HOME MOVIES: 1978 SUNSET BLVD.

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1978

Format: 16mm

Description: This raw, silent footage shows scenes from Hollywood Blvd. and the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California circa 1978. The film begins with shots of a drunk man near a Bob's Big Boy. (Apparently this location was in Hollywood -- it's not clear.) At :45 are shots of a parked Ford Mustang. At 1:18 are shots of Sunset Blvd. near the Palladium. A brown Lincoln Continental is shown driving in traffic. At 1:48 a brown GMC transit bus maneuvers on Sunset. At 2:21, two women walk down Sunset. At 4:18, nighttime shots of the famed Tower Records building on Sunset, with signs advertising the Bee Gees' Sgt. Peppers album as well as Grape's Live album.

Complete Record: This raw, silent footage shows scenes from Hollywood Blvd. and the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California circa 1978. The film begins with shots of a drunk man near a Bob's Big Boy. (Apparently this location was in Hollywood -- it's not clear.) At :45 are shots of a parked Ford Mustang. At 1:18 are shots of Sunset Blvd. near the Palladium. A brown Lincoln Continental is shown driving in traffic. At 1:48 a brown GMC transit bus maneuvers on Sunset. At 2:21, two women walk down Sunset. At 4:18, nighttime shots of the famed Tower Records building on Sunset, with signs advertising the Bee Gees' Sgt. Peppers album as well as Grape's Live album.