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
Aerial footage of freeways near downtown Los Angeles, 1968: 1) 0:00-1:00: along Interstate 110 (Arroyo Seco Parkway, then Harbor Freeway) south from Elysian Reservoir to Coronel Street 2) 1:01-1:54: along US Route 101 (Santa Ana Freeway, then Hollywood Freeway) west from North Hill Street to North Edgeware Road 3) 1:55-2:22: along US Route 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) east then south from North Vignes Street to East 3rd Street 4) 2:23-3:28: along US Route 101 (Santa Ana Freeway, then Hollywood Freeway) west from the Los Angeles River to North Bunker Hill Avenue 5) 3:29-3:24 from the Los Angeles River near downtown Los Angeles 6) 3:35-4:20: along Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) south from West 4th Street to West 18th Street 7) 4:21-6:23: along Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway, later Arroyo Seco Parkway) north from West 12th Place to tunnel 8) 6:24-7:01: from the University of Southern California (Bovard Administration Building), to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 9) 7:02-7:12: along South Figueroa Street north from West 32nd Street to West 27th Street 10) 7:13-8:03: along Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) north from South Figueroa Street to West Olympic Boulevard 11) 8:04-8:40: along Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) north from West Olympic Boulevard to West 3rd Street 12) 8:41-8:54: along North Figueroa Street north from West 1st Street sweeping east across downtown Los Angeles and back to Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) 13) 8:55-9:18: the panorama from above Elysian Park looking southwest down Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) across downtown Los Angeles including City Hall and US Route 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) 14) 9:19-10:11: various parking lots in downtown Los Angeles 15) 10:12-10:17: unidentified swimming pool 16) 10:18-10:26: North Alameda Street near the Post Office Terminal Annex 17) 10:27-10:51: along Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) north from West 1st Street to US Route 101 (Hollywood Freeway) 18) 10:52-11:18: Los Angeles Police helicopter in flight 19) 11:19-12:01: along US Route 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) east from Center Street to North Soto Street 20) 12:02-12:13: Los Angeles Police helicoper taking off and in flight showing camera 21) 12:14-12:18: unidentified freeway 22) 12:19-12:26: along US Route 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) east from North Myers Street to North Alameda Street near Union Station 23) 12:27-12:33: Los Angeles Police helicopter roter slowly rotating 24) 12:34-: the panorama from above Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) looking east and south across downtown Los Angeles.
Type
moving image
Format
1 film reel (12:56): silent, color 16mm, double perforation documentary films video/mp4
34.073999,-118.233557 34.057419,-118.242850 34.053565,-118.232939 34.053026,-118.228717 34.023551,-118.278999 34.030512,-118.274542 34.046624,-118.268580 34.057747,-118.251980 34.058711,-118.236976 34.058704,-118.253360 34.053581,-118.231413 34.051324,-118.223516 California Los Angeles Los Angeles area freeways Los Angeles River US Route 101 Interstate 110 Arroyo Seco Parkway Harbor Freeway Hollywood Freeway Santa Ana Freeway Figueroa Street USA
Source
Los Angeles City Archives [Contributing entity] disk 1944722; 2398; original filename Freeway_Copter_2398 [Identifier]
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