8 mm home movies from the fifties in Downey, California. This features the flooding of Firestone Boulevard west of Downey Avenue in 1952. In the background are JJ Newberry's and JC Penneys, probably also the Sally's Shop and others. Film was taken by my father, Lyle E. Wilde, digitized and edited by Kay (Wilde) Cofield, California Media, Long Beach, California.