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
Board of Public Utilities traffic films (4) of downtown Los Angeles showing automobiles, streetcars and pedestrians, 1946 May. Some of the notable locations include: Loew's State Theatre (703 South Broadway), Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre (401 West 7th Street), RKO Hillstreet Theatre (801 South Hill Street), Pershing Square (532 South Olive Street), Silverwood's (556 South Broadway), Bullocks (639 South Broadway). 1. 0:00-2:56 (May 17): South Broadway, West 7th Street, South Hill Street 2 (May 17). 2:57-5:45: West 5th Street, South Hill Street, South Spring Street, South Broadway 3 (May 17). 5:48-8:33: South Broadway, West 6th Street, West 8th Street 4 (May 17-18 & June 28 at 4:30 pm (South Broadway). 8:41-11:22: South Broadway, West 7th Street, South Hill Street, South Main Street.
Type
moving image
Format
1 film reel (11:36): silent, b&w 16mm, double perforation documentary films video/mp4
34.045161,-118.253696 34.046152,-118.254516 34.044496,-118.256148 34.048329,-118.253084 34.046728,-118.251779 34.045774,-118.253118 California Loew's State Theatre Warner Brother Downtown Theatre RKO Hillstreet Theatre Pershing Square Silverwood's Bullocks Los Angeles South Broadway West 7th Street South Hill Street West 5th Street South Spring Street West 6th Street West 8th Street South Main Street 703 South Broadway 401 West 7th Street 801 South Hill Street 532 South Olive Street 556 South Broadway 639 South Broadway USA
Source
Los Angeles City Archives [Contributing entity] disk 1938194; original filename BOARD_OF_PUBLIC_UTILITIES_AND_TRANSPORTATION_1946_TRAFFIC_FILMS_MOS.avi; original filename BoardofPublicUtilitiesTrafficFilm#11946.mp4 [Identifier]
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