A drive through 1940's Los Angeles!

YouTube ^ | 10-27-2015 | Internet Archive

[NRx]

Based on the cars, I am thinking late 40's. LA looks very different today. Most of the houses and buildings shown are long gone.

[NRx]

This was shot in color. It only looks B&W because of the smog.

[Deaf Smith]

Is it only a Karfornee thing to grill in the fireplacs?

See it in old movies and TV shows set in Los Angeles.

[central_va]

Late 1940’s

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[Dr. Sivana]

Is it only a Karfornee thing to grill in the fireplacs?

Brick outdoor grills are not California only. I grew up in Connecticut, and plenty of people had them. An old friend in Everett, WA has one in the backyard of his mid-century house. Lucy and Ethel tried to build one when they lived in CT.

[Cicero]

Yes, that was definitely the best segment.

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[BRL]

Rent a car ... 2.50 per day

[chrisinoc]

Looks like the film was shot in the Bunker Hill area, based on inclines and the position of City Hall in the background.

[Red Badger]

It had to be 1947 or later, near 1950. I saw a Studebaker, looked like a 51...............

[Deaf Smith]

Indoor fireplace.

The show Dragnet comes to mind. Have seen done in other TV shows

[yarddog]

I like to watch the old Perry Mason TV shows.

It shows a different California. Also a much better California.

[ASOC]

My wife is a fan of PM. We get a kick of the vast changes portrayed vice what is seen in society today - even tho the series was first screened in 1957.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Didn’t they pass Jed Clampett in the next lane?

[smokingfrog]

They still have the traffic signals where the stop and go signs pop-out from the side. At around 5:50 there is a billboard for the Hollywood Bowl, but I can’t quite make out the dates.

If the film maker had used a high resolution steadycam, we could probably read the date on the license plates. ;)

[RightGeek]

What, no low riders?

[PGR88]

My family is from rust-belt, snow-belt midwest.

My uncle was in California for part of WWII. He stayed, and married a girl whose family farm was in Anaheim/Huntington Beach area. My mom visited him and her sister-in-law several times in the 50’s and 60’s. She said she thought it was paradise on earth.

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