Los Angeles History Project

A general overview of the history of Los Angeles, from its inception to the present.

Relates how Helen Hunt Jackson influenced American culture through her novel "Ramona", as well as the author's endeavor to facilitate equal rights for American Indians.

A look at the dark side of 1930s Los Angeles, as seen through the eyes of detective novelist Raymond Chandler. Features films clips of Humphrey Bogart and Dick Powell portraying Chandler's detective protagonist Philip Marlowe.

Harris Newmark, a Jewish immigrant to Los Angeles, relates the history of the city during his sixty years as a resident: 1853-1913. Inspired by Newmark's autobiography "Sixty Years in Southern California".