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Poster for San Francisco Scenes (1929)

San Francisco Scenes (1929)

1929 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

Aerials; Pacific Telephone Building; looking down Market Street, shot from around 8th Street; Ferry Building; Goat Island, ferry in background; maps of San Francisco Bay; view through Golden Gate; ferry and shipping on Bay; pan shot of waterfront piers from the air; maps; Ferry Building with streetcars in front; streetcars (trolleys) turning; crowds; ferries approaching berth, seen from Ferry Building; ferries passing on the Bay; Oakland and Lake Merritt, Oakland City Hall; aerial view of University of California stadium in Berkeley; Campanile (on UC Berkeley campus) seen through the trees; of ferryboat "Golden Gate"; aerial shots toward San Francisco and Bay; Market Street from Twin Peaks; downtown streets; aerial view of San Francisco Civic Center; Union Square looking south; street scene; cable car turning around at Powell Street turntable; building construction; Chinatown street scene; pagoda and stores in Chinatown; Chinese man on telephone; Chinese switchboard at Chinese telephone exchange; exterior shot of shop and Chinese people on sidewalk; signs in windows; Chinese girls; view of San Francisco homes; park; Golden Gate Park; Golden Gate Park bandstand; people at bandstand; Portals of the Past at Stow Lake; swans on lake; ships loading at piers; various views of loading; cargo on hand truck; copra and hemp being unloaded by longshoremen; various scenes of dockhands and longshoremen working moving cargo; activity in warehouse; loading onto railroad car; silk from…

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Details

Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0804_San_Francisco_Scenes_09_20_39_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · OK, the Golden Gate goes here.. · Spuzz · 2016-01-18

Various scenes of San Francisco here. Streets, aerial views, ocean views etc. Seems to be a working print for an educational film. Lots of titles with no scenes to attach it to. It's like a big puzzle trying to piece it all together.