Rancho La Canada
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    • FLINTRIDGE
      Senator Frank Flint sets out to develop a wealthy suburb for the burgeoning city of Pasadena, at the time one of the most fashionable addresses in the nation.
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    • INDIAN SPRINGS
      Lyle Draves coaches Olympic divers at the Indian Springs swimming pool in Montrose, one of the most popular attractions in the valley. VIEW CLIP
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    • LANTERMAN
      Two health-seekers from Michigan purchase the entire Mexican Land Grant known as Rancho La Canada, today La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, the Verdugo Woodlands, North Glendale, and a portion of Tujunga. VIEW CLIP

    • MONTROSE FLOOD
      On New Year's Eve 1933, a flash flood wipes out much of the new city of Montrose. VIEW CLIP

    • THE BUND
      In the 1930s, Nazi sympathizers join local Germans celebrating the Fasching Festival (Mardi Gras) in La Crescenta's Hindenburg Park. VIEW CLIP

    • BABY BOOM
      The valley's population explodes after World War II with the arrival of veterans taking advantage of the GI Bill. VIEW CLIP

    • JPL
      A small band of brilliant, daring Caltech students experiment with rockets in the vacant land of the Arroyo Seco. VIEW CLIP

    • BEULAH LOUISE
      The murder trial of a wealthy La Canada-Flintridge couple becomes the longest murder trial in American history and a national obsession. VIEW CLIP

    • FOOTHILL
      Edward Prince Haskell, the nephew of La Crescenta's founder, Dr. Benjamin Briggs, single-handedly creates a road from Tujunga to Pasadena. VIEW CLIP
 
 
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Special Features

Over an hour of rare, never-before-seen footage!

  • 1926–1936 Flintridge Home Movies
  • 1930s German Festival in Hindenburg Park
  • Indian Springs swimming pool 1940s
  • Snow storm in La Crescenta 1957
  • Church of the Lighted Window 1954–1958
  • Wallace Castle in La Canada 1959
  • German Costume Festival 1953

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RUNNING TIME: 138 min.
BONUS FEATURES: 70 min.
COLOR
DOLBY™ DIGITAL STEREO
ENGLISH
DUAL-LAYER FORMAT
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