Home Movies: Summers Collection: San Francisco, California (1941)
1941 · Ephemeral film · 26 min
Synopsis
Comprehensive film of San Francisco, California and vicinity shot in the summer of 1941. •
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Details
- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0629_HM_Summers_Collection_San_Francisco_California_1941_16_00_58_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · From high on the hills, to Shanghai Lows. · Spuzz · 2014-03-25
When I watched the Summers films of his trip to SF, I think I am coming to the conclusion that these are probably the best put together of all the SF amateur films. As his show a great sense of filmmaking, style and editing that make this all worthwhile. We start with Mr Summers at home, with all his film (I dont think this is the actual film, just outtakes) all heaped uop in a pile. With Mr. Summers somewhat perplexed. Well not really. Then we cut to a view from a plane and great aerial views from a plane. From the looks of things, I thought this was obviously a small craft plane that he…