Old Los Angeles Footage

[kampala]

Was looking at some old Los Angeles footage from the 1970,s trying find a specific building in case it was in the shots on broadway and sixth.  It was not. 

However, to my surprise, there were TWO pagodas in the wild back in the day within this footage.  Did not expect this.

See at 1:30   Look at the merging cars.    And at 2:24 - can’t miss this one.

https://youtu.be/Alc5FQI76dM

[SEB]

Thank you for posting this interesting video. Looking at the big flow of cars on the LA streets, the Pagoda was already at that time an exquisite and unique car.

[Rothko]

Not to mention Le Sex Shoppe at 2:40.   25 Cent Movie Arcade - those were the days!

[Pawel66]

Encouraged by the post by Rothko I watched the clip.

Cool! Thank you for sharing!

[Leester]

Wow - brings back memories. I was stationed in the LA area in the Army in 1970-71 where I first saw enough W113s to want one. Took me 50 years but I'm almost there. Surprised there weren't more W108s and finnys but maybe wrong part of town. Thanks Kampala!  Lee

[mclewis]

In addition to the sex shops and pagodas, there were several E-Type Jaguars in the film.

[Pinder]

I only spotted one w113 but did spot 2 e type jags.

[Cees Klumper]

At 0.33 there is a Volkswagen 411, just like the one I just sold on BAT ...

Odd that both Pagodas had their hard-tops on. In sunny LA, where it almost never rains and it's mostly very comfortable.
Reminds me of how in Geneva, Paris, Amsterdam, even in winter time tons of commuters on motorcycles and scooters, through hail, wind, sleet and snow. While in LA - nobody, practically. Even though everyone complains about the traffic and then there's that perfect weather for riding a motorcycle. Just not done.

If you ignore the cars for a moment, the rest of the street scenes could be shot today, for the most part. The same storefront styles persist to this day, I bet some of the very same stores and office buildings are still there, unchanged from the seventies.

No SUVs back then, mostly sedans and coupes/convertibles, and the odd pickup.

[Jordan]

If you ignore the cars for a moment, the rest of the street scenes could be shot today, for the most part. The same storefront styles persist to this day, I bet some of the very same stores and office buildings are still there, unchanged from the seventies.

You'd have to remove the people as well.  Those hair styles give it away immediately.

And thanks for posting the link kampala.

[49er]

What a great video! Simpler times for sure. I was hoping that white Pagoda merging on the freeway might have, by chance,  be me but no over riders on mine. I drove mine every where those days. all over LA. Used to go to places on Sunset Blvd and just parked the car on side streets with no worries. Drivers were more “polite” too, Road Rage had not been invented yet. Ahhh. The good old days. Thanks Oz for posting this.

John

[BobH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTDJMO6hKAI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHqVpnFg0rY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1bMZlQbbvE

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=motorshow+1963&&view=detail&mid=E5ADDD2A3E1CB40341CEE5ADDD2A3E1CB40341CE&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dmotorshow%25201963%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dmotorshow%25201963%26sc%3D1-14%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D7A354D1CF4B84EFE951B22EDC0BB4293


I found these a while ago, a drive through London, two from USA and what i think was the unveiling of the 230SL in 1963

[Pinder]

the drive past Harrods brings back memories for me. I went to college at Imperial many years ago and this was my drive back home. I remember it well and being out of petrol (gas) on a few occasions and having to push my beat up old Capri 1600 GT to the next station. those were hard times.

[Pawel66]

I have 3 observations having briefly looked at the footage under links provided by BobH.

1. I think the cars form the 60s and 70s had to be a bit higher inside not necessarily to accommodate gentlemen's hats, but more to accommodate ladies hairdos.

2. Nice shots of the 230SL. The carpet and upholstery finish was not of quality a lot of us may think it was. This is, in fact, confirming what i noticed on quite a lot of vintage pictures. I think we are over-restoring our cars.

3. My first time to London was 1984 and I have a completely different picture of these streets in my memory. On the film from the 70s I see that you could, actually, drive through them and probably get somewhere...