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Cool 1930s traffic video....


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Nice video. Have a '34 Plymouth with a bunch of accessory items on it near the beginning. Newest I noticed and recognized looked to be a 1935 year model so I guess that is when it was filmed. Probably off on the year though as I sure as heck am not an expert on most of the cars I see on that film.

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At the 45 second mark there's a gas station with a big "9" next to it. Could that mean that gas there is 9 cents a gallon? There are some other signs on the left that say "Rio Grande" and "Chevrolet" and "Dodge-Plymouth." I guess this was made before they painted lines on roads for traffic lanes....

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I don't know how to save videos from the originally linked site, so I checked for that film on YouTube and found it. But the poster there gave the source as being the Internet Archives. Sure enough its there at [beverly Hills, California Street Scene, ca. 1935] : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive with an easy click to download link. But it is in a section of the archives I had not noticed before the "35mm Stock Footage" section which looks like it has other videos that might be of interest: 35mm Stock Footage : Free Movies : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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I'm surprised that there wasn't more accidents in those days with no lane markers. Looks like eveyone was just vying for a position in the pack! Unlike todays "period films" I saw very few Model A's!

Don't forget that this is the beverly hills area. If you drive by there now, you will see very few cheaper cars today just the same.

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