LEADER 00000ngmaa2200397Ka 4500 001 608702853 003 OCoLC 005 20100423103724.0 007 mr caaadmnarauuac|||||| 008 100423s1980 xxu002 mleng 035 (PFA-FILM)19409 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 245 00 [Unit training film #1--excerpts, Section A, The family unit]|h[motion picture] /|cby Scott Ryser 257 United States 260 United States :|b[s.n.],|c[1980]. 300 1 reel of 1 (2 min.) (48 ft.) :|bopt sd., col. ;|c16 mm. |3print. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only.|5CBPF. 508 Music performed and written by the San Francisco Units ; synthezier, vocals, Rachel Webber ; synthesizer, rhodes, vocals, Scott Ryser ; drums, vocals, Brad Saunders. 520 "The Units were one of America's first electronic new wave bands, they are widely cited (along with The Screamers from L.A.) as pioneers of a genre now known as synthpunk. The Unit Training Film #1, produced by Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber in 1980, was compiled from films that the band projected during their live performances. The films were satirical, instructional films critical of conformity and consumerism, compiled from found footage, home movies, and obsolete instructional shorts. In 1979 and 1980, Rick Prelinger was a frequent contributor and occasional projectionist at the band's live performances in San Francisco. The film was also shown sans band in movie theaters around the San Francisco Bay Area including the Roxie Cinema, Cinematheque, Intersection Theater and the Mill Valley Film Festival. There was never a set length or definitive 'finished version' of the original Unit Training Film. Just the current version. The film varied in length from about 10 to 45 minutes, depending on how long the Units set was on any particular night. Clips were constantly being added and others were deleted and discarded once their condition became too poor to project any longer. The film was constantly breaking, and the projectionists always kept a roll of Scotch Tape nearby for timely repairs. A version of this film can be viewed online at: http://www.archive.org/details/ Unit_Training_Film_1. This excerpt consists of home movies with the Units playing in the background. 590 PFA 1604-01-14146. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/ 10/07 Good, incomplete? CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010 /04/21 Same. 650 0 Punk rock music|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 655 7 Home movies and video.|2mim 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent works.|2mim 655 7 Music.|2mim 655 7 Home movies.|2mim 700 1 Ryser, Scott,|edirection,|emusic. 710 2 Units (Musical group) 941 0 PFA 1604-01-14146. PFA collection acquisition D0370 2008/ 06/04 946 PFA 1604-01-14146. Record created 2010/04/21 by sw. 956 pfsw 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 C0|bCUY