Home Movies: "My Alaska Cruise" (1938)

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Reel 1: June 1938. "Alaskan Adventurers" certificate made out to one Fred M. Laserson. Great shots of Santa Cruz casino and promenade under columned building (B&W). Big Trees Various shots of San Francisco sights title card: "FRISCO" letters superimposed into painting of Telegraph Hill and Marin headlands in background Palace of Fine Arts with Doyle Drive and part of Crissy Field in foreground Alcatraz Island with ferry in foreground moving east to west Bay Bridge Several very brief shots of Treasure Island with Golden Gate International Exposition buildings Chinatown, darkish color but good; Mandarin Theatre Neon signs in Chinatown: Li Po, T. Iwata & Co., Grant Avenue general shots, dancehall; Shanghai Low restaurant; Amato Sukiyaki; Chop Suey; Chinese Pagoda restaurant City Hall Driving north on Golden Gate Bridge, passing two house trailers in right lane Brief shot of 1920s-style office building with pagoda-topped building in foreground (where?) Eel River bridge on Redwood Highway "Redwood Log" novelty store designed to look like huge log, with various signs painted on it Lane's Flats Tree house ("tallest one room house in the world") brief shot of Russian church shaped like barrel "World's Largest Saw Mill, Eureka" -- title and of mill Oregon state capitol, Salem Portland, Oregon: Broadway with streetcar #417 (on MA line) moving towards camera, Orpheum Theatre and New Heathman Hotel visible Another close shot shows Orpheum Theatre, College Inn Coffee, other businesses…

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17 minutes

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Prelinger Archives

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