Let's Get Associated With San Francisco

Let's Get Associated With San Francisco

Survey of famous tourist sites in San Francisco in 1938. 01:00:37:10 Intertitle over sparkling water “A city of supreme and exotic beauty…” 01:02:01:14 Elevated shot overlooking downtown San Francisco and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 01:02:20:27 Sign: “San Francisco Airport New York - 15 Hours Los Angeles - 2 Hours” 01:02:39:07 VS 1940s San Francisco airport. Old United Airlines commercial passenger plane on runway and taxiing. 01:03:05:02 Train tracks and train station; train quickly passing in front and away from camera. Second train passes headed toward camera. 01:03:35:18 Shot from San Francisco Bay facing pier 57 and downtown San Francisco. 01:04:00:22 Ferry “Sacramento” pulling into pier; lots of steam exhaust. 01:04:25:27 Trolley cars pulling into central hub pedestrians scurrying about. 01:04:53:05 VS pan across San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. 01:06:30:05 Perspective shot from car crossing San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. 01:06:45:01 Sailboat with three sailors in the bay passing in front of large steamer. 01:07:05:02 Intertitle “Golden Gate Bridge… World’s longest Single Span 8940 Feet” 01:07:10:27 Golden Gate bridge from north western San Francisco. Perspective shot from car crossing the Golden Gate bridge. Old 1930s cars. Pedestrians walking across bridge on sidewalks. 01:07:46:13 Perspective shot from car on Montgomery Street in Financial District. Lots of traffic on sidewalks. Bicyclists on street. 01:08:05:02 VS Stock Exchange and Federal Reserve Bank; good architectural shots. 01:08:45:14 Federal Building near Civic Center pans to City Hall. 01:09:08:17 Great architectural shot of San Francisco City Hall. 01:09:17:00 Little boy surrounded by pigeons with fountain in background. 01:09:29:10 Exposition Auditorium with fountain in front. 01:09:54:09 San Francisco’s Main Library of 21 branches at that time and contains 520,000 volumes alone. 01:10:08:03 San Francisco Mint building where 3,000.000 dollars were minted one year prior to the film.

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