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Description
Silent travelogue documenting the San Francisco Peninsula. The film begins with a drive over the Golden Gate Bridge to Fisherman's Wharf, and features scenes of cable cars, ships in the Bay, the Legion of Honor, Japanese Tea Garden, Lloyd Lake and the Marin Headlands, before heading south on Highway 1 past Ocean Beach and Daly City. Commuters are shown exiting the Southern Pacific railway followed by quick scenes of the major roadways: Highway 101, Cabrillo Highway, and El Camino Real. The film highlights the Peninsula cities of Hillsdale, Foster City, San Mateo, Burlingame, San Carlos and Redwood City (including the Redwood City Saltworks), as well as visiting San Mateo County beaches along Highway 1: Montara Beach, Half Moon Bay, and Pescadero Beach. The camera briefly captures Skyline Drive and the Methuselah redwood tree, and ends in Woodside. Film canister is labeled "San Francisco Peninsula." Another label reads, "GGA, George Bagnall Associates, Inc. Beverly Hills, Ca." No other information was provided, other than the film was privately owned when it was donated to the institution. "Whitaker" written on leader. Label inside can: "This is Hawaii" and A GREAT VARIETY SHOW X The Novelty is THE VOLCANO
Type
moving image
Format
Silent Color 16mm film
Form/Genre
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
1998-117-10 casjhsj_000023
Place
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Provenance
History San Jose California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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