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Thank goodness for rear projection films, we would not have these gems otherwise.

Some damn steep hills (what appear to be 45 degree angles), especially the start. Those hills would strain a modern day clutch, I don't know how old school clutches did it ? Low gearing ? Good drivers ?

If this video was in color I would cry.

11 year old video, but I have to say: this looks so much better than those frankly atrocious "colorized" versions in which all the cars are purple (and then turn to khaki as they fade in the distance). Beyond that: this is the working-class neighborhood LA's corporate vultures were calling a "slum" in the 40s. The vultures wanted this primo real estate, pure and simple, lied about its true nature, and "cleared" it, evicting untold thousands.

So much nicer back then

The money grabbers have their way time and time again. Now we have our own brand of American terrorists amongst us, and they ain’t homeless.

All of those apartment buildings and homes were razed. That's a big reason why we have the homeless problem today. Cities used to have an abundance of cheap residential hotel rooms for rent, you could arrive in a city on a train, and have a cheap room to stay in that night. No applications, no credit check. The next day, you could find a job, start right away. And the room you were in was totally affordable. People ate at the many inexpensive cafeterias downtown. All of that affordable stuff is gone.

What happened with the background music I believe the original video used to have a backround classical music

I hear this in New Westminster, BC (Metro Vancouver), so it's on the west coast, too!

This footage is insane. Thank you.

Like this!

I liked it when the soundtrack was Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers. I wish I could find that one.

*SOLO PUEDO PENSAR EN JOHN FANTE* 😢😞😭😭😭😭😭😭

I see dead people

Many of you have wondered exactly when this film was made. I wondered too so I studied it carefully and decided it was made in December 1947. Below are my reasons for reaching this conclusion. It was only two years after World War II. Watching the video, I spotted five 1947 Studebakers, two 1948 Chevrolet trucks and three new 1948 Ford F-Series trucks in the whole video. I found a single Kaiser-Frazer product, a 1946 or 1947 Frazer. The other brand-new models from GM, Ford, Chrysler, Packard, Nash and Hudson are not seen at all in the video and the reason is that their new models had not come out yet (Except for Packard; their new cars began arriving in the summer of 1947. Unfortunately, no ’48 Packard is visible in the film). Likewise, I could not find any new-model Hudson or Nash. The Big Three’s new designs were not yet in showrooms, most arrived as ’49 models. The brand-new 1948 Cadillac and Oldsmobile 98 were the first two all-new designs that General Motors manufactured after the war’s end yet none are visible. These models sold well the instant they started arriving in dealerships in January 1948, one month after this video was shot. The brand-new, first-ever sedans Kaiser-Frazer manufactured were put together throughout 1946 - 1 of these cars is seen in the video (a Frazer) Studebaker began making new post-war bodies in summer 1946 - 5 are in video Packard had new bodies starting in summer 1947 - But none are visible in video Chevrolet Trucks had new bodies in summer 1947 - 2 are seen in video Ford F-Series trucks came out in November 1947 - 3 are in video (at U-Drive lot) Dodge B Series light trucks arrived sometime in 1947. 1 is seen near end of video New Hudson models came out in December 1947 - This was about the time video was made. None are seen in video, however The first GM newly designed models, the Cadillac and Oldsmobile 98, came out in January 1948 - They’re not seen in video Nash did not come out with new bodies until the 1949 model year - Of course, none are in the video Most vehicles seen in video were designed in 1938 or 1939 but, when the war started, manufacturers turned to the War Effort and car manufacturing stopped circa 1941 or 1942. After the war, the 1938-1940 designs were manufactured until a year or two after the war (Independants) or the 1949 model-year (GM, Ford and Chrysler). For those who like old cars, here are the exact times when every post-war model I found appears in the video: 0:53 - A 1941 Lincoln Zephyr begins following camera car. The taxi is a Packard Clipper, probably 1946 1:07 - 1947 Studebaker 1:17 - 1947 Studebaker (parked) 2:01 - 1947 Studebaker (parked) 2:16 - 1948 Chevrolet truck (black & white, in raised parking area) 3:20 - 1947 Studebaker - black car in building’s parking area 3:25 - 1948 Chevrolet pickup - black 4:04 - 1947 Studebaker (light color, hard to see behind a black Dodge) 4:06 - 3 brand-new 1948 F-Series Ford Trucks, a white panel next to wall, a dark stake body and a dark cube-style 4:10 - 1946/47 Frazer sedan, at right, seen from the rear. A 1947 Mercury sedan starts following camera car 4:30 - 1947 Studebaker - rear view, light color 4:48 - 1947 Chevrolet pickup at left 5:09 - Beneath Winton Building, car at extreme right could be a new model but I can’t see it well enough to decide. 5:15 - The strange-looking truck parked at left is a 1940 Dodge of the ‘cab over’ engine body style 5:58 - 1948-model year Dodge or Fargo panel truck - New post-war design just out at mid-1947 As this film was made 74 years ago, a baby born in 1947 would be 73 years-old in 2021, 10 year-olds would be 83, 20 year-olds would be 93 and so on. It’s probably a safe bet that all people aged 25 and over in the film have passed away, unfortunately, as they would all be about 100 years old at present. Downtown L.A. sure did not look very hilly to me when I drove in the city in 2002. I remember leaving Rodeo Drive and driving straight to the Downtown area. Mostly flat terrain from Beverly Hills to the skyscraper cluster, if I remember correctly and, if there were hills in the downtown section, I simply cannot remember them. Readers who want to identify a particular vehicle can tell me the exact time and I’ll do my best to help.

priceless..... yeah, you can see and almost breathe the smog, but the Victorians that ran block after block.... reminds me a bit of San Francisco...... and the cars..... wow.... thank you from Vermont

I remember riding through this area, going up by using Angel's Flight which was on 3rd Street back then. At the top there was a boxing gym. My Mom told me that at one time her parents lived on Bunker Hill, but I'm not sure exactly where that was. This video brings back many memories of when I was young.

Mom and I used to take the (Pacific Electric) red car into this area in the late '40s. I went to work there in 1963, just after so much of it had been bulldozed, and the then new Music Center was opened directly north of what is now the Disney Theater at First & Grand. Things had gotten =very= seedy from Hill west and south from Temple Street. The Pasadena-Harbor (710) Freeway was built just to the west. The old neighborhood had character, though. The "new" stuff (since the late '60s) seems so sterile, cookie cutter and artificial.

LA Noire lol

What the original song came with this vid?

Not homeless and trashy dirty people around. Druggies infestation..

Why would 23 people dislike this? Because it hasn't been colorized?

Amazing nostalgic footage.

I don't see any people living in tents !

Really enjoyed this video. Way way before my time, but I like looking at what was going on before I was born. I am fascinated by it all. Thank you for sharing this.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing video!!!!

What idiot urban planners ! Tearing the soul out of the city. Those glass concrete monstrums could just as easily have been places somewhere else. Same thing with thing with the 6. street bridge - no respect for history.

This is background process plate for the 1949 film "Shockproof": ruclips.net/video/M_KS0dSULKQ/видео.html Look into rear window: ruclips.net/video/M_KS0dSULKQ/видео.html

That’s some fucken good ass camera for the time

I made a video for my song using the Black and White original, but added a story too... ruclips.net/video/FmBv7FT2NPE/видео.html

最高!!!(in Janpanese) Best!!!

Yeah, but there was no Wi-Fi to log in on the internet.

Where are the twins??? Or the creepy extinguisher?

The classic film noir KISS ME DEADLY is set in Bunker Hill.

The Richfield Building at 5:07 is rather impressive. Too bad ARCO demolished the building to accommodate those ugly twin towers.

Well, I received mine today and it still doing the same thing, not flushing all the way

Just replace the fill valve

Just replace the fill valve

Low pitch hello

What was it about because I dont get it

Why it plays the tune in the traffic? It doesnt are any customers there... (In Swedish: varför spelar den melodin mitt i trafiken? Det finns ju inga kunder där!)

4:47 I know that’s the Ace Hotel (used to be Texaco building) but aside from this video I can’t find any photos of it with that tower on top...

*1948* All the answers are buried in the comments; wish RUclips did a better job of bringing those comments to the top. It appears to have been shot for rear projection in the film Shockproof ( www.imdb.com/title/tt0041871/mediaviewer/rm1986689024 shows the very starting frame in the back car window). Another user suggested more details were available in "Jim Dawson's 'Bunker Hill'." Amazing

Wow 5th and Flower, across from the library, looks unrecognizable. The city national plaza is there now. Unreal how beautiful this city was. No wonder this place got overcrowded.

What a shame LA city council ! 3.40,now John Fante Square (Grand and 5 th ) See "M",Joseph Losey ' s film in location on Bunker Hill,with the Alta Vista Hotel 255 South Bunker hill av the John Fante ' s hotel in "Ask the dust "and "Dreams from Bunker hill "

L.A Noire

I wonder if this was gonna be used as rear screen projection for some noir film set in L.A.

all the beauty is gone...

this fool is cheap

LA is such a beautiful city