------ Forwarded Message > From: "dasg...@aol.com" <dasg...@aol.com> > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:23:25 EDT > To: Robert Millegan <ramille...@aol.com> > Cc: <ema...@aol.com>, <j...@aol.com>, <jim6...@cwnet.com>, <robal...@aol.com> > Subject: [2] "Top Secret" Hollywood >
> Ibid. > > by David Guyatt > 02-01-2009, 09:08 AM > On the movie studio: > > http://www.laurelcanyon.org/20cHist.html > > In 1947, the Army Air Corps built its top-secret movie production studio on > Wonderland Park Avenue. Military training films and Department of Defense > documentaries were churned out, including a particularly famous series on the > aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada. The studio was deactivated in 1969, and > thanks to the efforts of the Laurel Canyon Association, it was prevented from > being zoned for further commercial activity. > > http://www.laurelcanyon.org/Images/20th%20History/LookoutMtStudio.jpghttp://ww > w.laurelcanyon.org/Images/20th%20History/LookoutMtStudio3.jpg > > > The top secret 1352d Motion Picture Squadron (Lookout Mountain Laboratory) > hidden in the valley of Wonderland Park Avenue. The studio created > documentaries on Nevada nuclear tests among other projects and is now a unique > residence complex. > > David Guyatt > 02-01-2009, 09:32 AM > http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mg060222eb > > My Family Disney Dynasty, Part 1 > > After the war he worked as a freelance commercial artist in Los Angeles, and > in 1951 he joined the animation section at the U.S. Air Force Lookout Mountain > Laboratory, Hollywood's ³secret² film studio. There he worked as a layout, > background and story-sketch artist on training and informational films for the > Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission, traveled to Yucca Flat in Nevada and > Eniwetok in the Pacific to witness atomic and hydrogen bomb testing. > > http://www.sott.net/articles/show/156913-Inside-The-LC-The-Strange-but-Mostly- > True-Story-of-Laurel-Canyon-and-the-Birth-of-the-Hippie-Generation-Part-IV > > What would become known as Lookout Mountain Laboratory was originally > envisioned as an air defense center. Built in 1941 and nestled in > two-and-a-half secluded acres off what is now Wonderland Park Avenue, the > installation was hidden from view and surrounded by an electrified fence. By > 1947, the facility featured a fully operational movie studio. In fact, it is > claimed that it was perhaps the world's only completely self-contained movie > studio. With 100,000 square feet of floor space, the covert studio included > sound stages, screening rooms, film processing labs, editing facilities, an > animation department, and seventeen climate-controlled film vaults. It also > had underground parking, a helicopter pad and a bomb shelter. > > > > > ©Unknown > Lookout Mountain Laboratory > > Over its lifetime, the studio produced some 19,000 classified motion pictures > - more than all the Hollywood studios combined (which I guess makes Laurel > Canyon the real 'motion picture capital of the world'). Officially, the > facility was run by the U.S. Air Force and did nothing more nefarious than > process AEC footage of atomic and nuclear bomb tests. The studio, however, was > clearly equipped to do far more than just process film. There are indications > that Lookout Mountain Laboratory had an advanced research and development > department that was on the cutting edge of new film technologies. Such > technological advances as 3-D effects were apparently first developed at the > Laurel Canyon site. And Hollywood luminaries like John Ford, Jimmy Stewart, > Howard Hawks, Ronald Reagan, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney and Marilyn Monroe were > given clearance to work at the facility on undisclosed projects. There is no > indication that any of them ever spoke of their work at the clandestine > studio. > > http://www.sott.net/image/image/9078/medium/LML.jpg > ©Unknown > > The facility retained as many as 250 producers, directors, technicians, > editors, animators, etc., both civilian and military, all with top security > clearances - and all reporting to work in a secluded corner of Laurel Canyon. > Accounts vary as to when the facility ceased operations. Some claim it was in > 1969, while others say the installation remained in operation longer. In any > event, by all accounts the secret bunker had been up and running for more than > twenty years before Laurel Canyon's rebellious teen years, and it remained > operational for the most turbulent of those years. > > The existence of the facility remained unknown to the general public until the > early 1990s, though it had long been rumored that the CIA operated a secret > movie studio somewhere in or near Hollywood. Filmmaker Peter Kuran was the > first to learn of its existence, through classified documents he obtained > while researching his 1995 documentary, "Trinity and Beyond." And yet even > today, some 15 years after its public disclosure, one would have trouble > finding even a single mention of this secret military/intelligence facility > anywhere in the 'conspiracy' literature. > > http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/SMIL/subjectguides/Social_Sciences/masscomm > > ATOMIC FILMMAKERS: BEHIND THE SCENES > 50 min. 1998 VC #5032 > Peter Kuran > Story of the people who worked at Lookout Mountain Laboratory in Hollywood, > Calif and who were responsible for making > over 6,500 films for the Dept. of Defense and others, many having to do with > filming nuclear tests. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookout_Mountain_Air_Force_Station > > Lookout Mountain Air Force Station > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > > > Lookout Mountain Air Force Station as seen from above. > The Lookout Mountain Air Force Station (LMAFS) located on Wonderland Avenue, > Los Angeles, California, provided in-service production of classified motion > picture and still photographs to the U.S. Department of Defense and the Atomic > Energy Commission from 1947-1969.[1] > The 100,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) facility is built on 2 acres (8,100 m2) of > land and was originally built in 1941 as a World War II air defense center to > coordinate radar installations. The studio was established in 1947 and its > purpose kept secret. The studio consisted of a complete stage, 2 screening > rooms, a helicopter landing pad, a bomb shelter and 17 climate controlled film > vaults as well as, two underground parking garages. With the latest equipment > the studio could process both 35 mm and 16 mm motion pictures as well as > optical prints and still photographs. The nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site > were filmed in various formats including CinemaScope, stereophonic sound, > VistaVision and 3-D photography.[1] > Contents [hide] > 1 Personnel > 2 Films > 3 Residence > 4 See also > 5 References > 6 External links > [edit]Personnel > > The studio contained staff from many prominent studios alongside its military > staff. Civilian personnel from Warner Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and RKO > Pictures worked at the studio in functions such as producers, cameramen and > directors.[1] W. Donn Hayes (1893-1973), coiner of the American Cinema Editors > (ACE) title and past president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, worked at > Lookout Mountain as his last career assignment; he had been in the film and > television industries since 1916.[2] Peter G. Kuran worked at Lookout > Mountain[3] before going on to an award-winning career involving both > directing and visual effects work. In some cases, Kuran has brought footage of > atomic tests developed at Lookout Mountain directly to his later work. > Field staff included photographers who were airmen assigned to the USAF 1352d > Photographic Squadron,[4] formed out of the 4881st Motion Picture Squadron in > 1952.[5] In the mid-1960s, Michael R. Potochick was the group commander.[3] > [edit]Films > > A New Look at the H-bomb (H-bomb and Other Smash Hits). Part 1: A New look at > the H-bomb; Part 2: Operation Cue; Part 3: United States Civil Defense in > action; Part 4: Let's face it (produced by United States Air Force Lookout > Mountain Laboratory Air Photographic and Charting Service); Part 5: What you > should know about biological warfare (produced in cooperation with the Federal > Civil Defense Administration). Produced by Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. > Hollywood's Top Secret Film Studio (Atomic Filmmakers) (VHS) updated and > rereleased on DVD in 1999 as Hollywood's Top Secret Film Studio - The Atomic > Filmmakers. Directed by Peter Kuran. DVD includes the documentary Atomic > Filmakers: Behind The Scenes. > Trinity and Beyond, (1995) documentary directed by Peter Kuran. > Nukes In Space (1999). The development of the military intercontinental > ballistic missile (ICBM). Directed by Peter Kuran.[6] > Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero (1999). A tour of U.S. atomic test > sites in Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Mississippi, and Alaska. Directed by > Peter Kuran.[7] > Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents (2001). Documentary directed by > Peter Kuran.[8] > [edit]Residence > > Since its deactivation it has become part of the residential neighborhood > which has surrounded it, and is presently the residence of a Municipal Court > Commissioner and an artist.[9] > [edit]See also > > First Motion Picture Unit > [edit]References > > ^ a b c US Department of Energy, Nevada Office. The Nevada Test Site's Secret > Film Studio: Lookout Mountain (July 2006) > ^ IMDb. Biography for W. Donn Hayes > ^ a b International Combat Camera Association. ICCA Membership Roster > ^ University of California, Berkeley. Media Resources Center, Moffett Library. > Propaganda and Disinformation > ^ USAF History. 1352nd Sq. > ^ IMDb. Nukes In Space (1999) > ^ IMDb. Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero (1999) > ^ IMDb. Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents (2001) > ^ The Center For Land Use Interpretation. Lookout Mountain > [edit]External links > > The Center For Land Use Interpretation. Map coordinates of Lookout Mountain. > California Literary Review. Peter Kuran. Images from How To Photograph An > Atomic Bomb; some images of Lookout Mountain photographers at work > > Magda Hassan > 02-01-2009, 10:32 AM > The existence of the facility remained unknown to the general public until the > early 1990s, though it had long been rumored that the CIA operated a secret > movie studio somewhere in or near Hollywood. Filmmaker Peter Kuran was the > first to learn of its existence, through classified documents he obtained > while researching his 1995 documentary, "Trinity and Beyond." And yet even > today, some 15 years after its public disclosure, one would have trouble > finding even a single mention of this secret military/intelligence facility > anywhere in the 'conspiracy' literature. > > Puts paid to the theory that you can't keep a big thing secret doesn't it? > 'Conspiracy Theorists' are often dismissed by others with that brush off. Here > is a facility producing more films than Hollywood involving hundreds if not > thousands of people over the years right in the middle of LA a huge metropolis > and there is no 'evidence' until 1990's. > > > > In a message dated 7/15/2009 1:14:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Das GOAT > writes: >> >> http://www.deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-698.html >> >> >> >> What would become known as Lookout Mountain Laboratory was originally >> envisioned as an air defense center. Built in 1941 and nestled in >> two-and-a-half secluded acres off what is now Wonderland Park Avenue, the >> installation was hidden from view and surrounded by an electrified fence. By >> 1947, the facility featured a fully operational movie studio. In fact, it is >> claimed that it was perhaps the world¹s only completely self-contained movie >> studio. With 100,000 square feet of floor space, the covert studio included >> sound stages, screening rooms, film processing labs, editing facilities, an >> animation department, and seventeen climate-controlled film vaults. It also >> had underground parking, a helicopter pad and a bomb shelter. >> >> Over its lifetime, the studio produced some 19,000 classified motion >> pictures more than all the Hollywood studios combined (which I guess makes >> Laurel Canyon the real motion picture capital of the world¹). Officially, >> the facility was run by the U.S. Air Force and did nothing more nefarious >> than process AEC footage of atomic and nuclear bomb tests. The studio, >> however, was clearly equipped to do far more than just process film. There >> are indications that Lookout Mountain Laboratory had an advanced research >> and development department that was on the cutting edge of new film >> technologies. Such technological advances as 3-D effects were apparently >> first developed at the Laurel Canyon site. And Hollywood luminaries like >> John Ford, Jimmy Stewart, Howard Hawks, Ronald Reagan, Bing Crosby, Walt >> Disney and Marilyn Monroe were given clearance to work at the facility on >> undisclosed projects. There is no indication that any of them ever spoke of >> their work at the clandestine studio. >> >> The facility retained as many as 250 producers, directors, technicians, >> editors, animators, etc., both civilian and military, all with top security >> clearances and all reporting to work in a secluded corner of Laurel >> Canyon. Accounts vary as to when the facility ceased operations. Some claim >> it was in 1969, while others say the installation remained in operation >> longer. In any event, by all accounts the secret bunker had been up and >> running for more than twenty years before Laurel Canyon¹s rebellious teen >> years, and it remained operational for the most turbulent of those years. >> >> The existence of the facility remained unknown to the general public until >> the early 1990s, though it had long been rumored that the CIA operated a >> secret movie studio somewhere in or near Hollywood. Filmmaker Peter Kuran >> was the first to learn of its existence, through classified documents he >> obtained while researching his 1995 documentary, ³Trinity and Beyond.² And >> yet even today, some 15 years after its public disclosure, one would have >> trouble finding even a single mention of this secret military/intelligence >> facility anywhere in the conspiracy¹ literature. >> >> http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr96.html >> >> >> >> >> Can love help you live longer? Find out now >> <http://personals.aol.com/articles/2009/02/18/longer-lives-through-relationsh >> ips/?ncid=emlweuslove00000001> . > > > Can love help you live longer? Find out now > <http://personals.aol.com/articles/2009/02/18/longer-lives-through-relationshi > ps/?ncid=emlweuslove00000001> . > ------ End of Forwarded Message