[Home Movies: Summers Collection: San Francisco, California, 1941]

[Home Movies: Summers Collection: San Francisco, California, 1941]

Rejissyor: Summers, John H.. Comprehensive film of San Francisco, California and vicinity shot in the summer of 1941. • 13:57:09:14- 13:57:32:12 Nice aerial series—in every shot we see the shadow of the plane. Starts over Marin County, cuts to view of the wing of the plane and a residential development below, cut to green fields, cut to dry, brown land, cut to suburbs, and finally end with grassless land and the prominent shadow of the plane. • 13:57:55:12- 13:58:02:12 Pan of the airport's "passenger station" in San Francisco. People stand waiting for a plane to unload its passengers. The wing of the plane is in the foreground. • 13:58:10:26- 13:58:30:12 Medium shot of a sign stating "San Francisco Airport, Airline Passengers, August 1941." Cut to a nice pan of the San Francisco airport—its parking lot and various buildings. • 13:58:36:21- 13:59:03:00 Another pan of the airport. It begins with the image of a plane taking off, moves over for us to view the "Skywalk Cafe" and cars driving along the road. Cut to the front of the airport where a man walks out of the center building. • 13:59:33:20- 14:00:11:12 Nice shaky driving POV down Market Street going towards the Embarcadero (bustling sidewalks and businesses to the side). Cut to a different view of people running across the street. We approach the waterfront building and can also see the Lincoln Hotel. • 14:01:58:21- 14:02:10:04 Interesting, chaotic shot at Market and Ellis Streets—we see the tops of people's heads as they cross the street with the Embarcadero in the background. Ends with a pan up a tall building. • 14:03:03:11- 14:03:32:23 Cars make their ways down a Russian Hill street with a view of the Bay Bridge in the distance. • 14:03:59:18- 14:04:06:21 Beautiful shot from the bottom of a long street (on a hill). The sun shines at the top of the street—the buildings and people on the sidewalk look dark in comparison. worth noting: many short shots of Chinatown — schoolgirls, businessmen, shopkeepers, and more. • 14:11:01:16- 14:11:26:2

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