Sunset Strip 1966 - Courtesy of PRODUCERS LIBRARY - "VINTAGE LOS ANGELES" on facebook

[Boeing727223]

For us who never had a chance to live through these days...huge thank you! The 60's hippie chick near the end is kind of hot...

[leeenfieldsmle]

I just covered the same route on Google Maps, and sentiment aside, it looks a lot more prosperous now than in '67.The bus stop where the redhead is is grafittied and dirty,it certainly seems more vibrant and clean now.That was the best year for music though...the "summer of Love".

Great post though.

[SCIGA100]

i miss phone booth's......

[powergirl901]

@themusicmatterz Me too! I'd check out all the vintage cars driving around and get myself a .45cent hod dog with everything on it, also a big chocolate milkshake.

[powergirl901]

@1:39 it looks like a free press style 'zine being handed out by real people. I saw that happen on Haight Ashbury in '67 as well. Whatever those 'zines were called then, "the Oracle...the Eye..." you'd always see someone personally handing it to you. Service certainly has changed since then.

[SUSIEN100]

WOW, this is awesome! Love it!

[ke228]

Great vid; a real time capsule!

[grrandram]

I live right in the area and I see how where Crescent Heights Blvd. used to have a lot and building between the Lytton Savings and the corner where Schwabs used to be (then Virgin Megastore, now a furniture store). I wondered why that intersection had those two streets that curved off of Sunset and onto Sunset and they didn't have them anywhere else.

[lastwhitewoman]

Oh, maaan. This makes me feel my age. I'm a screenwriter researching location footage and I had to get this RIGHT (not rely on my old memory). 45 yrs ago I got caught ditching school w/ my best friend because ABC local news panned a shot of Pandoras Box where I was selling Free Press .Poor Gail was sitting against the wall..plain as day. It airred & our parents had seen it. before we got home. Bummer, but they got over it :) THANKS to "dantanasgirl" for the heads up on the availability.

[lastwhitewoman]

Oh, maaan. This makes me feel my age. I'm a screnwriter researching location footage and I had to get this RIGHT (not rely on my old memory). 45 yrs ago I got caught ditching school w/ my best friend because ABC local news panned a shot of Pandoras Box where I was selling Free Press .Poor Gail was sitting against the wall..plain as day. It airred & our parents had seen it. before we got home. Bummer, but they got over it :) THANKS to "dantanasgirl" for the heads up on the availability.

[lambchopxoxo]

Oh I get it. They used to use this footage in movies. No wonder its so good.

[RadioWNEW]

Hey, I saw Jay Ward productions!

[Illousion1]

Seriously, look at all of the gorgeous cars.

[bikerbobster]

I didnt see Jim!... Morrison must have been sleeping one off since it appears to be mid day. Love the footage, I'm 52 and grew up in Northeast LA. The only time my folks would take me to Hollywood was for the Christmas Parade, but this footage still brings back great memories of growing up in LA in the 60's. Thanks so much.

[KozmoLouie]

I girl at the bus stop looked cute.

[pleasantgoddess1]

I like it . America was much more magical when it was majority white... much cleaner as well...

[lasuvidaboy]

At 2:08 what that an island on the south side of Sunset at Crescent Heights? The intersection looks like it had an island w/buildings on it.

[kazraz72]

I love the way you Yanks set your towns and cities out properly from the get-go. Good wide, straight roads with plenty of parking. Sunshine, palm trees, hot women, the beach- jesus you guys know how to live.

[westy40]

Maybe I idealize the 50's and 60's too much (being born in 66) But the look of the cars,people and architecture and knowing the incredible music scene that was happening at that time really makes for a surreal/magical video!

[ateball1]

oh wow this is cool footage. I'm gonna watch a few and get to bed cuz its late....I'm gonna join the group, too.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Anyone else find this footage to be rather "dream-like"?

[homeblood3000]

@MattTheSaiyan - I agree. There's a slow steady progression and when it slows to a brief stop, it's almost surrendiptous that the girl is in the center of the frame. At last someone emerges from the scenery and acknowledges that you're watching them.

[IrvHyatt]

I miss all of that. Used to go the the Fifth Estate, Pandora's, Schwabs, that ribs place can't believe I don't remember the name, it was the BEST!

[tsinsomnia]

Amazing. I share a fascination with many about the long-gone Crescent Heights/Pandora's Box area. Starting at 1:18, this shows the area post-riot and in advanced decay. Pandora's Box's area is like a war zone - torn up and barren with people hanging out in the wreckage. The girl hawking newspapers and the guy on the bench nodding off, wow. And just who is Bob Candee?

[lasuvidaboy]

@tsinsomnia I never knew that Pandora's Box was built on a small island which would now be in the middle of Crescent Heights on the south side of Sunset. Very cool!

[tashload]

I swear I saw Jim Morrison working as a car valet.

[DA90027]

Truly amazing footage, I could watch this stuff all day!

[dantanasgirl]

Footage is from a facebook group called: VINATGE LOS ANGELES.

[toiseywoisey]

Ed Ruscha eat your heart out!

[jolieblondeLA]

Telephone booths!!!!!!!!!!!



[RetroToledo]

@jolieblondeLA Do you realize how many of us miss 'em! I think I took the very last photo of one about 8 years ago myself that ended up being taken down soon enough.

[IgniteWaldo]

Classic. Someone should add Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth as the soundtrack to this piece. Great quality - has it been sitting in a vault all these years?

[dantanasgirl]

You can License this footage at PRODUCERS LIBRARY Located in North Hollywood.

[cvjucla3]

Absolutely fascinating. Good stuff, Alison.

[dantanasgirl]

@cvjucla3 So happy everyone is enjoying these clips!

[cvjucla3]

@dantanasgirl You definitely tapped into something here that has resonated with a lot of people. Btw, I was looking at some memorabilia of extinct restaurants, clubs, & bars of L.A., & I came across pictures of The Cake, the 60s female group, taken outside Pandora's Box--first time that I ever heard of them. I checked out some of their vids on YT. The late Jeanette Jacobs caught my eye right away. I liked her style on stage & in general. I have a feeling that you might have been aware of them.

[iiBrandi]

Red tank top girl is ready for her closeup now!!!

[dukeofkbs]

This is amazing !!