City of Hope

★★★ · A glorified Sanitoruim Commercial · Spuzz · 2016-01-28

This film disguised as a newsreel but really paid for by the Los Angeles Sanitorium, focuses on the history of the many lovely buildings the Sanitorium now has. In a very hard to understand voice, the narrator first goes over very quickly how the Sanitorium came to be. After that, we see the current Sanitorium, and how financial efforts have made possible more buildings for patients. Much back slapping and ceremonial dirt turning abound. Some overviews of the Sanitorum does is glossed over, but I think this was made for people with bucks to give to the Sanitorium.