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1970's 8mm film of San Diego & L.A. freeways
Biff858:
Some of those freeway signs are still in use today. Very cool to see all those old cars on the freeways as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7FtlrQr7nk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9wpmYam56Q&feature=related
City:
It looks pretty much like it is today. Signage was the same back then I guess.
And a sign with the exit tab obeying federal guidelines in California? And in the 1970s!?
Wow.
agentsteel53:
a lot of those signs are still alive.
the exit tabs are from a short-lived experiment in 1971. I have no idea why they stopped. Some of those still survive.
on the LA film, at 1:04 there is an "11 San Pedro/Pasadena" sign that is very cool to see. That's been 110 since 1980.
remember, spacebar pauses and resumes on Youtube.
agentsteel53:
I wish he didn't do the speed-racer thing with his videos. I just dislocated my keyboard tray attempting to hit the spacebar at the exact right moment to freeze onto a particular shield!
Alex:
One great thing about those videos and that time, almost every vehicle was a car (with a handful of vans). I'd love to drive in that time without large pick-ups and suv's blocking my view...
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