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...

[Bryant5493]

Nice. The footage has held up well.


Be well,

Bryant

[njroadhorse]

This is great stuff.  It all looks so open compared to nowadays in LA. 

[hm insulators]

That's for sure!