Los Angeles History 1930's Crime Raymond Chandler Pt 1 of 3

[fourtwentyx818]

I MEANT, THUMBS UP... TOO MUCH FACEBOOK

[fourtwentyx818]

L.A. IS THE BEST CITY IN AMERICA... HELL L.A. IS THE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD!

LIKE THIS IF U AGREE

[jaymorpheus11]

I'm not sure about crooked this and that but the number or wandering drug users have gone down about 10% from the 90's, just a personal estimate. That's just because the police got tazers now.

[92451721921892113]

l.a. was always gangsta folks

[cmfreak]

Keep up the good work with these historic videos

[layyla]

I was born in Compton and while I was growing up, it was a very different place than it is today. I don't blame minorities though. I blame corrupt government practices who destroyed the city in the of social advancement and pocketed the money without helping anyone.

[DetroitLove4U]

Los Angeles is a city of always despised because in essence as the old saying goes "the good old days" well there honestly never was in this city. They always have had large scale corruption and malignancies of such disdain then and now. It's no surprise that minorities made a QUICK wasteland of it over the past 35 years. Many remember when Compton and North Long Beach were nice areas and then no different a chaotic outcome. The truth is BIG CITY then and now means BIG SCANDALS, CRIME, & FRAUD.

[562vert]

@DetroitLove4U so true!!!!! i made a vid about the old long beach....

[amarijayamari]

Great little doc.

[nanitesnodes]

1612 montana 1.3 miles north of the 10 fwy 2.2 miles west of the 405 fwy

[nickdahusalah]

love l.a. but hate the traffic with a passion bakersfield is better.

[buzzclick500]

Cities are started by people, so they do have personalities. Their accomplishments, crimes, entertainments, mass ethical attitudes, preferences and dislikes are all structured and predictable.

[transitny]

When they talk about the good old days, they don't look so good to me.

[omaudio]

Can anyone provide more info on this film? Who made it? Made for TV? When was it made? etc.- thanks

[cinerama62]

@omaudio This documentry was made for television station KCET (at the time a PBS affiliate) , Jon Wilkman Productions, 1988. The late actor Richard Widmark (Judgment at Nuremberg) is narrating.

[TL250Rider]

Long Live the Venice Amusement Pier and the death of Winward Avenue and The Beach

[andyastro1]

I LOVE MY LOS ANGELES.....

[inkey2]

sounds like actor Richard Widmark narrating. He has an unmistakable voice

[inkey2]

I must be an idiot.....I had no idea there was that much OIL in CA

[gardenalien]

It is so unfair to portray Los Angeles as a city of crime, when crime is found in all major cities of the world.

[arsoys]

No, LA is just a fascinating place in all respects because of the movies -- and the literature.

[ne0nsurf]

a lot of hollywood jews owned the police.

[TheyCallMeGroucho]

Great upload wksufreshair. 

I like the connections discussed between the police & crime culture of L.A., and Chandler's writing.

Nice upload...thanks much.

Larry, Taiwan

[sudaev]

Awesome footage - five stars! Can't wait to see the rest. Love the shot at the end, of LAPD parading down Spring Street.

[ManilaSyndicate]

Wonderful. Great to see film and images give a visual face to the great novels.

[MarcBrewer]

Narrator is the great Richard Widmark

[fordroad]

Who is the commentor voice.????