While the entire game world is open to you from the beginning of the game, Cole Phelps begins his career in LAs Central district. With that in mind, well start our search at the southeastern corner of the map, and gradually work our way northwest to Hollywood from there.
1. Notorious
At the eastern edge of the map, theres a nameless road that intersects with Olympic Blvd. Just north of that intersection, youll find a dirt road that leads to this warehouse:
Drive inside the open loading doors to the south, and youll see a little office on your right. The first reel is waiting on the floor.
Not too far north of where you found Notorious, and off the same nameless road, youll see a military base. Its front entrance, which you should smash right through, looks like this:
Drive up to the first building on your left. Just to the west of it, youll see a pathway sloping downward. Follow it.
Follow the path behind the building pictured above, and youll find a practice range. The second reel is sitting on one of the tables in front of it:
This ones tricky, because youll need to actually get inside of the 7th St. bridge. If youre coming from the direction of the nameless road, squeeze past the bridges right side, like so:
This will bring you to one of LAs many drainage canals. Just drive straight across to the other side.
Once there, hang a left and head for the collection of bridge supports that look like this:
Hidden behind them on the big support, youll see a little door. Head on in.
Climb the stairs and head to bear right, past a couple of hobos:
Climb the stairs and head to bear right, past a couple of hobos:
A few blocks southwest of the 7th Street bridge, theres see a railroad depot situated just north of Bay Street (the below is what it looks like if youre coming from Alameda). Head for its western end.
Curl around to the north side of the depot, and youll see a couple of red cars standing close together under the awning. The next reel is on the ground between them.
After grabbing Scarlet Street, head north to 1st Street and follow it east (or just fast-travel, whichever). Shortly after crossing the bridge, youll see train tracks headed south, past this parking structure. Your target is the small water tower just visible under the arrow:
Head over to it, and youll see the next reel laying on the ground, semi-hidden by a pipe.
Head back west along 1st Street, and head south at Alameda. Theres a factory on the eastern side of the street; heres what it looks like when youre coming up from the south:
Smash through the gates in front of the place and drive on it. If youre approaching from Alameda, youll see a staircase on the right that looks like this:
Climb that sucker and look to the right. The next reel is in plain sight near the corner of the catwalk.
Heres an easy one: just go to Union Station. If you havent found it (which you normally will in the second Traffic-desk case), take Alameda north and itll be on your right. Once youve find it, you can tick a landmark off your list and head inside the southernmost entrance.
Run around the locker kiosk, and youll see a little gift stand on the right.
The next reel is on the counter, freely available for you to grab.
Compared to finding this reel, the rest are a total cakewalk. Its only accessible through a long railway tunnel; assuming youre taking these in order, we recommend taking this entrance, situated just off Hill Street between 4th and 5th (see map below).
Follow the tunnel until you see it fork to the right. Thats your cue to slam on the brakes and get out.
Head into the fork (which turns out to be a dead end), and youll see the 1945 version of Mildred Pierce sitting next to the tracks. Once youve grabbed it, get back in the car and continue heading through the tunnel, as the exit will take you near the next reel.
