1962LIFESTYLES
A film tour of the sights and sounds of San Francisco in the early 1960's - the architecture, city sights, culture, music, skyscrapers, the people.
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| 01:00:03 1.17 |
Reel begins. POV moving vehicle, skyline of San Francisco in the distance from the highway - with background music.
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| 01:00:05 3.49 |
A montage of the Victorian style homes in the neighborhoods of San Francisco and the Bay area - different iterations of Queen Anne and Victorian styles.
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| 01:00:24 22.03 |
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| 01:00:36 34 |
POV moving vehicle on the highway around the outskirts of downtown San Francisco, skyline is seen. Highway signs overhead for the Civic Center and Downtown Bay Bridge.
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| 01:00:43 41.62 |
Blank - with music
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| 01:01:28 86.62 |
Vintage 1960's bus driving by shopping area and other vintage cars, the Ferry Building Clock Tower is seen in the distance.
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| 01:01:37 95.46 |
CU's of the Ferry Building Clock Tower from different vantage points and lit up at night. Sounds of Tony Bennett singing I Left My Heart in San Francisco begins.
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| 01:02:06 123.94 |
Dark footage appears to be the inside a shopping mall, a woman looking in a shop window, people walking up a ramp.
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| 01:02:17 135.09 |
Interior of an office, an empty desk is seen. Sign on door for San Francisco Port Authority, and on a window for The Swedish Chamber of Commerce of the USA.
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| 01:02:32 150 |
Interior office shot through glass windows, a woman taking photos from an interior ramp or escalator.
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| 01:02:40 158.7 |
Artistic shot through a spherical structure with changing colors.
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| 01:02:52 170.29 |
Montage of shots downtown San Francisco (I Left My Hear in San Francisco by Tony Bennett is still heard), b&w shot looking down a street toward some high rises, a large construction hook in foreground the camera z'in from the hook to a cable car.
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| 01:03:18 196.58 |
Nighttime, montage of lights from windows of tall buildings, the clock tower lit up, street lights and headlights.
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| 01:04:20 258.84 |
Montage of sights around downtown San Francisco in the early 1960's sculpture of a windswept woman, people waling in a glass enclosed building could be a museum or shopping mall, man kneeling taking photos, a security guard looking at camera smiling.
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| 01:04:27 265.74 |
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| 01:04:28 266.63 |
CU street signs, Bush and Grant (also written in Chinese). pan out from CU to another sign below the street sign for "49 mile Scenic Drive) street corner with Burger Town restaurant
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| 01:04:41 279.84 |
Busy street corner with construction barriers, storefronts with signs: a Deli with Coca Cola sign and Breakfast, Hamm's On Tap above Shrimp Basket sign
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| 01:05:00 298.68 |
Electronic (ticker tape type) sign for Welcome to Chinatown
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| 01:05:19 317.31 |
Nighttime shot of the Bush and Grant street signs.
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| 01:05:25 322.99 |
San Francisco at night - old time jazz music plays. Neon signs Richsha Bistro, Chinatown lit up, retail storefronts - open for business,
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| 01:06:06 363.95 |
San Francisco - daytime, storefronts, busy side streets, glitzy jewelry spinning on a table with two gold laden tiny mannequins, magnetic bugs jumping around in little boxes, peds walking the hilly streets, trolley car.
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| 01:06:46 404.21 |
Street signs for Grant and California
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| 01:06:50 408.09 |
Trolley car headed downhll followed by a taxi and vintage vehicle
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| 01:07:09 427.36 |
More shots in Chinatown. Huge sign for Empress of China, string lights from pole, Please No Liter Sign, crowded streets, storefront "The Shanghai Bazaar with Chinese robes and jackets and china dolls in the window.
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| 01:07:32 449.95 |
Adorable little girl standing alone on the sidewalk wearing a knit yellow sweater and white hat.
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| 01:07:35 453.76 |
CU "Grant Avenue" and "Sacramento" (on opposite curb) carved into the sidewalk
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| 01:07:39 457.53 |
Street signage - Sacramento and Grant and One Way in front of a striped awning overhang from a shop
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| 01:07:43 461.54 |
A display of necklaces with stones inside a store window, blurry pan out from the window to the sidewalk and street out front and tilt up to the top of a building - but blurry.
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| 01:07:56 474.32 |
Bank American vertical sign in English and Chinese on the corner of the building
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| 01:08:13 491.7 |
Street signs - Grant and California -
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| 01:08:27 504.97 |
Pan up slow on signs above shops in Chinatown - a red horizontal "Shanghai" sign and below that a sign for "K. Lart Co."
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| 01:08:31 509.3 |
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| 01:08:31 509.83 |
Daytime downtown, peds crossing street amd walking on sidewalks, a stray dog, vintage cars in traffic including a vintage Volkswagen circa 1960's, man handing out pamphlets
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| 01:08:42 520.48 |
Corner store below apartments on corner "The Unique Jeans Shop".
Street sign same corner, "Ashbury". Lots of peds, young and old on the sidewalks walking and talking, traffic |
| 01:08:57 534.93 |
Store front sign with big stripes and awning for the "Juke Box"
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| 01:08:58 536.72 |
Poster on door reads, "Viva" other smaller signs posted on the window and door frame.
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| 01:08:59 537.49 |
CU bare feet and wearing jeans walking on pavement
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| 01:09:14 552.64 |
Windows on Victorian style row homes, telephone poles. Same street a police car parked red emergency light on roof flashing.
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| 01:09:27 565.73 |
Bright red 1960's fire engine parked. CU on hose connection to truck. Smoke coming from building and fire ladder reaching up to second floor.
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| 01:09:36 573.97 |
Onlookers gathers on sidewalk. Fireman walking the street. tiny little blonde boy looking out from window of apartment.
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| 01:09:59 597.77 |
WS Guys playing soccer in a grassy park
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| 01:10:28 626.74 |
People outside a Chinese Pavillion in a park, man reading a book and having tea, an Asian style garden, kids climbing, people strolling, taking pictures, Hippie eating popcorn.
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| 01:11:17 675.92 |
CU young guy taking photos with a 35mm camera
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| 01:11:22 680.41 |
A parked Gray Line bus, cars going by, man standing outside the bus as people get on, "City Tour" sign on front
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| 01:11:41 699.25 |
Small sign looks like attached to rear end of bus "Pacific Union College Angwin California", red Nevada license plate, side shot of bus.
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| 01:11:50 708.18 |
People looking at a horse in the park.
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| 01:12:17 734.93 |
the End
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