Let s Get Associated With San Francisco

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Let s Get Associated With San Francisco is a short film from 1938 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

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.

01:10:23:14 VS residential San Francisco neighborhoods.

01:11:27:01 VS Shopping District. Sherman Clay & Co. H. Liebes & Co.

01:11:40:04 Upper class women leaving fancy building each with a box under their arms

01:12:23:29 Market street facing Twin Peaks followed by Market Street looking toward Ferry Building. California state flags waving on one side of street, American flags down other.

01:13:09:01 Great overhead shot of cable car turning around.

01:13:40:16 The Furniture Mart building.

01:14:05:03 Big band playing in Golden Gate Park; audience back to camera looks on; band leader bows to the audience.

01:14:22:26 De Young Museum.

01:14:38:08 VS CU flowers in Golden Gate Park. Goose swimming in water. Couple rowing in lake. Men lawn bowling. Pan up wind mill. Highway along Pacific Ocean.

01:16:57:00 Gravestone: Roald Amundsen 1872-1928.

01:17:30:00 VS of crowds of people at the Zoo watching animals; animals in cages; Llama; Elk; CU Giraffe head.

01:18:40:00 Possibly 49ers playing football.

01:18:59:12 Nice shot of Golden Gate Bridge.

01:19:15:03 Men in all white clothes and long pants playing doubles tennis in small tournament stadium.

01:19:49:14 VS famous San Francisco doorways: Golden Gate International Exposition, Palace Hotel

01:20:29:22 VS children playing in public pool; cute little girl sliding down slide; kids on swings; cute little girl in bonnet on donkey; Little princess girl with tiara.

01:21:32:02 Pretty woman lying on beach in bathing suit. Couple, man and woman, running holding hands into the ocean.

01:21:46:29 Two women riding in gallop on horses side by side.

01:22:22:26 Plaque: Gift to James Lick Pioneer 1847 ; VS of statues of pioneers and early settlers

01:23:03:12 Mission Dolores founded by Junipero Serra in 1776.

01:23:18:01 Coit Tower.

01:23:39:06 VS Palace of the Legion of Honor art exhibits and organ recitals. The Thinker Statue beneath Honneur Et Patrie Honor and Country ; nice architectural details.

01:24:31:05 VS Palace of Fine Arts. Last of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition buildings.

01:24:48:22 The Opera House.

01:25:02:04 Veterans War Memorial.

01:25:31:10 VS San Francisco clubs: Associated

01:26:19:18 Great VS Chinatown; Old Saint Mary s Church.

01:27:31:23 VS San Francisco waterfront.

01:28:55:15 VS Fisherman s Wharf and Fish Market.

01:30:18:01 Angel Island, US government quarantine island.

01:30:37:16 Alcatraz federal penitentiary.

01:30:54:13 Yerba Buena Island, US Naval training station.

01:31:05:29 Two women looking at model of 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. VS of model.

01:31:47:04 VS Treasure Island, 400 acre man-made island; workers and builders working on the construction of Treasure Island and the International Exposition.

01:33:26:28 San Francisco panorama shot with United States Navy fleet anchored in the San Francisco Bay.

01:34:34:24 Swarm of people excitedly disembarking from ferry onto Treasure Island passing beneath camera. VS of people entering the exposition site and exploring the grounds.

Let s Get Associated With San Francisco
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