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Morris (Ray) films of Southern California
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Ray Morris films of Southern California
Creator:
Morris, Ray
Identifier/Call Number: 7147
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3428
Physical Description:
1 Gigabytes
9 digital files stored in 2 digital folders
Date (inclusive): 1950-1969
Language of Material:
English
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The Ray Morris films of Southern California consist of seven digital video files digitized from six reels of film depicting
Southern California scenes recorded by Ray Morris. Ray Morris was a photographer for the Los Angeles Police Department. The
films focus on various scenes and events in Southern California during the 1950s and 1960s, including Los Angeles Mayor Sam
Yorty's New Year's message to the city in December 1961, the San Pedro Fisherman's Fiesta in 1957, a trolley car junkyard,
and commercial fishing crews pulling into the Los Angeles Harbor. It is likely that most, if not all, of these films were
made informally by Morris, rather than in an official capacity as photographer for the Los Angeles Police Department.
All of the digital files in this collection are publicly accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each folder- and file-level
record in this finding aid includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset. The USC Libraries do not have custody
of the original analog films.
The copyright and related rights status of the moving images in this collection have been reviewed by the USC Libraries, but
we are unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the films. Please refer to USC Special Collections
for more information. USC does not own or control any copyright rights with respect to the items in this collection. However,
responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests
with persons desiring to use each item.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Denise and Michael Doyen, August 31, 2023.
Existence and Location of Originals
The donors of the collection, Denise and Michael Doyen, digitized the moving images from their original analog format before
donating the collection to the USC Libraries. The USC Libraries do not have custody of the original analog films.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Ray Morris films of Southern California, Collection no. 7147, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Amateur films -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources
Fishers -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Fishing boats -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) -- Archival resources
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Trolley cars -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Digital media
Moving images
Motion pictures (visual works)
Morris, Ray -- Archives
Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998 -- In motion pictures
Port of Los Angeles -- In motion pictures