Pacific Electric Video

PERYHS’ Steve Crise and Alan K. Weeks are outstanding in the new KCET “Lost LA” episode featuring the Subway Terminal tunnel network still in existence. Trust us – watch [...]

Here’s a vintage promotional film by Ford Motor Company documenting Los Angeles in the 1920s. Lots of action and a great perspective into how wonderful Los Angeles was as a young city in [...]

Here’s an amazing training video produced probably by the Los Angeles Police Department traffic division, from 1946, showing downtown Los Angeles in the immediate postwar period. LATL PCCs, [...]

Here’s a neat animation created by Eriks Garsvo showing a modern-day view of the old Los Angeles River Pacific Electric bridge pilings, with a Then-and-Now animation re-creation.

Uncovered by Alan Fishel and sent to us by Ralph Cantos comes this clip entitled Vintage film footage of transit in Portland, Oregon, but it also includes a minute or so of color Pacific Electric [...]

Check out this great new video from KCET and USC on Los Angeles funicular railways, featuring Angel’s Flight and Mount Lowe!

From our friend David Thompson comes a tip to catch “Crime Wave,” a 1954 film noir by Alex De Toth Tuesday, March 26, at 945AM Pacific on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The film [...]

A Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC car stars in this short clip from 1947’s “Possessed” starring Joan Crawford. Uncovered by transit fan David Thompson – thanks!