Pacific Electric Video

Michael Patris and Alan Weeks of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society are featured in this fantastic new video produced by Los Angeles County Newsroom to mark the opening of the final [...]

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 [...]