Los Angeles & Long Beach 1978 Olvera Street, Ocean Boulevard and Rainy Streets

Los Angeles and Long Beach in the spring of 1978, on real color Super 8 home movie film. Nothing here is colorized. Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach under the palms, with the Villa Riviera (1929) on the skyline, sunny and then in the rain. The crowds, stalls and mariachi musicians of Olvera Street. A big picnic in the park, the La Maravilla Market mural at L and Hyatt Streets in Wilmington, a Little League team, and long drives down the wide boulevards of 1970s Southern California, full of big American cars. Do you know the streets and the park we could not identify? Did you live here in the seventies? Tell us in the comments. Chapters: 0:00 Long Beach and the Villa Riviera 0:28 Olvera Street 3:05 Mariachi on the bricks 3:29 A rainy drive 4:55 Downtown Long Beach in the rain 6:12 Picnic in the park 9:01 La Maravilla mural, Wilmington 9:31 Drive toward the coast 11:30 Little League 12:24 One last drive #LosAngeles #LongBeach #1970s #1978 #OlveraStreet #VintageLA #OldLosAngeles #SouthernCalifornia #HomeMovie #RareColorFilm #VintageFootage #SuperEight