Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting West Coast on February 1982.

It contains stock footage of Los Angeles: tourists in front of Chinese Theatre, the walk of fame, the Hollywood Boulevard, the Sunset Boulevard, Ali Baba’s, the Hollywood sign, the Bank of America Plaza (at the time Security Pacific Plaza) skyscraper and traffic on the 4th Street, the Farmer’s market, traffic in the highway, and more.

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  1. Moved to Newport Beach in 1981 , used to go to Hollywood every chance I got , was fun and cool , now it’s dirty and dangerous ,,, the 80’s were awesome.

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