Home Movies: Bernstein/Silver Collection: San Francisco
Ephemeral film · 12 min
Synopsis
Mission Dolores, Cliff House, Golden Gate Park Aquarium Golden Gate International Exposition 1940Mission Dolores graveyard View looking south on Dolores Street from Mission Dolores Golden Gate Park: Steinhart Aquarium, de Young Museum11:31:37VS Views of Ocean Beach from near Cliff House; Playland visible in background; Seal Rocks; Sutro Baths visible on rightPan over Marin County hills near Muir Woods area Muir Woods (underexposed as usual)Pan over San Francisco Bay, including Angel Island11:33:35VS Palace of Fine Arts; St. Francis Yacht Club area and Marina Green View of beach, now Crissy Field East (dark)Pans over central area of SF (Russian Hill?)title: "San Francisco Chinatown and Business District July 1940."11:35:20Downtown, Union Square, Grant Avenue (Chinatown), Chinese Skyroom / Dancing Chinatown looking east on California Street downtown streets Scenes of bay shot from ferry 11:38:04 Treasure Island - 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition buildings, statues, gardens, people Hall of Flowers
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- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · All Welcome At The Fair! · Spuzz · 2015-12-26
Nice home movie footage of various points around San Francisco. Most of the travels center around Treasure Island and the World's Fair. Lovely scenery and color here