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Metro Transportation Library and Archive
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Transportation and transit film and video, contemporary and historic, mainly from Los Angeles from the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive collection at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) or "Metro".
Name: Metro
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive is one of the most comprehensive transit operator-owned library resources in the United States.

The origins of the Metro Library and Archive date back to L.A.'s first transportation library, opened by Henry Huntington's Los Angeles Railway Company in 1890, and restored by the Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1971.
City: Los Angeles
Hometown: Los Angeles
Country: United States
Occupation: Library and Archive
Companies: Los Angeles County Metropolitan ...
Interests and Hobbies: Transportation, transit, highways, roads, interchanges, buses, light rail, streetcars, subways, airports, ports, pipelines, tunnels, bridges, trams, high speed rail, freight trains, trucking, bicycles, sustainable transportation, transit centers, and more.
Movies and Shows: Contemporary Metro videos can be seen on: http://www.youtube.com/metrolosangeles and http://www.youtube.com/losangelesmetro and http://www.youtube.com/josecervantzz
Books: Metro Maps of the World
Website: http://www.metro.net/library
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From the Metro Archive
50 videos
From the Metro Archive 50 Videos
Film and video from the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.
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LACMTA Los Angeles County Metro Transportation Authority
40 videos
LACMTA Los Angeles County Metro Transportation Authority 40 Videos
Videos produced by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) or Metro.
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SCRTD Transit 2000 TV Series
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SCRTD Transit 2000 TV Series 26 Videos
Southern California Rapid Transit District. SCRTD. Transit 2000 was a monthly television show produced by the Public Affairs department of SCRTD and broadcast on Channel 13 in Los Angeles in 1992. Hosted by Joseph Benti and Dyana Ortelli.
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Starting Under - Part 1
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[TRANSLATED] Starting Under - Part 1
[TRANSLATED] Starting Under - Part 1
Starting Under, 1982. A film produced for the RTD, won two prestigious awards in i...
6 months ago 977 views metrolibrarian
Starting Under - Part 2
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[TRANSLATED] Starting Under - Part 2
[TRANSLATED] Starting Under - Part 2
Starting Under, 1982. A film produced for the RTD, won two prestigious awards in i...
6 months ago 359 views metrolibrarian
Metro Board Members Thank Voters for Approving Measure R
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[TRANSLATED] Metro Board Members Thank Voters for Approving Measure R
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure R was approved by voters by a mar...
8 months ago 259 views metrolibrarian
RTD Bus Promo
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[TRANSLATED] RTD Bus Promo
RTD Bus promotional commercial circa 1970's.
9 months ago 1,593 views metrolibrarian
Metro Blue Line Safety PSA
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[TRANSLATED] Metro Blue Line Safety PSA
[TRANSLATED] Metro Blue Line Safety PSA
A compilation of near-miss accidents involving automobiles and pedestrians along t...
11 months ago 3,039 views metrolibrarian
LACTC (1991) - Interview with Neil Peterson.
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[TRANSLATED] LACTC (1991) - Interview with Ne...
[TRANSLATED] LACTC (1991) - Interview with Neil Peterson.
An interview with Neil Peterson, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Tran...
11 months ago 648 views metrolibrarian
Metropolitan Coach Lines Cartoon Comercial 2
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[TRANSLATED] Metropolitan Coach Lines Cartoon Comercial 2
Animated cartoon television commercial from Metropolitan Coach Lines (1953-1958). ...
1 year ago 662 views metrolibrarian
Your New RTD - 1991
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[TRANSLATED] Your New RTD - 1991
[TRANSLATED] Your New RTD - 1991
Spanish and English 30 second spot. Southern California Rapid Transit District (S...
1 year ago 563 views metrolibrarian
Building the Metro Red Line - 1991
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[TRANSLATED] Building the Metro Red Line - 1991
[TRANSLATED] Building the Metro Red Line - 1991
Building the Metro Red Line, produced by the Los Angeles County Transportation Com...
1 year ago 4,225 views metrolibrarian
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Transportation Knowledge Networks
July 12, 2008, 09:23 AM
Video encouraging the formation of a National Transportation Knowledge Network based on the success of the Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network (MTKN). Asks for reauthorization of the National Transportation Library and to keep transportation libraries open, funded and ade...

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Do You Want to be a Librarian?
June 23, 2008, 10:28 PM
This is an open access occupational film about the library profession, and becoming a librarian. It was shot in 1947, and I think it holds up quite well in the world of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 (hehehe)

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Florida Scenic Highways Program
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The Florida Scenic Highways Program is a grassroots program managed by the Florida...
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Highway 40 Construction Animation
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[TRANSLATED] Highway 40 Construction Animation
This is a computer animation of the Highway 40 and I-170 interchange once construc...
1 year ago 9,563 views myfoxstl
How to navigate UDOT's new continuous flow intersection
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[TRANSLATED] How to navigate UDOT's new conti...
[TRANSLATED] How to navigate UDOT's new continuous flow intersection
On Monday, the Utah Department of Transportation unveils a new type of intersectio...
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