Motion Pictures Late 40's Movie of Hollywood

A buddy sent me this 6 minute silent clip taken out the back of a car treveling in Hollywood in the late 1940's.

Pay attention at 1:49 and 3:21

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/09/post_303.php

Dennis

 

i saw roadster.

 

The roadster is cool, but how about the Shell Gas station !

 

That was cool. Not a single ****wagon import in the bunch...

 

At 3:21 I saw a Model A roadster parked by the right curb with wide whites

 

Very cool..I like watching street scenes in old movies,seeing a lot of stuff that predates the 20th century,most long gone now. Saw the "Rent a Car for 2.50 per day" sign.
Thanks for posting

 

You can download that and a lot of other movies at the Internet Archive -

http://www.archive.org/details/ADriveThroughBunkerHillAndDowntownLosAngelesCa.1940s

Use the search feature to locate old hot rod movies as well as a lot ot feature films.



Mutt

 

"Paint any car $32.00"

 

at least 49 I saw a chevy truck. I love the Pakard cab wanting to run the lincon. very cool shots looked to be upper LA.

 

too damn cool

 

That is really a neat video.

 

Very Cool ! A second or two after the roadster, there is a sedan delivery in a lot...Chevy ???

 

Great stuff! Thanks for posting.

Did anyone else notice that out of all those cars maybe only a dozen, more or less, had whitewalls?

 

This has been posted several times but it's still cool.

If you look to the right of the roadster at 1:49 as it tops the hill, you can just catch a glimpse of what the guys in the car are looking at on the side of the street, another roadster.

 

Uber cool, the rumble seat hot rod is great as are all the other goodies already pointed out. Such a seemingly innocent time. Thanx, loved it. ~sololobo~

 

Oh and who would get a prescription filled at the " Angels Flight Pharmacy "

 

aside from getting car sick ....I loved it...

 

Did anyone else notice that out of all those cars maybe only a dozen, more or less, had whitewalls?[/QUOTE]


Most family cars back then didn't have them because whitewalls cost more and were harder to keep clean. But the really nice cars did have them. We had a 48 Roadmaster convertible from 48-53 and my Dad always had WWW on it. Most of the cars in that video were pretty plain Jane, but the hot rods were cool.

$32.50 paint any car...........love it!!

Don

 

That's what's great about having lots of people watch the same thing - someone else catches something you missed. That looks like a real low Model A (front tire just clears the front fender) roadster hot rod...

 

Ok, so noone on the HAMB came up with the location so I used the power of the Internet to find this blog that actually figured out the exact route taked by the movie maker:

http://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/stan-ollie-and-harold-a-drive-through-bunker-hill/

"The stock footage was intended to be projected behind actors filming a traveling car scene within an indoor studio, but apparently was never used. The footage not only provides a wonderful glimpse of post-WWII Bunker Hill, now lost to civic redevelopment, but illuminates Los Angeles during the silent film era as well."

 

When I invent my time machine, I'll sit in that parked roadster and wave. Watch for it.

 

Too cool!!!!! Man thats so great to watch.

 

Never mind just at 1:49 and 3:21, I loved seeing pretty much every car that p***ed by. But that roadster at 1:49 was pretty cool to see, just a bunch of guys out cruising around.

Thanks for posting!

 

Here's a link to this video on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlxAAty9p7k&feature=fvst

This seems to play better....At least on my pokey old computer. Plus it has some music to go along with the video.
Now I just have to figure out how to download and save it.