PBS - Lost LA Series 2 (2017) + Extras

Explores the past through the region's archives, where photos, documents, and other rare artifacts unlock the untold history behind the fantasy of Southern California. Hosted by writer and public historian Nathan Masters of the USC Libraries, each episode of "Lost LA" brings the primary sources of history to the screen in surprising new ways. Much of L.A.'s past is lost to history, but through the region's archives, we can uncover the inspiring dreams and bitter realities that built the modern-day metropolis.

Part 1: Borderlands
American history has long been told as a triumphant march westward from the Atlantic coast, but in southern California, our history stretches back further in time.

Part 2: Wild West
Long before Hollywood imagined the Wild West, Los Angeles was a real frontier town of gunslingers, lynch mobs, and smoke-belching locomotives.

Part 3: Building the Metropolis
Wood, iron, steel, concrete – these are the materials that gave form to Los Angeles and shaped its identity in the national imagination. This episode also questions the cultural legacy and environmental costs of the city's relentless growth.

Part 4: Dream Factory
Los Angeles is often identified with Hollywood, but there's more to the entertainment industry than its facade of movie stars and blockbuster films.

Part 5: Coded Geographies
See how the many restrictions many Angelenos had to navigate, exposing Los Angeles as a place of coded segregation and resistance.

Part 6: Pacific Rim
Americans have long looked at the California shore and seen the end of the continent. Instead, this episode interprets that sandy edge as the beginning of a Pacific world.

Part 7: Descanso Gardens (Extra episode) (51mn, 1.12 GB)
Explores the history of one of southern California's most beloved public gardens.