1950s Traffic
1950s Traffic
Great color footage of 1950s cars on highways, stuck in traffic; ranging in age from c. 1955 to c. 1959. MS cars on highway towards camera. Cam is off to the side of the road. Good 50's cars. Overhead shot (from bridge) of heavy traffic on highway. Cars crawling in heavy traffic. Some trucks. Lane changing. Nice wide shot of 3 layers of highways, traffic going in all directions - busy. MCU canted anlge from road side as cars on highway pass at normal speed. Overhead WS (slightly fisheye effect) of cars on highway, entrance ramp backed up with cars. Oil tank truck pulls into a gas station on a rainy (overcast) day, turns towards and past camera. Quick shot of a small red and white tanker truck on busy California street - obscured by passing traffic. MS red car carrier truck loaded with new 1954 Mercurys (yellow Mercury in foreground), truck moves past camera and away. MS car carrier truck loaded with 1954 Lincolns drives towards and past camera on urban street. WS of rising railroad crossing gates (industrial-looking area, I.C.C Furniture and Appliances in background), cars passing, c.1969.