Holy cow! Those old Fords are taking a beating! Of course, they weren't old then. And they were built solid. I wouldn't think of doing anything like it with our 2008 Pontiac G6. The first curb hop like that Fairlane took would just destroy it! Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed seeing a good old-fashioned chase scene again!
I did a curb hop like that completely by accident one night in my 97 grand marquis, at the time I had my winter steel rims on. Dented them, never lost the bead, or any air.
@@kleetus92 Here's the 8 minute movie clip, but Ford actually used clips in a commercial from 1976 to sell new trucks also and that's also on here. Here's the movie clip czcams.com/video/ghXatUGIi9g/video.html
This was from the second season. The name of the episode is called "Before I die" Originally aired on 10/04/73. I love how it was filmed on location. Even in actual movies you don't get street shots like this anymore.
Leslie,”I got to get that briefcase!”. Cop,”You told me you prefer boxers over briefs? Let it go.” Leslie,” but those were Fruit of the Loom guys in there.’
At 1:09 you can see the site of the north portal of the Western Pacific Railroad's tunnel under Potrero Hill (just west of Arkansas between 18th and 19th). In the early '60s the wooden supports inside the tunnel caught fire causing it to collapse, and the WP never rebuilt the tunnel (but clearly left some rails behind).
It's worth noting that the Fords in the early episodes of the Streets were also in Magnum Force.--Identifying marks, such as the right side crease in the green Ford can be seen in Magnum Force, and some episodes of the Streets. The blue Ford that was destroyed disappeared from the Streets after the movie was filmed. The '63 Chev cab can also be seen in both the series and the movie.
No other actor can do a car chase scene with Batman trapped inside a camper with a straight face like Leslie. Not one hubcap was lost during the filming of this chase.
If you look very closely, you can see the interior shots are from a different car, the more luxurious Fairlane 500 XL model. You can see just a hint of the pleated vinyl bucket seats that were available only on XL's.
This chase scene was filmed in an area that should be familiar to baseball fans. The clue is a small steel bridge next to a warehouse with the name "China Basin" painted in white on its exterior, which could be seen at 1:33-1:38 and 1:54-1:56. Yep, AT&T Park stands there now.
It's interesting to consider that in the TV/Movie universe, Mike Stone, Steve Keller (SOSF), Dirty Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry), Big Jack Cates (48hrs.) Adrian Monk and Leland Stottlemeyer (Monk) would have all been serving at the same time in the SFPD.
Ah yes, the defacto “vegetable stand” impact with of course vegetables flying everywhere. Similar to the fight scene and the brand new (empty) cardboard boxes which cushion the fall.
:48 seconds in, the street I grew up on. I'd watch them all the time filming on Potrero Hill. The first Dirty Harry film Clint Eastwood is driving up the same hill (.48 sec in this video) in the film my Dad's silver blue '63 Impala was right behind Eastwoods car and shows my dad turning into our drive way. Cool memories!
These things even with the police package still had a lot of body roll. I had 2 71s, a Custom with an N code 429 and a Galaxie 500 with a 351W. I put Addco sway bars front and back on both of them and they really were a different creature. Very little roll and really evened out the handling.
San Francisco use to be a blue collar city with lots of shipping docks and where houses. The water front was all industry back then. Now it's all moved to the Port of Oakland and Richmond. It's now a tourist area and a high tech city. The South of Market and China basin is rapidly changing to high end housing and businesses.
The Ford truck has the cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, and it's the model before catalytic converters so it will run good on regular gas Buddy Boy.
1:35 the ubiquitous truck and trailer going across an intercection just perfect for either A) a speeding car not to realise the truck and trailer is in its path and does a lovely slow motion skid under the trailer chopping its roof off or B) an unsuspecting motorcyclist (usually on a 1974 Honda 750 F2n in gold) not to realise a truck and trailer has just crossed his path and he does a slow motion slide under the trailer whilst simultaneously parting company with the motorcycle.
I expected that guy to say, Surely you can't be serious about rescuing that guy, to which Leslie Nielsen replies: yes I am, and don't call me surely! But the line about rescuing the briefcase wasn't too bad.
The building that says "China Basin" is still there. Across the street (right side of the bridge) is a smaller white building. Thats where the ballpark is now.
Anyone noticed while the cop pealed the orange the rear view mirror was missing when he put the red light up? When they come over the hill and land you can see the mirror is there.
The good old days of S.F. before the crazies took over and before they allowed the bums to shoot up drugs and poop in the open and on the sidewalks, those were the days.
My Mom had a brown LTD.... She took us to the Circus one year in 78, she bought me some red light that my brother and I re worked to the LTD.... Living Streets of San Francisco as kids... LOL
Dhang! I thought James Pedersen made his debut with "To Live and Die In LA" in 85 or so but to see this is eye candy. Dude is spot on in this stuff. Wished I could have seen the end???
Incredible how few cars were on the road in the middle of the day…and I’m talking about way in the background, what looks like at least a 4 lane expressway
Filming early on a Sunday. Less cars on the road in 1973. That expressway collapsed in the great earthquake of 1989 and had to be rebuilt and modernized.
@artytoons OH SHIT, my bad. Yeah i like Leslie Nielsen too. I'll admit, i mainly saw his comedies, but even though Airplane was just something from future family guy writers, i liked how Leslie Nielsen seemed serious in stature and but remained comical in character. He was like a person with a serious face telling a joke.
@codename617 Different actor. Liam Neeson from "Schindler's List", "Phantom Menace", the "A-Team" movie Leslie Nielsen from "Airplane" and in this clip. Nielsen was a serious dramatic actor for the most part until his "Airplane" role.
Most of those scenes were all filmed in china basin and bayview hunters point, sadly its all been redeveloped by facebook... i miss the old San Fransisco, and the men and women who built it...
and you can guarantee that old dentside is still roaming the streets somewhere. as much as a chevy guy as i am, i gotta give Ford credit where credits due. those things were resilient. grandpa told me stories of his old 75 dentside with a hopped up 460, 2wd, 4spd. said hed race all the kids back in the day with their chevelles, mustangs, camaros, and challangers back in san diego and hed always come first, somehow. rest easy pops.
This chase sponsored by Ford! Ford, the preferred brand of car chases, Leslie Nielsen, and some guy who looks like Burt Bacharach in a turtleneck sweater. Ford, for your family entertainment!
All cars from the 70's, when hit would explode...we all knew it and always had to dive for safety. I think Leslie Nielson had white hair since childhood.
Look! Its the limited edition Ford Police Interceptor Camper Special!
I'm late to the party!! Here's your well-deserved thumbs up! 👍 👍
Steve McQueen has downgraded.
Those things have some speed! And they can handle too!😀
That would be the perfect built Ford tough commercial.
300 ci straight 6 ,3 on the tree! No low end, ! Wind it!
... and don't call me Shirley.
I wish you the best of luck, were all counting on you
O.K. then I'll call you Leslie.
Leslie,,,,,,,Nielsen. 😜
Roger
nice beaver
@@Sebastian_Dinwiddie Over.
"Cigarette?" "Yes, I know."
I once owned a ‘71 LTD with the pursuit package. I still have dreams about that car. Never should have sold it.
'71 was a great car, these Ford's are '72 Custom 500's.
Man I know the feeling.
That Ford Custom 500 was a pretty popular police car in the early 70s.
Wet dreams?
@@billiebobbienorton2556 absolutely
I just want to tell you good luck, we're all counting on you
😂😂😂
And don't call me Shirley
Holy cow! Those old Fords are taking a beating! Of course, they weren't old then. And they were built solid. I wouldn't think of doing anything like it with our 2008 Pontiac G6. The first curb hop like that Fairlane took would just destroy it! Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed seeing a good old-fashioned chase scene again!
I did a curb hop like that completely by accident one night in my 97 grand marquis, at the time I had my winter steel rims on. Dented them, never lost the bead, or any air.
For a real treat , check out the Ford truck clips of Mr Majestyk on here.
They only used like 2 trucks for the whole movie.
@@MrTheHillfolk link?
@@kleetus92
Here's the 8 minute movie clip, but Ford actually used clips in a commercial from 1976 to sell new trucks also and that's also on here.
Here's the movie clip
czcams.com/video/ghXatUGIi9g/video.html
At that time the 2 door Ford Fairlane was only 6 years old..
This was from the second season. The name of the episode is called "Before I die" Originally aired on 10/04/73. I love how it was filmed on location. Even in actual movies you don't get street shots like this anymore.
Yes right?! Most of the episodes are here. Gritty, current ‘70s issues, SF landmarks, cute birds, great stories. Streets had it all.
i saw this as a kid with my mom, and have all the cast pics of this, watch until i saw it, i thank my mom, dad was in the army, there
You gotta have some stones to be pushing that truck with that camper on it around those streets like that!
It's a wonder it didn't tip over in that turn 🤔🤨.
I was waiting for the gags and double-entendres.
Let's see if I can slip one in.
I was waiting for all 3 police vehicles to crash into eachother. This is prob the only serious movie he made lol
Surely you don't mean that. . .
@@oftenlucid I do, and don't call me Shirley!
Leslie,”I got to get that briefcase!”. Cop,”You told me you prefer boxers over briefs? Let it go.” Leslie,” but those were Fruit of the Loom guys in there.’
At 1:09 you can see the site of the north portal of the Western Pacific Railroad's tunnel under Potrero Hill (just west of Arkansas between 18th and 19th). In the early '60s the wooden supports inside the tunnel caught fire causing it to collapse, and the WP never rebuilt the tunnel (but clearly left some rails behind).
Leslie: Can’t we catch that guy?
Cop: I can’t tell you that.
Leslie: You can tell me, I’m a cop.
I'm sorry, but thanks to "Airplane!", "The Naked Gun" movies and "Police Squad! (In Color)", everything Leslie Nielsen says is funny.
Same here !
"A turquoise coo-pay." LOL
Yes yes I remember, I had the lasagna.
A turquoise coupay.
paktype At least he knows how to pronounce it correctly...
Leslie, we just want to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.
It's worth noting that the Fords in the early episodes of the Streets were also in Magnum Force.--Identifying marks, such as the right side crease in the green Ford can be seen in Magnum Force, and some episodes of the Streets. The blue Ford that was destroyed disappeared from the Streets after the movie was filmed. The '63 Chev cab can also be seen in both the series and the movie.
No other actor can do a car chase scene with Batman trapped inside a camper with a straight face like Leslie. Not one hubcap was lost during the filming of this chase.
If you look very closely, you can see the interior shots are from a different car, the more luxurious Fairlane 500 XL model. You can see just a hint of the pleated vinyl bucket seats that were available only on XL's.
These cars have a suspension like a flying carpet :D
Certainly not...
That's better that most car chase scenes in movies today. Hard to believe that camper could corner like that without flipping over. Awesome!
Really hard! Only US (utterly stupid) people can believe it!
The brief case must’ve had Karl Maldens travelers checks in it? Good Day Everyone!
Ba-dump ... kish!
I guess they left home without him
Take note, the rear view mirrors are almost always missing from shows in the 70’s.
That was the first thing I removed from all my vehicles. Truck driver
The rear view mirror (camerman in the back seat) the left driver mirror on the F150, the headreasts
This chase scene was filmed in an area that should be familiar to baseball fans. The clue is a small steel bridge next to a warehouse with the name "China Basin" painted in white on its exterior, which could be seen at 1:33-1:38 and 1:54-1:56. Yep, AT&T Park stands there now.
It's interesting to consider that in the TV/Movie universe, Mike Stone, Steve Keller (SOSF), Dirty Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry), Big Jack Cates (48hrs.) Adrian Monk and Leland Stottlemeyer (Monk) would have all been serving at the same time in the SFPD.
Finally, a regular car chase, where there is no vegetable market, no truck blocking the road, no speeding up the scene. Flawless!
Ah yes, the defacto “vegetable stand” impact with of course vegetables flying everywhere. Similar to the fight scene and the brand new (empty) cardboard boxes which cushion the fall.
:48 seconds in, the street I grew up on. I'd watch them all the time filming on Potrero Hill. The first Dirty Harry film Clint Eastwood is driving up the same hill (.48 sec in this video) in the film my Dad's silver blue '63 Impala was right behind Eastwoods car and shows my dad turning into our drive way. Cool memories!
what wonderfulness!
No hubcaps were hurt in the making of this episode.
These things even with the police package still had a lot of body roll. I had 2 71s, a Custom with an N code 429 and a Galaxie 500 with a 351W. I put Addco sway bars front and back on both of them and they really were a different creature. Very little roll and really evened out the handling.
Funny how I find my self saying look how "young" Leslie Nielson looked back then.
Wow this was back when Leslie did all serious stuff
He was great at dramatic roles as well as comedic roles. He will be missed.
@@geraldstephens6612 goes for a lot of great comedy actors. If they can do that well, they can usually do drama too
I know i am not alone when I say it's hard to see Leslie Nielson in something serious.
@@woodsplitter3274 Same for Owen Wilson, Behind Enemy Lines he played a serious role and was very good
Leslie Nielsen died 3 years ago today on 11-28-2010. RIP Leslie, and don't call him Shirley….
Enrico Pallazzo*
Its 10 years
@@bryanv3340 Today is 11/25/2020. In three days, it will be 10 years.
@@johnwilburn amazing h uh??! Wow!" Def doesn't seem like 10 years h as gone by
Please tell me that "And don't call me Shirley" is on his tombstone.
Ford was indeed the automaker of record for a good deal of the great TV shows of that era.
FORD... has a better idea.
Well, I know on "The FBI", which was another ABC offering at that time, if they didn't use all Ford Motors cars, it was at least 98%.
In all my 51 years I've never heard anyone call a "Coupe" a "Coo-pay" HAHA Leave it to Leslie!
Come to Australia.
Common pronunciation used back then. czcams.com/video/h54U9991Arc/video.html
I preferred Leslie Nielsen in 'Police Squad'.
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Couldn't see much difference in his acting, only the context of the show has changed.
Where do ya think they got Police Squad from?
@@AliasUndercover I didn't think I needed to state the obvious.
I love these old Ford!
Gotta love those 1972 Ford LTDs,they were the cars that always jumped into action in those 70s movies and shows.
Great clip. The mad driving of the pickup with the camper reminds me of the race to the opera house in "Foul Play" (also here on youtube.)
So this is how they tested the twin I beam suspension
San Francisco use to be a blue collar city with lots of shipping docks and where houses. The water front was all industry back then. Now it's all moved to the Port of Oakland and Richmond. It's now a tourist area and a high tech city. The South of Market and China basin is rapidly changing to high end housing and businesses.
You forgot to mention it was once a mecca for hippies.
SOMA and China Badin is filled with drug using bums, not high end anything.
I was probably in kindergarten when this was on..a true classic..I'm a San Francisco native!
Wow it's crazy to see how China Basin looked back then before they built AT&T Park right there (by the Black bridge).
The Ford truck has the cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, and it's the model before catalytic converters so it will run good on regular gas Buddy Boy.
1:35 the ubiquitous truck and trailer going across an intercection just perfect for either A) a speeding car not to realise the truck and trailer is in its path and does a lovely slow motion skid under the trailer chopping its roof off or B) an unsuspecting motorcyclist (usually on a 1974 Honda 750 F2n in gold) not to realise a truck and trailer has just crossed his path and he does a slow motion slide under the trailer whilst simultaneously parting company with the motorcycle.
I expected that guy to say, Surely you can't be serious about rescuing that guy, to which Leslie Nielsen replies: yes I am, and don't call me surely! But the line about rescuing the briefcase wasn't too bad.
What a good Ford commercial. Built Ford tough.
I wonder why no one has never mentioned or posted "Gator and White Lightin" on here. Those 2 movies had some kick-ass chases!!!
Leslie Nielsen in serious dramatic acting mode. Probably a shock to young folks.
The building that says "China Basin" is still there. Across the street (right side of the bridge) is a smaller white building. Thats where the ballpark is now.
Anyone noticed while the cop pealed the orange the rear view mirror was missing when he put the red light up? When they come over the hill and land you can see the mirror is there.
THis was an awesome chase! Did anyone else notice that many of the later scenes are also in Magnum Force durring another epic chase.
Nielsen: "Just want to let you know that we're all counting on you. Good luck."
The good old days of S.F. before the crazies took over and before they allowed the bums to shoot up drugs and poop in the open and on the sidewalks, those were the days.
Looks like Callahans green 72 Ford (Magnum Force) is back in action!
Frank Drebin before working in police squad
Franklin Drebin was an accomplished driver. In time, he only lost his pratice when parking the car.
My Mom had a brown LTD.... She took us to the Circus one year in 78, she bought me some red light that my brother and I re worked to the LTD.... Living Streets of San Francisco as kids... LOL
give me the police dramas of 1974, they're way better than the waste half the episode in the dna lab dramas of today....
Dhang! I thought James Pedersen made his debut with "To Live and Die In LA" in 85 or so but to see this is eye candy. Dude is spot on in this stuff. Wished I could have seen the end???
Time when cars were built like tanks.
Also "Dirty mary & Crazy Larry" and Two Lane Blacktop!!
Even back then those streets are too clear of traffic to be realistic. They MIGHT be that clear at 3 in the morning.
Yes, I imagined this chase was being accompanied by the "Naked Gun" theme! 😂😂😂
The whole pursuit, I'm thinking where's Nordberg!?
They ran him out of town like a common pygmi!
Incredible how few cars were on the road in the middle of the day…and I’m talking about way in the background, what looks like at least a 4 lane expressway
Filming early on a Sunday. Less cars on the road in 1973. That expressway collapsed in the great earthquake of 1989 and had to be rebuilt and modernized.
Karl malden looked at red cherry light before he put it on roof of car.. Cool stuff man.👍🚨.
I love these clips! thanks.
Bias ply tires and wobbly suspensions on rubber frames, got to love the 70's police chases.
@artytoons OH SHIT, my bad. Yeah i like Leslie Nielsen too. I'll admit, i mainly saw his comedies, but even though Airplane was just something from future family guy writers, i liked how Leslie Nielsen seemed serious in stature and but remained comical in character. He was like a person with a serious face telling a joke.
@codename617 Different actor.
Liam Neeson from "Schindler's List", "Phantom Menace", the "A-Team" movie
Leslie Nielsen from "Airplane" and in this clip. Nielsen was a serious dramatic actor for the most part until his "Airplane" role.
R.I.P Leslie Nielsen!
A great car chase for a great cop show !
Excellent car chase in San Francisco!
I like how that Ford coupe had an obvious rollcage in some scenes. It is so obvious it was going to get into a stunt or crash.
Most of those scenes were all filmed in china basin and bayview hunters point, sadly its all been redeveloped by facebook... i miss the old San Fransisco, and the men and women who built it...
So funny to see Leslie Nelson in a serious role
Blue skies,1970s 1 of the best cities in the world , what more would you want.
only in the movies does a car blow up cause its on fire.. 3:09
It’s disappointing how little of this show you can find online now days. It was a good show!
I loved it
ha the parked police car at 1:41 to the right
So I'm not seeing things!
👍🏻
I don't remember this episode, however I remember Neilsen's appearance in "The Last Shot" as officer Joe Landers.
You couldn't hit all those things with the cars of today. The plastic would be everywhere and no car.
Back when vehicles were made with metal and NOT f*ckin' plastic!
I’m not sure I’d call that a coupe, or turquoise, but I enjoyed hearing him say those words
they used the exact same location off the freeway that Clint Eastwood used in Magnum Force
Neat to see the same streets in this chase in China Basin also used in Dirty Harry.
He later learned that the man and the briefcase he was after were actually in the back of the camper.
Everytime I see these movies I tell myself I was born. In the wrong year!!!! I love classic cars this is when actors did stunts them selves
the pickup is a '73-'75 F250
and you can guarantee that old dentside is still roaming the streets somewhere. as much as a chevy guy as i am, i gotta give Ford credit where credits due. those things were resilient. grandpa told me stories of his old 75 dentside with a hopped up 460, 2wd, 4spd. said hed race all the kids back in the day with their chevelles, mustangs, camaros, and challangers back in san diego and hed always come first, somehow. rest easy pops.
Wow...Michael Douglas looked so young in this movie. But great car chase though
What a classic, series, and to think the only one left from the series is Michael Douglass,👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
WHAT WAS IN BRIEFCASE?
Inspector Frank Drebbin in pursuit
Ida NORA Baker. The phonetic for “N” in police lingo, at least in California, is Nora, not Nellie. Frank Drebin, I’m very disappointed!
Frank Drebin, the hardcore years.
This chase sponsored by Ford! Ford, the preferred brand of car chases, Leslie Nielsen, and some guy who looks like Burt Bacharach in a turtleneck sweater. Ford, for your family entertainment!
The car chase is like the one in Bullit, only lower caliber.... bwahahahaha !
0:33 somebody's been practicing
All cars from the 70's, when hit would explode...we all knew it and always had to dive for safety. I think Leslie Nielson had white hair since childhood.
Fried suspects spare you from those protracted interrogations...
Oh come on! You know that's not true. You're probably just thinking of the Ford Pinto.
Not in Forbidden Planet.
Christ, all the good old stars are dropping like flies these day, aren't they?
Nice San Fran shots. Thank God the quake got rid of that hideous overpass.
A tour of San Fransisco's great move locations - love it! 👮📺👍
R I P Leslie Nielsen 💔