LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles is the largest city in California with almost 3,900,000

people.It is a great multiethnic center

with a very large Hispanic population.

Los Angeles Country, is the biggest in america with 12 million people. The port of Los Angeles is

the busiest in the USA.

Angelenos move around by car and traffic is always

heavy. Since it rains very little, the smog increases in the air, making Los Angeles

the most polluted city in America.

THE MOTION PICTURE AND AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES

The first motion picture theater in California opened in Los Angeles in April 1902.In the early 1920s Los Angeles became well known for two of America’s most important industries: motion pictures and aircraft. Motion picture producers moved their studios from the East Coast to Los Angeles to take advantage of the excellent weather. Hollywood became the center for movie production. Seven important studios by the end of the 1920s had created the biggest motion picture industry in the world.

This was the «golden age» of Hollywood, where each studio employed thousands of actors,actresses, writers and costume designers.By the 1930s the exciting motion picture industry was simply called «Hollywood» and itproduced 400 films a year.

Howard Hughes, one of America’s richestmen and best pilots, founded theHughes Aircraft Company in 1932 in Culver City.It became one of America’s biggest aircraft industries. In 1948 Hughes founded the AerospaceGroup, which built Aircraft for travel, defanse andspace exploration. Hughes was also an importantHollywood producer and director of films likeScarface and The Outlaw.

THE WALK OF FAME• When people think Los Angeles the

first thing that cames to mind is Hollywood and its stars. The best place to see more than 2.000 pointed stars is the Hollywood WALK OF FAME, a sidewalk along Hollywood. Inside each pink star on the sidewalk is the name of a celebrity.