Just some stock footage of Bunker Hill from the 1940s:
http://www.archive.org/details/ADriveThroughBunkerHillAndDowntownLosAngelesCa.1940s
Thought it might be of interest.
Regards,
Richard
Thanks so much, this is great!
Ted
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This is a real treasure. As most will know, I am sure, the footage starts
on Second Street above the tunnel looking East out of the back of the car.
The car then goes up the hill and turns on Grand (nice view of the Melrose
and Richelieu) going South past 3rd and 4th Streets, then down the hill to
5th Street. The next sequence traces the same route but the camera looks to
the right giving good views of all the buildings on that side of the street
including wonderful views of among other things the Angels Flight Pharmacy,
Capital Apts., Biltmore Apts., the Biltmore Theater and Hotel as well as the
Library as it was before the renovation and addition. Later the car starts
on Flower near 5th going north and finally turns on 1st Street. Too bad the
makers of LA Noire didn't have references like this to work from.
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I was living on South Bunker Hill Ave. in the late 1940's when this footage
was shot. Since Richard posted it, I have viewed these sequences several
times and will continue to do so. In trying to date the film, I have focused
on the automobiles. Most of them are of pre-
War vintage. However, I have identified five of the automobiles seen and
dated them to 1947-49. As the camera car goes south between 2nd and 3rd
Streets, it passes the Frontenac Apts. Just as it does, a Studebaker
Champion Starlight Coupe passes going north on the right. As the camera car
passes 3rd Street, there is another Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe
parked near the southeast corner of 3rd and Grand next to the Angels Flight
Pharmacy. Another one is seen in the final sequence on Flower, again
passing on the right going south. Studebaker introduced this distinctive
body style in 1947 and continued it pretty much unchanged with the 1948 and
1949 models. Notice that the tail lights are horizontal. The 1950 model
was very similar, but its tail lights were vertical. Also at the beginning
of the Flower sequence there is a 1948 Buick Roadmaster convertible
following the camera car going north. Finally, also in the Flower sequence,
there is a 1947 Pontiac Torpedo Streamliner, glorious in its two-toned paint
job, going south on the right side of the road. Again, the tail lights
distinguish it as a 1947, not 1948 model. We had one of these when we lived
on Bunker Hill at this time. Maybe it is us driving by. There do not
appear to be any 1950 or later models. That's all for now, more video
sleuthing to do.
Gordon Pattison
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Even though my computer refuses to get beyond the first 9 seconds of the video (which is like waving a hot dog just out of reach of a starving person), I am really enjoying all the postings from folks lucky enough to have memories of old Bunker Hill. Leslie Caldera --- On Wed, 9/7/11, Gordon Pattison <gpat...@pattisoninstitute.com> wrote: |
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On 7 Sep 2011, at 21:17, Gordon Pattison wrote:
> Finally, also in the Flower sequence, there is a 1947 Pontiac Torpedo
> Streamliner, glorious in its two-toned paint job, going south on the
> right
> side of the road. We had one of these when we lived on Bunker Hill at
Richard