This is silent footage shot in 16mm Kodachrome in the Los Angeles area in January of 1954. These are outtakes and trims and are great “stock footage“ shots of Los Angeles in the early 1950s. The completed production is entitled “This is Los Angeles: Your Blue Chip Market“, a film made to promote Los Angeles for the (now extinct) Los Angeles Herald-Express newspaper. The completed short is available on Youtube at: -Edison Power Plant -People walking across street -- downtown LA -- cop wearing white gloves directing traffic. -close ups of people walking across street -- Carnation building -Medium long shot -- traffic on freeway -People crossing street downtown -- cop directing pedestrians -Freeway -- grass and sprinkler -Max Factor's shot -long shot of LA -- city in valley -Parking lot -May Company -- cars in lot -Construction shots -- crane with shovel scooping dirt for foundation -Lever Bros. -Kaiser
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