This is the City: Symposium Closing Night

Premiering in 1964, the urbane series Ralph Story's Los Angeles remains one of the most fondly-remembered locally-produced programs in Los Angeles television history.  Join our guest host, historian Alison Martino of Vintage Los Angeles, for a screening retrospective and panel discussion celebrating this beloved, innovative series, featuring excerpts and complete episodes documenting such iconic locales as Angels Flight, Clifton's Cafeteria, Sunset Boulevard, and the long lost landmarks Hollywood Ranch Market and L.A.’s Kiddieland. 

Ralph Story's Los Angeles, courtesy of KCBS-TV Los Angeles.  All material preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive.  Total running time of program:  approx. 130 min.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles — Excerpt: “Angels Flight Railway”

KNXT, 3/6/66

Executive producer: Joe Sands.  Producer: Dan Gingold.  Director: Dan Gingold.  Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan.  Digital video, b/w, 5 min.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles — Excerpt: “Clifton's Cafeteria, Downtown Los Angeles”

KNXT, 10/22/67

Executive producer: Dan Gingold.  Producer: Joe Saltzman.  Director: Jim Johnson.  Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan.  Digital video, color, 12 min.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles — Excerpt: “Hollywood Ranch Market”

KNXT, 2/4/68

Executive producer: Dan Gingold.  Producer: Joe Saltzman.  Director: Jim Johnson.  Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan.  Digital video, color, 10 min.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles — Excerpt: “Beverly Park, Also Known as L.A.’s Kiddieland”

KNXT, 5/18/69

Executive producer: Dan Gingold.  Producer: Joe Saltzman.  Director: Jim Johnson.  Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan.  Digital video, color, 8 min.

Ralph Story's Los Angeles — Excerpt: "Vintage Buildings, Downtown Los Angeles"

KNXT, 12/08/68

Executive producer: Dan Gingold. Producer: Joe Saltzman. Director: Jim Johnson. Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan. Digital Video, color, 10 min.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles — Episode: “A Drive Down the Entire 25-Mile Length of Sunset Boulevard” 

KNXT, 9/22/68

Executive producer: Dan Gingold.  Producer: Joe Saltzman.  Director: Jim Johnson.  Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan.  Digital video, color, 28 min.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles — Episode: “Los Angeles, Downtown, and Disneyland After Dark” 

KNXT, 2/11/68

Executive producer: Dan Gingold.  Producer: Joe Saltzman.  Director: Jim Johnson.  Writer: Jere Witter, Nate Kaplan.  Digital video, color, 28 min.