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Home Movies: San Francisco (1950)

1950 · Ephemeral film · 12 min

Synopsis

Mission Dolores San Francisco City Hall seen from straight on, Fulton Street California street with cable car Chinatown Powell and Market streets, cable car turnaround Alcatraz from water Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge ferries on bay driving on Bay Bridge, two-way traffic

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Details

Running time
12 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0998_HM_San_Francisco_01_22_39_06

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · NOT THE RIGHT ERA - PLEASE RECLASSIFY · ke4000 · 2020-03-27

The San Francisco portion of this film was almost certainly shot in 1939. Banners in Chinatown advertise a welcome to 1939 visitors and the many shots of the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition make it clear that 1940 is the terminus ante quem. There are also a number of scenes that are definitely not San Francisco.

★★★ · Here we come · Spuzz · 2016-01-22

Not a bad home movie about and around San Francisco. Some standard touristy shots, but the filmmaker is not afraid to go out of the city as well.