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Golden Gate City: San Francisco (1939)

1939 · Ephemeral film · 9 min

Synopsis

The following shotlist is keyed to the PA-0659 transfer: Golden Gate bridge, steamship passes under the bridge; aerial of the Golden Gate Bridge; great high-angle shot from atop the one of the bridges towers; what looks like a Navy battleship passes beneath bridge. Cluster of sailboats with white sails in the San Francisco Bay; sailboats sails across frame, San Francisco in background Great pan over Alcatraz; Alacatraz Coit Memorial Tower atop Telegraph Hill; great pan over San Francisco from atop Telegraph Hill, Northbeach, downtown, the Bay Bridge, Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island Great tracking shot of an A train traveling on the Bay Bridge to San Francisco from the East Bay; Treasure Island World’s Fair site as seen from the bridge; Treasure Island site of the 1939 - 1940 World’s Fair Pan over downtown San Francisco; San Francisco; high-angle of the Ferry Building San Francisco from Twin Peaks High-angle shot looking up bustling Market Street in San Francisco; high-angle Market Street; sidewalk flower stand on Market St., woman buys bouquet intersection of Market Street, Kearny and GearySt., Lotta’s Fountain the St. Francis Hotel facing Union Square; high-angle shot Union Square, San Francisco High-angle shot cable car rotated on turntable Tracking shot from front of car driving up steep San Francisco hill; cars on street. Pan over the Civic Center; pan over City Hall Great shot man wearing fedora kneeling down throwing food to seagulls Exposition Auditorium Great…

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Running time
9 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0965_Golden_Gate_City_San_Francisco_01_41_34_18