Lookout Mountain Air Force Station | |
|---|---|
| Part of Military Airlift Command (MAC) | |
 Lookout Mountain Laboratory Air Force Station from above | |
  Lookout Mountain AFS Location of Lookout Mountain AFS, California | |
| Coordinates | 34°06′32″N 118°23′19″W / 34.108810°N 118.388588°W[1] |
| Type | Air Force Station |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Jared Leto[2] |
| Controlled by |  United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941[3] |
| In use | 1947–1969[3] |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 1352nd Photographic Group |
Lookout Mountain Air Force Station (LMAFS) is a Formerly Used Defense Site which today is a private residence of actor Jared Leto in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The USAF military installation produced motion pictures and still photographs for the United States Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1947 to 1969.[3]
The 50,000 sq ft (4645 m2)[4] facility was built on 2.5 acres in 1941 as a World War II air defense center to coordinate Los Angeles area radar installations.[3] When the studio was established in 1947, its purpose was kept secret. The studio consisted of one large sound stage, a film laboratory, two screening rooms, four editing rooms, an animation and still photo department, sound mixing studio, and numerous climate controlled film vaults. Using the latest equipment, the studio could process both 35mm and 16mm color motion picture film as well as black and white and color still photographs.[5] It was declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument number 1098 in 2015.[6]
- ^ "Land Use Database: Lookout Mountain". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. March 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ David, Mark (January 12, 2015). "Jared Leto Buys Former Los Angeles Military Compound". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Secret Film Studio: Lookout Mountain" (PDF). Nevada National Security Site History. U.S. Department of Energy, National Security Administration. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Beale, Lauren. "Home of the Week: Compound once a lair for military secrets". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
origref-17-18-20n22was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) Report – City Declared Monuments". City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning. February 24, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.