The first 3 1/2 minutes of this film look like we are facing south, rolling down the Speedway in Venice/Playa del Rey. The area has been transformed and the derricks were gone by the mid-sixties, but a few of the original houses have survived. This oil field/beach neighborhood was beautifully documented by local artist JoAnn Cowans in 1961/62. (The houses seen at 0:48 appear in her painting ‘The Speedway”, dated 1961). The Speedway and Venice oil fields were also the backdrop for the great 1958 film noir ‘Touch of Evil’ by Orson Welles.
@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@boots_n_coots
Жыл бұрын
Thank YOU for posting this interesting footage and music. The next puzzle: Who was the author/singer of ‘Oil!’?
@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo
Жыл бұрын
I only know what it says on the record label: Performer: BILL WHITE; Stan Ellison Orchestra Writer: Maurice Keller This info is in the credits at the end.
@steveschlackman4503
Жыл бұрын
The first song was a real find.
@theamerican7080
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, and the music is perfect!
@cetus13
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Superb informative video! And the song!
@randallfabian6640
Жыл бұрын
I love the "Oil Song!" Wish you knew who it was by. Very strange, the palm trees and oil derricks juxtaposed! I wonder if any of those stone houses are still standing.
@boots_n_coots
Жыл бұрын
There are in fact a few original houses still standing in this neighborhood, wedged in between the new condos.
@SuperEmpath1061
5 ай бұрын
This again proves that oil is NOT a rare fossil fuel.
@heatvisuals
Жыл бұрын
Signal hill, California. Long Beach.
@b3j8
Жыл бұрын
This is gonna drive me nuts trying to find that first song! Pretty sure it's from a musical, but can't find it. Yet.
@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo
Жыл бұрын
All I know about it is what’s in the credits at the end.
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