Los Angeles, Car City

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2253A

Date Released

10 Aug 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rhinos Arrive
2. 2Ucs Settlement
3. 3Shetland Oil Strike
4. 4Los Angeles, Car City
5. 5Dog Exerciser
6. 6Wicklow Game Fair
7. 7Brands Hatch Hutch 100

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Los Angeles, Car City. DESCRIPTION: This great sprawling city on the American West Coast is slowly choking itself to death with car fumes. A city that relies, more than any other, on cars, the problem has reached almost saturation point. SHOTLIST: GAV (fish eye lens) Los Angeles. GAV traffic in main street. SV congested traffic. GAV motorway through city (Spaghetti Junction). Nearer AV mass of traffic on Spaghetti motorways. Travel shot cars along highway. Travel shot under large signboards. GV congested traffic in city. LV cars pulling up at motor banking building. SV sign Motor Banking. SV woman sitting in car as she takes money from tray pushed from bank. GV car driving in a grocers. SV woman in car receiving groceries. SV sign Cleaners Drive In pan down as cars draws up. GV car drives into parking bay at restaurant. SV waitress fixes tray of food onto door of car. CU car passengers taking drinks from tray. SV sign Drive In Sanctuary, Worship in Your Car, car drives into parking bay. SV pan down church to cars. CU woman in car listening to service. SV pan up church to cross.

Keywords

Vehicles; Transport

Locations

United States of America

Footage sources

France

Card file number

98377

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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