Los Angeles "City of Destiny"

Duration: 31

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Standard of California presents ; a Rodney Gilliam production.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Gilliam, Rodney.; Standard Oil Company of California.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Car through desert towards mountain ranges. Scenics: palms, orchards, vineyards. Spanish style buildings. Beaches, housing. Los Angeles stockshots: street scenes, buildings. Roads and traffic. L.A. civic center: City Hall, Hall of Justice, Federal building, County General Hospital. Hotels and apartments. Modern architecture. Public library. Old Town: street market, local working with wrought iron. Hispanic man playing harp. Girl doing Spanish dancing, flamenco. Spanish fiesta: xylophone and guitars provide music. Old Plaza Church: fountains, High Sierra mountains, aqueduct system, waterways and canals. Pipeline through desert, reservoirs. Suburban housing and gardens, mansions. More suburbs and flowers. Eucalyptus tree, bougainvillaea, jacaranda tree, poinsettias. Highways and road network around Los Angeles, traffic, cars. Wilshire boulevard, travelling shot. UCLA: students on campus. University of Southern California. Football match between UCLA and USC: crowds in stadium, opening ceremony. Hollywood: pan across city. Cross roads at Hollywood and Vine: traffic. Sunset and Vine: NBC studios. Grauman's Chinese Theater. Paving stones with hand prints, walk of fame. 20th Century Fox studios. RKO studios and behind scenes filming of Baltimore Escapade; [Adventure in Baltimore]. Director Richard Wallace signals for take, actors waiting, scene being filmed, camera on tracks filming Shirley Temple. Producer Richard Berger and Shirley Temple discuss next scene. Sound man on lot. Camera crane. Steam train into shot. Star Robert Young into shot. Shirley Temple having make-up applied. Various shots movie being shot. Night shots Hollywood, Paramount movie theater. Lobby of cinema during premiere. Santa Claus Lane. Sunrise over Hollywood bowl: girls blowing trumpets, children's choir at Hollywood bowl for Easter. San Fernando Valley: studios, golf courses, houses. Hydro electric power: Hoover dam, electricity pylons. Industry and factories. Car production, steel foundry, lathe cutting steel. Oil derricks. Aircraft and tarmac. Workers leaving factories. Harbor, port areas. Ships in dock. Yacht harbour: shots from boat of palatial launch, smaller boats and industrial tankers. Docks: unloading and loading freight. Ocean liner pulling out from dock. Car park for farmers market. Food and produce on sale. Visitors at tables on outdoor patios. Los Angeles park: boating. Pershing Square: crowds watching soap box orators. Griffith Park: families having picnics and relaxing on grass. Children playing. Outdoor festival,; venture in Baltimore]. Director Richard Wallace signals for take, actors waiting, scene being filmed, camera on tracks filming Shirley Temple. Producer Richard Berger and Shirley Temple discuss next scene. Sound man on lot. Camera crane. Steam train into shot. Star Robert Young into shot. Shirley Temple having make-up applied. Various shots movie being shot. Night shots Hollywood, Paramount movie theater. Lobby of cinema during premiere. Santa Claus Lane. Sunrise over Hollywood bowl: girls blowing trumpets, children's choir at Hollywood bowl for Easter. San Fernando V; PFA 1612-37-3015. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: April 23, 2004 scratched, good color.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE