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Title
Wanted by the LAPD, 1959
Creator
Los Angeles Police Department
Contributor
Film and Video Unit
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Publication Information
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles, California, USA
University of Southern California
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles City Archives, 1836-1872
Rights Information
C. Erwin Piper Technical Center, 555 Ramirez Street, Space 320, Los Angeles, California 90012, USA
City of Los Angeles. City Archives and Records Center
http://clerk.lacity.org/city-archives-and-records-center
michael.holland@lacity.org
public domain; released under license Creative Commons CC0 "no rights reserved"; please credit "University of Southern California Digital Library
Description
Wanted by the Los Angeles Police Department, a film demonstrating various functions of police work. Includes aerial views of Los Angeles (downtown (City Hall, Parker Center, etc.), Hollywood, UCLA, the coast, port, Memorial Colliseum, USC, freeways, and other areas), ballistics, forensics, motorcycle traffic policing (Pacific Coast Highway), airport passenger detention, police helicopter surveillance, lost child at Griffith Park Observatory, Police Academy training, new housing development, outdoor vacationing, and Los Angeles City Hall. Originally with sound, this version silent.
Type
moving image
Format
1 film reel (15:13): sound, color
16mm, single perforation, optical
documentary films
video/mp4
Identifier
laarc-lapd4-2398-2ch.mp4
http://doi.org/10.25549/laarc-c88-1436
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/laarc-lapd4-2398-2ch.jpg
Subject
Recruiting film for Los Angeles Police Department
Time Period
1959
Place
200 North Spring Street
150 North Los Angeles Street
340 Royce Drive
3911 South Figueroa Street
3551 Trousdale Parkway
Pacific Coast Highway
2800 East Observatory Road
1880 Academy Drive
34.053697,-118.242782
34.052432,-118.241520
34.072824,-118.442172
34.014050,-118.287840
33.7345638,-118.2690218
34.020915,-118.285432
34.118434,-118.300398
34.082141,-118.241614
California
Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Hall
Parker Center
University of California Los Angeles
UCLA
Port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Colliseum
University of Southern California
USC
Griffith Park Observatory
Los Angeles Police Academy
Los Angeles
USA
Source
Los Angeles City Archives [Contributing entity]
disk 1913744; original filename WantedbytheLAPD; original filename LAPD4_WANTED_BY_LAPD_AVI_2398_2CH [Identifier]
Relation
Los Angeles City Archives
Los Angeles Police Department

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