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Prelinger Archives 13,180 13K San Francisco 1939 movies eye 13,180 favorite 26 comment 3

0589 PA8114 San Francisco 1939

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Topics: Amateur Films, Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical, San Francisco:...



Pre-World War II San Francisco scenics.

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Topic: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical



Prelinger Archives 66,197 66K Bridging San Francisco Bay by Handy (Jam) Organization movies eye 66,197 favorite 52 comment 9

Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

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Topics: Infrastructure: Bridges, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Occupations: Ironworkers



Amateur footage of San Francisco Outdoor Art Show

Topic: San Francisco



Prelinger Archives 12,346 12K San Francisco Scenes movies eye 12,346 favorite 22 comment 3

Silent black and white footage of San Francisco, presumably from the late 1920's or early 1930's.

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Topics: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical, Transportation: Cable cars, Landscapes: Cultural



Prelinger Archives 9,213 9.2K Brooklyn Goes to San Francisco by Universal Pictures movies eye 9,213 favorite 10 comment 5

Brooklyn native Phil Foster tours San Francisco and comments on many places of interest.

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Topics: San Francisco: Humor, San Francisco Bay Area, California: History and culture



Prelinger Archives 20,011 20K San Francisco World's Fair movies eye 20,011 favorite 21 comment 4

News Parade newsreel footage of the San Francisco World's Fair in 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition. The fair was intended to celebrate the opening of two bridges, the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge. It was held on Treasure Island. 0551 PA8123 San Francisco World's Fair (The News Parade)

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Topics: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939, Newsreels, News Parade, Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge,...



Prelinger Archives 604,739 605K San Francisco (1955 Cinemascope film) by Tullio Pellegrini movies eye 604,739 favorite 107 comment 10

Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.

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Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1



Prelinger Archives 31,449 31K [Opium Destruction, San Francisco 1914] by Unknown movies eye 31,449 favorite 18 comment 6

Government agents burn confiscated opium near unfinished San Francisco City Hall, and destroy other confiscated Chinese drugs.

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Topics: Substance abuse: Drugs, San Francisco: History



Viewing notes state: “Charbauer” ? Hotel; Charbauer or Tharbauer; Humble Building; oil rig / wife in car (ca. 1954); Death Valley; driving; Welcome to New Mexico sign (2 frames; Arizona Welcomes You sign; car/driving in desert; Tamquitz Canyon Palm Springs sign (2 frames); Griffith Observatory (overexposed); Pacific Ocean; Big Sur (?); Street scene; Torres Inn Hotel; Carmel, California: shops, old church, bay, ocean scenes, wife and sister; Point Joe; San Francisco street scenes, wharf,...

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Topics: home movies, prelinger, San Francisco, Carmel, Western U.S., California



Cleaning up downtown San Francisco after the conflagration.

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Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters



Riotous celebrations in San Francisco and Redwood City, California as soldiers, sailors and civilians celebrate the end of World War II.

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Topics: San Francisco: World War II: Postwar, Celebrations, Riots



Prelinger Archives Home Movies 171,675 172K San Francisco Earthquake footage movies eye 171,675 favorite 122 comment 7

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Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, Amateur Film



San Francisco, California. [?] Ironworkers strike. Includes destruction of streetcar.

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Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 7

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Topics: Lost Landscapes, San Francisco



Prelinger Archives 3,242 3.2K Mood of San Francisco by American Airlines movies eye 3,242 favorite 10 comment 1

Mood of San Francisco ca. early 1960s

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Topic: industrial film



Scenes from an early newsreel of the fire and earthquake destruction of San Francisco in 1906

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Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical



Prelinger Archives 978 978 [San Francisco Marches On!] movies eye 978 favorite 4 comment 1

San Francisco, California promotional film to vote on a bond issue supporting construction of a subway / many scenes of traffic conditions on San Francisco streets involving streetcars, autos, busses and pedestrians

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Prelinger Archives 7,165 7.2K San Francisco by the Golden Gate by Central Films movies eye 7,165 favorite 11 comment 1

Tour of scenic locations in San Francisco and environs.

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Topic: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical



Prelinger Archives 632 632 [San Francisco Scenes (miscellaneous)] movies eye 632 favorite 0 comment 1

Includes early footage of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

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Scenes from an early newsreel of the fire and earthquake destruction of San Francisco in 1906

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Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical



about California and San Francisco including Golden Gate International Exposition. VO ends film: "...San Francisco, the city that knows how" 02:51:51 Establishing shot View of mountains 02:51:59 Establishing shot - lake (Tahoe?) Scenes of San Francisco 02:52:59 Chinatown scenes 02:54:12 Establishing shot - skyline of San Francisco 02:54:22 Sailboats on the Bay 02:54:48 Bay Bridge scenes 02:55:13 Golden Gate Bridge scenes 02:55:20 View from top of Golden Gate Bridge Views of carnival...

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Longshoremen close down the Port of San Francisco in the spring of 1934.

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Topics: San Francisco: Labor, Labor: Strikes



Longshoremen close down the Port of San Francisco in the spring of 1934.

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Topics: San Francisco: Labor, Labor: Strikes



Prelinger Archives 1,073 1.1K [San Francisco Aerials] movies eye 1,073 favorite 2 comment 1

San Francisco City and Civic Center from a Balloon: take off / City Hall / aerials of various parts of the city and return to City Hall and land

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Aerial beginning near Golden Gate Bridge and traversing city to show downtown and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

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Prelinger Archives 4,241 4.2K [Kidnapping in San Francisco] by Universal-International Newsreel movies eye 4,241 favorite 10 comment 2

Captive for 64 Hours, Wealthy Realtor Saved. Realtor Leonard Moskowitz kidnapped; journalists are in on the story but keep it out of the press to lessen the danger to his life. Newsreel story.

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Topics: Newsreels, San Francisco: Crime and criminals, Crime and criminals



Aftermath of San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906:More views of destruction taken from a vehicle moving east down Market Street

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Aftermath of San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906:More views of destruction taken from a vehicle moving east down Market Street

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Prelinger Archives 46,987 47K [San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3 by Unknown movies eye 46,987 favorite 38 comment 7

Chilling post-earthquake footage, shot in the Western Addition and on Market Street in San Francisco. The first sequence (Western Addition) shows a great deal of evocative neighborhood detail from one hundred years ago.

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Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical



Home movie: 001478: 1940s San Francisco neighborhoods

Topics: 1940s, San Francisco, Richmond district, family, holiday dinner



San Francisco as shot by tourists, early 1960s. Includes Fishermen's Wharf area, Marina Green, Alcatraz, etc.

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Topics: San Francisco, travel and tourism, home movies



Union workers in San Francisco stage a general strike, shutting down the city to support striking longshoremen.

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Topics: San Francisco: Labor, Labor: Strikes, Labor: 1930s



Prelinger Archives 29,868 30K San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 1 by Unknown movies eye 29,868 favorite 24 comment 5

Scenes of displaced people and damaged buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Original film is in need of repair, jumps and rolls out of frame.

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Topics: San Francisco: Disasters, Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, Fires and firefighting



Prelinger Archives 862 862 [San Francisco Scenes] movies eye 862 favorite 2 comment 1

San Francisco scenes. Aerials; Pacific Telephone Building; looking down Market Street, shot from around 8th Street; Ferry Building; Goat Island, ferry in background; maps of San Francisco Bay; view through Golden Gate; ferry and shipping on Bay; pan shot of waterfront piers from the air; maps; MS Ferry Building with streetcars in front; streetcars (trolleys) turning; crowds; ferries approaching berth, seen from Ferry Building; ferries passing on the Bay; Oakland and Lake Merritt, Oakland City...

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Union workers in San Francisco stage a general strike, shutting down the city to support striking longshoremen.

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Topics: San Francisco: Labor, Labor: Strikes, Labor: 1930s



Prelinger Archives 1,342 1.3K [San Francisco Scenes] movies eye 1,342 favorite 10 comment 1

San Francisco scenes. Aerials; Pacific Telephone Building; looking down Market Street, shot from around 8th Street; Ferry Building; Goat Island, ferry in background; maps of San Francisco Bay; view through Golden Gate; ferry and shipping on Bay; pan shot of waterfront piers from the air; maps; MS Ferry Building with streetcars in front; streetcars (trolleys) turning; crowds; ferries approaching berth, seen from Ferry Building; ferries passing on the Bay; Oakland and Lake Merritt, Oakland City...

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Prelinger Archives 1,702 1.7K [San Francisco Scenes] by Unknown movies eye 1,702 favorite 8 comment 1

San Francisco scenes. Aerials; Pacific Telephone Building; looking down Market Street, shot from around 8th Street; Ferry Building; Goat Island, ferry in background; maps of San Francisco Bay; view through Golden Gate; ferry and shipping on Bay; pan shot of waterfront piers from the air; maps; MS Ferry Building with streetcars in front; streetcars (trolleys) turning; crowds; ferries approaching berth, seen from Ferry Building; ferries passing on the Bay; Oakland and Lake Merritt, Oakland City...

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Topics: home movies, San Francisco



1950s fashion show is staged on a runway set up in the middle of Union Square Park, San Francisco. Newsreel story.

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Topics: Newsreels, San Francisco: Fashion shows, Models



Prelinger Archives 836 836 [Home Movies: San Francisco] movies eye 836 favorite 7 comment 2

Mission Dolores San Francisco City Hall seen from straight on, Fulton Street California street with cable car Chinatown Powell and Market streets, cable car turnaround Alcatraz from water Golden Gate Bridge, VS Bay Bridge ferries on bay POV driving on Bay Bridge, two-way traffic

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Silent black and white footage of San Francisco, including the Ferry Building clock tower and Ferryboats.

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Topics: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical, Infrastructure: Water, Motion Pictures: Amateur



Mission Dolores San Francisco City Hall seen from straight on, Fulton Street California street with cable car Chinatown Powell and Market streets, cable car turnaround Alcatraz from water Golden Gate Bridge, VS Bay Bridge ferries on bay POV driving on Bay Bridge, two-way traffic

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Home movie: 000517b: 1946 San Francisco tourism

Topics: 1946, California, San Francisco, cable cars, Gary’s Cable Car restaurant, waterfront locations



Home movie: 000470_2: 1964 San Francisco

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Prelinger Archives 939 939 [Opium Destruction, San Francisco 1914] by Unknown movies eye 939 favorite 1 comment 1

1. Government agents burn confiscated opium near new (unfinished) San Francisco City Hall. 2. Agents destroy confiscated Chinese drugs, San Francisco, California.

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Prelinger Archives 801 801 Port of Call: San Francisco by Vista Productions movies eye 801 favorite 0 comment 1

San Francisco scenics and attractions.

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Prelinger Archives 573 573 Port of Call: San Francisco by Vista Productions movies eye 573 favorite 0 comment 1

San Francisco scenics and attractions.

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Home movie: 001114_SF: 1968 San Francisco

Topics: 1968, San Francisco, Nelson Rockefeller, presidential candidate, Berkeley Barb, road trip, Sierra...

