1978 SUNSET BLVD. HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE TOWER RECORDS BUILDING TRAFFIC BYES (SILENT) XD44214

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This raw, silent footage shows scenes from Hollywood Blvd. and the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California circa 1978. The film begins with shots of a drunk man near a Bob’s Big Boy. (Apparently this location was in Hollywood -- it’s not clear.) At :45 are shots of a parked Ford Mustang. At 1:18 are shots of Sunset Blvd. near the Palladium. A brown Lincoln Continental is shown driving in traffic. At 1:48 a brown GMC transit bus maneuvers on Sunset. At 2:21, two women walk down Sunset. At 4:18, nighttime shots of the famed Tower Records building on Sunset, with signs advertising the Bee Gees’ Sgt. Peppers album as well as Grape’s Live album. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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