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
An overview of the training and duties of a foot patrolman, assigned to Central Division, 324 West 1st Street, downtown Los Angeles, California, ca. 1947-1950. Included are aerial views of downtown Los Angeles including City Hall (200 North Los Angeles Street), Union Station (800 North Alameda Street), and Los Angeles Police Academy (1880 Academy Drive), also the airport, the Port of Los Angeles, and Memorial Colliseum. Enactments take place at a gas station (2604 West Beverly Boulevard), Stubergh's Mannequins (3680 Beverly Boulevard), intersection (400 Savoy Street), call box (500 South Los Angeles Street), Burbank Theatre (337 South Main Street), intersection (100 East 5th Street), MacArthur Park (2230 West 6th Street), Camp Valcrest (Angeles National Forest HC01, Pearblossom), and the YMCA (401 South Hope Street), Fire Station 23 (225 E 5th Street seen at around 11:30), Bank of America (6301 N Figueroa Street seen at around 18:30).
Type
moving image
Format
1 film reel (25:10): sound, b&w 16mm, optical documentary films video/mp4
324 West 1st Street 200 North Main Street 800 North Alameda Street 425 South Palos Verdes Street 3911 South Figueroa Street 1880 Academy Drive 2604 West Beverly Boulevard 3680 Beverly Boulevard 400 Savoy Street 500 South Los Angeles Street 337 South Main Street 100 East 5th Street 2230 West 6th Street Angeles National Forest HC01 401 South Hope Street 225 East 5th Street 6301 North Figueroa Street 34.053727,-118.245963 34.053856,-118.243108 34.056212,-118.236542 33.745128,-118.271095 34.014050,-118.287840 34.082141,-118.241614 34.069493,-118.277053 34.076196,-118.288711 34.069585,-118.232466 34.045349,-118.246821 34.048890,-118.246700 34.046558,-118.248508 34.058120,-118.276846 34.343880,-117.978649 34.052028,-118.254135 California Los Angeles Police Department. Central Division Los Angeles City Hall Union Station Port of Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Colliseum Los Angeles Police Academy Stubergh's Mannequins Burbank Theatre MacArthur Park Camp Valcrest YMCA Los Angeles San Pedro Pearblossom USA
Source
Los Angeles City Archives [Contributing entity] disk 1938194; original filename LAPD_FILM_FOOT_PATROL.avi; original filename FootPatrol.mp4 [Identifier]
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