Home Movie: 010396 (silent)

Description: Tourist views of California, with a strong focus on San Francisco. Includes images of Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Zoo, and more.

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Subjects: 1950s, Leisure and recreation, Tourism, Cities, Animals

Tags: field of flowers; flower farms; Danish Inn, Solvang, California; Gaestgivergaard sign; Mission Santa Ines; tennis matches; men playing tennis; Fisherman's Wharf; Fisherman's Grotto; San Francisco waterfront; SS Kristen Bakke docked; boys wearing Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Little League banners on back of jackets; "Optimist Little League" banner; looking through telescopes; Alcatraz Island; "View Alcatraz The Federal Prison Thru Powerful Glasses" sign; street scenes; Fisherman's Wharf with Christmas decorations; crab vendors; cooking crab on street; person filming; DiMaggio's sign; Golden Gate Bridge; Palace of Fine Arts; Marina District; flocks of rock pigeons; driving POV into Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza; Presidio; Fort Baker; driving POV northbound on Golden Gate Bridge; view of Golden Gate Bridge from Vista Point, Sausalito; "Grade" sign; Pacific Heights; giraffes; San Francisco Zoo; sea lions; otters; kangaroos; filmed from moving vehicle; filmed through windshield; Marin Headlands; Lost Landscapes; wildflowers; men playing tennis; Christmas decorations at Fisherman's Wharf; "Optimist Little League" jacket; rainy San Francisco; windy; sea lions

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1957

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Solvang, California; San Francisco, California; Marin County, California; Sausalito, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 208