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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 Transportation Authority
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
Website: http://www.metro.net/library

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Film and video from the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.

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SCRTD Southern California Rapid Transit District

Videos from the Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library & Archive created by the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD)

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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 Commission (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 1,726 09:33 [TRANSLATED] Green Line On The I-105 (1993) [TRANSLATED] Green Line On The I-105 (1993) Green Line light rail on the I-105 freeway. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation (more) (less) Added: 1 month ago Views: 140 10:00 [TRANSLATED] Shirley Temple Inaugerates New L... [TRANSLATED] Shirley Temple Inaugerates New Los Angeles Streetcar - 1937 Child Actress Shirley Temple and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw inaugerate a new Los Ange (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 1,063 01:07
[TRANSLATED] Metro Rail: The Future is Now - ... [TRANSLATED] Metro Rail: The Future is Now - 1985 Produced by the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) Community Relations Dep (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 484 09:47 [TRANSLATED] The New Mobility - 1991 [TRANSLATED] The New Mobility - 1991 A past vision of transportatation's future in Los Angeles. A ficticious representation of (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 187 no rating 07:00 [TRANSLATED] Metro Blue Line Grand Opening & ... [TRANSLATED] Metro Blue Line Grand Opening & Mobility Promo - 1990 Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC). Rail Construction Corporation (RCC). (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 1,084 06:01
[TRANSLATED] SCRTD Meeting The Challenges - 1983 [TRANSLATED] SCRTD Meeting The Challenges - 1983 Meeting the Challenges. Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD). 1983. Descri (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 643 11:00 [TRANSLATED] Delivery of the First Metro Ligh... [TRANSLATED] Delivery of the First Metro Light Rail Vehicle - 1989 Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC). Arrival of the first Metro Blue Line (more) (less) Added: 3 months ago Views: 1,038 08:42 [TRANSLATED] Blue Line Photo Enforcement Program [TRANSLATED] Blue Line Photo Enforcement Program Information about the photo enforcement program along the Blue Line used to enhance saftey (more) (less) Added: 1 month ago Views: 221 06:10
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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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Transportation Knowledge Networks

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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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Do You Want to be a Librarian?

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