This Is the City
This Is the City is a short film from ca. 1958 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
VS downtown Los Angeles.
Pan overlooking downtown LA on smoggy (overcast) day, panning from gas tanks over industrial district east of Civic Center to Los Angeles City Hall. Shot of railroad yards in foreground, LA City Hall in background Pan left from Civic Center to City Hall Static shot, City Hall with Little Tokyo neighborhood in foreground Underexposed shot of Hollywood looking toward Hollywood Hills and Hollywood sign Underexposed pan over Hollywood Underexposed VS of Los Feliz or LaBrea area VS Houses, probably in Beverly Hills (good 1950s upper-middle-class and upper-class houses) Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, camera positioned in grassy median with traffic on either side View down sloping street, possibly LaBrea, from north to south Hollywood Freeway, medium traffic, seen from overhead bridge Classic shot showing Hollywood Freeway with LA County Hall of Records, old Criminal Courts Building and City Hall in background street-level shot of busy street, probably Wilshire Boulevard, traffic driving by camera pan up from street to show traffic light with speaker or air raid siren mounted on top, palm trees in background
brief shot people walking, torsos and feet only, no faces| This Is the City | |
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| Produced by | Vlack Productions |
Production company | Vlack Productions |
| Distributed by | Vlack Productions |
Release date | ca. 1958 |
| Language | English |
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