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{{Filmjr |title=East Bay and Northern California - unedited footage |embid=East_Bay_and_Northern_California_unedited_footage |embsv=archiveorg |desc=|forma=16mm |year=c. 1956 |up=|next=|prev=|step= |lang=English |pbrs=Golden Gate Films Inc. |heldby=PA |len=26 min. |link= |bw= |ani= |ewid= }} == Shot List == Shot list could use improved locational specifics. === 05:27: === 05:27:09:15 Night shot: illuminated multi-pane attraction feature panels with figures and landscapes, rotating. 05:27:16:12 nighttime neon: Crystal Arcade Emporium Eastman Kodak 05:27:23:01 (daytime) Claremont Hotel exterior with parking lot. (scratched) A few different views of the hotel exterior. 05:27:45:27 Berkeley hills residential neighborhood street views. Several different views of streets and home-dotted hills. [needs improved site identification] === 05:28: === 05:28:24:13 - 05:28:52:24 East Bay waterway with sailboats. Where are we? Berkeley Marina? 05:28:52:25 - 05:28:59:25 slop: UC Berkeley campus exteriors 05:28:59:25 - 05:29:05:14 Pans of the Bay from the top of Grizzly peak. (scratched) Slow pan of residential east bay from above, the Bay Bridge, Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco === 05:29: === 05:29:05:15 Oakland A s stadium crowd scene, sailors in sailor hats. 05:29:09:03 (image flipped) Western airplane lands at Oakland airport. Passenger prop jet. 05:29:13:14 ;High school campus exteriors :Slow pan of public school exterior :East Bay -- hills visible in background :school yards with children playing :elementary school yard, high school yard. 05:29:33:10 - 05:29:33:23 <pre class="jjrPre"><nowiki>[NEEDS IMPROVED SITE IDENTIFICATION]</nowiki></pre> East Bay residential street with modern apartment building. ;Sequence of East Bay street scenes :Large buildings -- most unidentified, but some are: :State Farm Insurance :Cutter Laboratories :Darkeer (??) Margarine factory === 05:30: === 05:30:05:24 Hilltop POV of Oakland/Berkeley hills residential neighborhoods Two different views. 05:30:11:08 - 05:30:28:06 Flagpole flying American flag and state of California flag. Both are fluttering in strong wind. 05:30:28:12 Mount Lassen, long view 05:30:32:00 California water project landscape: water diversion channel -- looks like a dam with five huge aluminum tubes emerging from it. 05:30:35:00 Man faces away from camera standing on lip of reservoir, gazing into the water. 05:30:38:15 Driving POV of northern California river with hydroelectric works - River is dammed but water is rushing over the dam 05:30:46:13 Tain northbound in rural, mountainous northern California: Viewing car POV out train window, looking at northern California river. Nice view of front of train curving ahead, Viewing car POV of mountain landscapes 05:31:37:20 Viewing car POV passes a mining or timber town with rail depot === 05:32: === 05:32:00:20 Camera-out-the-window POV: Front of moving train curves ahead and enters tunnel in mountainside. 05:32:03:15 Back-of-train POV: receding train tracks Mountain reservoir train window POV. 05:32:21:20 - 05:32:27:12 Mountain reservoir train window POV with fire lookout tower in view 05:32:27:13 - 05:33:26:11 Train POV: Mountain reservoir, continued (no fire lookout tower). ;Sequence of train window or camera-out-train window POVs through mountain landscapes :front of train passes under trestle :looking down on automotive traffic on a two-land road :looking down a steep gorge to a narrow river :train tracks receding === 05:33: === 05:33:26:12 Train POVs continue, but landscape changes from mountainous to Central Valley: Sequences: passing over a four-lane highway running alongside a four-lane highway through the Central Valley with farmland in background 05:33:49:28 Train POV: receding view of the railway bridge over Carquinez Strait. Clear view of bridge over Suisun marshlands and waters of the straits. 05:33:57:11 - 05:34:06:12 Train POV: Running along Carquinez strait waterfront, passing under the Carquinez bridge. Good view of bridge. === 05:34: === 05:34:06:13 - 05:34:09:04 slop 05:34:09:05 Train POV: tight view of receding tracks behind train. 05:34:20:17 Train POV: wide view of receding tracks behind train. Rural central California landscape with power lines and fields visible. 05:34:28:21 Train POV: tight view of receding tracks behind train. 05:34:35:17 - 05:34:42:08 Train POV: California rural landscape with golden fields 05:34:42:12 - 05:36:13:29 Train POV: minute-and-a-half series of rear-facing train travel sequences: train moves through several tunnels, then under two bridges. First frame shows just distant end of tunnel as a spot of light in the center of a dark field, the tunnel interior. Hard to parse, until rear of train abruptly emerges from near end of tunnel. Widening view of tunnel cut set deeply within rocky mountain side. Train then travels over high trestle above agricultural lands, with four-lane freeway in view, and then in and out of two more tunnels. Very nice. === 05:36: === 05:36:14:02 Train window POV of San Pablo Bay. Sign: Gateley; Gateley is in between Hercules and Pinole on the San Pablo Bay shore. 05:36:30:26 Train window POV from within the train, so window frames the view: Looking out at residential/light industrial Berkeley, with Bay visible in background and Marin Headlands behind. 05:36:37:10 Train POV: rear-facing view of tracks and landscape receding behind train: under a bridge, moving through light industry yards. 05:36:52:28 - 05:37:20:28 Train engineer cab interior view: View of engineer s hands at the controls, and the landscape scooting by out the train s front windows (San Francisco/San Pablo bay region flatlands). === 05:37: === 05:37:21:02 - 05:37:29:27 Profile view of train engineer at work. Wearing glasses and engineer s cap. Tight, dark view of cab interior. 05:37:29:29 View of train engineer looking up from floor of engineer s cab. Heroic perspective. 05:37:40:20 Train window POV straight ahead out front of engineer s cab. View of oncoming tracks, in Bay region flatlands landscape. Train goes through Passing Sando crossing sign. Second sequence through rail yard. Third sequence passes orchard lands. === 05:38: === 05:38:11:28 Close-up of speedometer in engineer s cab. Dark. 05:38:19:18 ;Train window POVs straight ahead out front of engineer s cab, long series of sequences :approaching and crossing cantilevered rail bridge over waterway, with bridgekeeper's house attached. :traversing wetlands :pan side to front :traveling alongside pipeline through agricultural lands :another close-up of the speedometer. :traversing agricultural lands 05:39:16:06 Engineer's cab POV: view of engineer operating train controls. 05:39:25:22 Dining car interior with two solo diners; no food visible, just nicely set tables. African-American porters in uniform at back of car. Waiter hands out menu. Dining car fills. Porter in uniform takes order. Two men sit at table and contemplate the landscape. 05:40:09:01 A different kind of dining car: A bar with formica top, as if in a diner. African-American porters in uniform take orders from Passengers. Man, children, woman, 05:40:16:01 Viewing car interior with dome windows. Passengers look out window and read newspaper; Bay visible out windows. Two sequences with different perspectives. 05:40:26:02 Close-up of woman tour guide with microphone. Wearing Santa Fe railroad jacket and cap. She speaks into the microphone. 05:40:33:18 Train roof POV: view of train stretching ahead, moving forward through east bay golden hills. second sequence: Train goes through tunnel. 05:41:01:02 Train window side POV of rolling hills, East Bay residential and industrial landscape. Looks like Concord area with refinery in background. 05:41:16:03 - 05:41:32:11 Dining car interior. Formal dining car with white tablecloths on tables. Man in uniform sits at table. STOP TRAIN SEQUENCES 05:41:32:13 - 05:43:20:19 ;Berkeley Rose garden sequence: :pan of gardens. :Tennis courts behind rose garden. :Young woman walks through the rose gardens and poses with flowers. :Different views of young woman with flowers. :Sign - ''Berkeley Rose Garden'' === 05:43: === 05:43:20:20 Little house in rural landscape labeled Asti 05:43:25:06 - 05:43:27:27 Young woman places a glass bottle into a horizontal work clamp. She is wearing a leather hand-guard, and she wraps twine around the base of the bottle. What s going on here? 05:43:27:28 Vineyard landscape, 2 shots: - static view of vine-covered hills - Hispanic man in hat stands on bare soil among vine stakes. He bends down and lifts up a handful of soil and lets it fall between his fingers. START TRAIN SEQUENCES AGAIN 05:43:33:14 Train window POV looking down on four-lane freeway with huge snow-covered mountain behind. 05:43:36:26 Interior of crowded viewing car 05:43:39:08 Train tracks receding behind train; wide view, 2 sets of tracks; California mountain landscape. Three distinct receding tracks sequences. === 05:44: === STOP TRAIN SEQUENCES 05:44:00:06 Roadside attraction: Trees of Mystery. Pan parking lot with tired-Indian-on-horse statue; statue of Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox sculpture; cars coming and going. 05:44:48:19 Static roadside view of two-lane road through the redwoods. Cars pass and enter the dark shadows. Pan up the trunks of the trees. Pans of redwood trees: trunk to treetop. 05:45:40:20 Sign: ''World Famous Tree House Believe It Or Not'' 05:45:47:11 Sign: The Tallest One Room House in the World with detail info. 05:46:07:15 Two views of front entrance to tree house. 05:46:24:01 - 05:46:46:27 Man in plaid shirt poses with boa constrictor in front of sign advertising Gila Monster . Looks like a fairgrounds or other animal attraction. two frames of slop 05:46:47:00 - 05:47:12:24 Relief map of central and northern California: Finger traces a perimeter around San Francisco Bay Area, and moves back and forth between San Francisco and Oakland. 05:47:12:25 Long view of horse train of 20+ animals with riders in western gear. Moving away from camera, toward redwood forest. 05:47:18:13 ;Pony sequences continue :Men ride horses through tall grasses. dark, poorly shot :Good view of man on white horse in ten gallon hat. :Three women on horses follow a paved road. 05:47:40:18 horse team pulls a wagon down the road with tourist passengers. A following covered wagon is labeled Carson and Hangtown Fast Freight Parade of Old West style horse-drawn vehicles going down paved road. (This sequence is dark.) === 05:48: === 05:48:27:05 Close-up of clean-cut, well-dressed attractive young people cheering in a crowd. 05:48:35:07 - 05:49:29:23 San Francisco Bay at sunset: four sequences. 05:49:29:24 View of newspaper on black background: The Disneyland News, headline: Football Festival Queens Tour Disneyland. Three similar static sequences, one with a zoom-in. === 05:50: === 05:50:02:06 Motorboats on a mountain lake. People on a sandy beach enjoying sunshine. 05:50:45:09 Bird s eye POV straight down on moving motorboat. Boat traverses a channel, out into the lake, past the sandy beach. Sandy beach sequences: children playing. 05:51:30:21 Cars parked on a dam road in a mountain landscape; many people out of their cars looking at the scenery. A woman looks through a viewing scope. Pan down the steep to what they are looking at: looks like mining infrastructure. 05:51:49:03 View of four-lane highway with large snow-covered mountain behind. Lassen? 05:51:57:03 View of mountain dam. Pan of truly huge dam. === 05:52: === 05:52:10:18 Pan of large, boulder-strewn mountain meadow. Looks like the Sierras, like Tuolomne meadow area. 05:52:26:21 ;Bird's eye view of mountain lake. Two views :Shadow over lake turns to sun :Man perches on boulders holding cigarette and gazes away from camera, down at the lake. 05:52:39:03 Three-story modern building marked KRE with cars parked in front. pan to KRE radio transmitter tower on the Berkeley watefront flats. 05:52:44:26 Body of water enclosed by dikes with waterfowl present, with bay shore light industrial landscape visible behind. Looks like Aquatic park in Berkeley? Pan of enclosed water landscape from bayshore highway on one side, over the Scaup, to the light industry on the other side: Margarine factory and other factories unmarked. Same margarine factory as at beginning of tape. Tape out: 05:53:50:07 == See Also == [[Category:Shot List]] [[Category:Moving Images with Trains]]

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