddenly; go!; new arrivals; end. |
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[Unnumbered]: One Minute Film for "New After This Message"
- composition of five pictures
(16mm film; running time 01:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_068)
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[Unnumbered]: Painted Film #2, Copy 1968
- abstract animation; print created from handmade scratch film sua_morris_fe_005
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_006)
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[Unnumbered]: Painted Film #2, Original 1967
- handmade scratch film; abstract animation
(16mm film; running time 10:00)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_005)
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[Unnumbered]: Patriotic and Christmas Films Synapse, Originals Jan 1975
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_048)
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Two underexposed films spliced together on one reel. The first film has fragments from the Christmas film and ends with images
of Franklin E. Morris smiling from an opening in a covered with mechanical switches and gadgets wall. The second film has
fragments from the Patriotic Symphony in Three Movements film.
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[Unnumbered]: Pevera Film Organ
- man playing an organ
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_066)
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[Unnumbered]: Road Movie
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_065)
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Road trip with a view from inside a car. The trip starts from E. Colvin St. in Syracuse towards I-81 North and continues on
I-690 East. Snow is visible on roadsides.
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[Unnumbered]: Video Manipulated Commercials 1977
- excerpts from various commercials with visual effects
(16mm film)
(ID#: sua_morris_fe_070)
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