1955CALIFORNIA
Footage of San Francisco shot in mid-1950's by national geographic photographer EUGENE A. LENSMITH
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WS PAN OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND SAN FRANSISCO CITY PANORAMA AT DUSK CIRCA 1955
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| 01:00:40 40.87 |
ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE SAN FRANCISCO IN MS
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| 01:01:03 63.63 |
MS GLASS OFFICE EXTERIOR PORT OF SAN FRANSISCO SHOT FROM STREET LEVEL, PEOPLE PASS BY IN FRONT
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| 01:01:12 72.8 |
PIER AND DOCK CARGO SHIP HIGH ANGLE WIDE SHOT PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
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| 01:01:28 88.27 |
WIDE SHOT SLOW PAN - PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
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| 01:01:51 111.67 |
CU HIGHWAY SIGN : " 49 MILE SCENIC DRIVE " SAN FRANCISCO 1955
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| 01:01:58 118.38 |
MS WIDE AVENUE, PORT AREA OF SAN FRANCISCO, CARS ON AVENUE
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| 01:02:15 135.06 |
CARGO BUILDINGS AT SAN FRANCISCO PORT, AMERICAN LINE TERMINAL
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| 01:02:26 146.22 |
FOOD VENDOR INSIDE SHOP AT PORT OF San francisco SHRIMP AND GIANT CRABS FOR SALE CU GIANT CRABS AT FISHERMAN'S' WHRF
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| 01:02:48 168.39 |
CU LIVE CRABS
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| 01:02:52 172.38 |
FOOD VENDOR DROPS LIVE CRABS IN STEAMER
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| 01:03:13 193.71 |
CU CRABS BOILING IN VAT
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| 01:03:21 201.25 |
SHRIMP AND LOBSTERS ON DISPLAY IN SEAFOOD SHOP AT SAN FRANCISCO WATER FRONT AREA
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| 01:03:26 206.88 |
LITTLE BOY HELD BY FATHER IN SHOP
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| 01:03:38 218.29 |
WOODEN CABIN CRUISERS AT ALIOTOS' DOCK
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| 01:03:51 231.79 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT " ALIOTO'S RESTAURANT ON DOCK AT FISHERMAN'S' WHARF SAN FRANCISCO
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| 01:04:11 251.59 |
MS SMALL BOATS AT ON RAMP AT DOCK FISHERMAN'S' WHARF
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| 01:04:18 258.5 |
MS EXTERIOR FISHERMAN'S WHARF RESTAURANTS, TOURISTS, CRAB VENDORS, " THE LIGHTHOUSE FISH GROTTO '
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| 01:04:38 278.87 |
LIVE SEAL IN CAGE, CHILDREN FEED HIM
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| 01:04:54 294.7 |
SIGN FOR " 49 HIGHWAY SCENIC DRIVE " MS
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| 01:04:58 298.58 |
WS CARGO SHIP NEAR GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
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| 01:05:18 318.25 |
MONUMENT AND CARS PASS BY RED PAINTED BRIDGE BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO NAVAL CANNON ON DISPLAY, WS BRIDGE
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| 01:06:10 370.75 |
WS PAN BRIDGE TOLL BOOTH " STOP PAY TOLL " ART DECO DESIGN
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| 01:06:29 389.87 |
WS OF BRIDGE, CARS DRIVING ON AND OFF
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| 01:06:40 400.11 |
PAN OF PIER IN SAN FRANCISCO , BOATS AT DOCK, BAY AREA
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| 01:07:14 434.63 |
MS " CLIFF HOUSE " RESTAURANT EXTERIOR 1950'S CARS PARKED IN FRONT
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| 01:07:56 476.1 |
SHOTS OF SHIPS IN BAY, WAVES LAPPING AGAINST BREAKERS AT BEACH, SAN FRANCISCO COAST
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| 01:08:03 483.42 |
PAN OF BATHERS AT BEACH, SAND AND ROCKS, ROCKY BEACH SHOT OF BEACH NEAR CLIFF HOUSE RESTAURANT , BATHERS, BEACH GOERS IN LS SAN FRANCISCO BEACH
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| 01:08:40 520.5 |
1950'S AMUSEMENT PARK, ROLLER COASTER , CHILDREN RIDE ON SMALL BOUNCY ROLLER COASTER
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| 01:08:55 535.18 |
CU CHILDREN RIDE ON SMALL ROLLER COASTER, SAN FRANCISCO STREETS IN BACKGROUND " KIDDIE LAND " PARK, ROLLER COASTER WITH LAUGHING KIDS PASSES IN CU
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| 01:09:32 572.38 |
MERRY-GO-ROUND AT SMALL SAN FRANCISCO AMUSEMENT PARK 1950S , CHILDREN ON RIDES, CU ASIAN CHILDREN ON BOAT RIDE AT AMUSEMENT PARK
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| 01:09:58 598.34 |
CU CHILDREN ON CAR AND TRUCK MINIATURE RIDES PASS CLOSE TO CAMERA
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| 01:10:22 622.11 |
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND IN AMUSEMENT PARK
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| 01:10:34 634.65 |
CU AERIAL ROCKET SHIP RIDE SPINS OVER CLOUDY SKY
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| 01:10:47 647.04 |
TEENS EXIT AND ENTER ROCKET SHIP AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE
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| 01:10:52 652.88 |
WS PEOPLE IN SMALL AMUSEMENT PARK
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| 01:10:58 658.9 |
DIVING ATTRACTION POOL huge diving bell ride SMALL CARNIVAL RIDES , PEOPLE IN STRAW HATS HAVING FUN AT AMUSEMENT PARK, WHIP RIDES, 1950'S AMUSEMENT PARK
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| 01:12:11 731.85 |
EXTERIOR " FUN HOUSE " WITH CLOWN AWNING AT AMUSEMENT PARK, PEOPLE WALKING PAST IT
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| 01:12:27 747.63 |
WS PAN MODERN ROW HOUSES SUBURBAN MODERN
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| 01:12:48 768.92 |
EMPTY BEACH. KIDS PLAY BALL ON BEACH LS
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| 01:13:21 801.74 |
MONKEY HOUSE AT SAN FRANCISCO ZOO VARIOUS SHOTS
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| 01:14:21 861.42 |
OUTDOOR POLAR BEAR CAGE AND AREA AT ZOO
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| 01:14:48 888.09 |
MS WINDMILL CLOUDY SKY BACKGROUND
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| 01:14:58 898.52 |
THREE DUCKS SWIM PAST IN POND
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| 01:15:28 928.16 |
HORSEBACK RIDER IN PARK ON TRAIL PEOPLE LOUNGE AROUND IN PARK , BOAT RIDES, EXTERIOR " MH DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM " GOLDEN GATE PARK
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| 01:16:00 960.8 |
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF EXTERIOR DE YOUNG MUSEUM
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| 01:16:18 978.54 |
PEOPLE FROLICKING IN GOLDEN GATE PARK , RUNNING OVER BRIDGE, ASIAN SCULPTURES AND STATUES AT DE YOUNG MUSEUM GROUNDS, PAGODAS
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| 01:18:00 1080.32 |
WS DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO 1955 CARS CROSSING AVENUE, PEOPLE ON STREET, STREET SCENES, MOBILGAS SIGN ON TOP OF BUILDING , PEDESTRIANS ON STREET
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| 01:18:17 1097.92 |
TROLLEY CAR TURNAROUND ON STREET CORNER OF EDDY AND POWELL SAN FRANSISCO STREET SCENE TROLLEY TURNS VARIOUS SHOTS, SAN FRANSISCO STREET MID TOWN 1955 TROLLEY WORKERS PUSH TROLLEY CAR INTO RIGHT DIRECTION ON TURNAROUND
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| 01:19:35 1175.25 |
PEOPLE BOARD TROLLEY SAN FRANSISCO POWELL AND MASON STREETS
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| 01:19:56 1196.28 |
CU ELDERLY CONDUCTOR BLOWING WHISTLE
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| 01:20:13 1213.82 |
MS SAN FRANSISCO CAPITOL BUILDING OR POST OFFICE GOLDEN GATE ENTRANCE
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| 01:21:04 1264.37 |
VARIOUS SCENES OF THE CHINA TOWN DISTRICT OF SAN FRANSISCO 1955 COLORFUL BRICK CLOCK TOWER " SON OBSERVE THE TIME..." SIGN BELOW CLOCK
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| 01:21:24 1284 |
MS CHINATOWN STREET,
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| 01:21:36 1296.12 |
INTERIOR OF CHINATOWN SHOP
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| 01:21:45 1305.93 |
"CHOP SUEY" RESTAURANT SIGN , EXTERIOR SHOTS OF SAN FRANSISCO CHINA TOWN
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| 01:21:59 1319.09 |
CHINATOWN STREET SCENES , ASIAN CHINESE PEOPLE ON STREETS, WINDOW SHOPPING , CHINESE VEGETABLE SHOPS EXTERIOR, PAGODA STORE FRONTS IN CHINATOWN
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| 01:22:30 1350.1 |
EXTERIOR MS ESTABLISHING SHOT - "YING FAT LUNG CO. ' STOREFRONT IN SAN FRANSISCO CHINA TOWN, PEOPLE PASS BY FRONT OF STORE, PEOPLE WALK IN AND OUT OF STORE CHINESE GROCERY STORE
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| 01:22:45 1365.04 |
MS LOOK DOWN CHINA TOWN STREET, CARS ON STREET, CHINESE RESTAURANT SIGNS,
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| 01:22:53 1373.91 |
CHINA TOWN SHOP PAGODA STYLE PAN DOWN TO FRONT OF SHOP. PEOPLE OMN STREET PASS BY " THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. SIGH ON STORE FRONT
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| 01:23:14 1394.61 |
TROLLEY LIKE BUS ON STREET IN CHINATOWN DRIVES TOWARDS CAMERA " HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR" SIGN ON FRONT OF BUS
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| 01:23:26 1406.38 |
SCENES OF CHINESE NEW YEARS CELEBRATION CIRCA 1955 ON CHINA TOWN SAN FRANCISCO STREETS, DRAGON COSTUME, FIRECRACKERS EXPLODING, CU SHOTS OF CHINESE NEW YEARS ACTIVITIES, COLORFUL DRAGON DANCE, MEN IN DRAGON COSTUME DANCE AMONG EXPLODING FIRECRACKERS
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| 01:24:15 1455.35 |
MS CROWDED CHINATOWN STREET DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION , TOURISTS AND ASIAN PEOPLE ON CHINA TOWN STREETS, BUSTLING CROWD, CHINESE NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS
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| 01:24:35 1474.98 |
HIGH ANGEL MS LOOKING DOWN ON CHINATOWN STREET AT NIGHT, CARS SLOWLY DRIVE BY ON STREET, NEON LIGHTS , CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE SHOTS LOOKING DOWN FROM ROOF TO STREET , MARCHING BANDS, PARADE ACTIVITIES IN CHINATOWN
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| 01:25:56 1556.64 |
CHINESE BATON TWIRLER IN PARADE DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE COSTUME
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| 01:26:07 1567.84 |
WOMAN WAVES FROM CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE DRIVING THROUGH PARADE
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| 01:26:21 1581.96 |
CHILDREN'S CHINESE MARCHING BAND PARADES DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION AND PARADE
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| 01:26:49 1609.92 |
MS CHINESE AND AMERICAN FLAGS FLY ON CHINATOWN BALCONY
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| 01:26:56 1616.66 |
MS BUSTLING STREET SCENE CHINATOWN SAN FRANCISCO , ASIAN PEDESTRIANS WALK DOWN STREET, MOTHER POSES WITH BABY IN FRONT OF ASIAN TEMPLE
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| 01:27:28 1648.02 |
CHINATOWN PAGODA LS AND MS
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| 01:27:38 1658.9 |
TOURISTS SEATED AND EATING IN CHINESE RESTAURANT , TABLE FILLED WITH DIFFERENT CHINESE DELICACIES
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| 01:28:06 1686.74 |
MS CHINA TOWN STREET, PAGODA, SIGN FOR " CHOP SUEY " Restaurant, FADES TO BLACK
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| 01:28:29 1709.78 |
OUT DOOR FLOWER STAND ON CHINA TOWN STREET, PEDESTRIANS WALK BY, SHOTS OF FLOWER DISPLAYS FOR SALE, PEOPLE STOP BY TO SHOP
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| 01:29:12 1752.44 |
WS STREET SCENE DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO , CARS PASS BY, PEOPLE CROSS STREET, PEOPLE SEATED IN PARK DURING LUNCH TIME , MAN AND WOMAN FEED PIGEONS IN PARK
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| 01:30:25 1825.09 |
MS TROLLEY CAR ON STREET DRIVES TOWARDS CAMERA,
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| 01:30:37 1837.75 |
WS LOOK DOWN CLASSIC HILLY SAN FRANCISCO STREET
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| 01:30:46 1846.96 |
TROLLEY CLIMBS HILL IN SAN FRANCISCO STREET SCENE ( SEVERAL SHOTS) BAY IN BACKGROUND,
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| 01:31:48 1908.92 |
LARGE OCEAN LINER IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, TUG BOATS GUIDING IT TO DOCK
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| 01:32:05 1925.33 |
WS ALCATRAZ ISLAND
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| 01:32:06 1926.54 |
HIGH ANGLE CITYSCAPE OF SAN FRANCISCO SEVERAL WIDE SHOTS OF CITY
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| 01:32:38 1958.13 |
MS SAN FRANCISCO THOROUGHFARE, TROLLEYS, CARS ON AVENUE
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| 01:32:56 1975.99 |
ULTRA LONG SHOT OF SAN FRANCISCO CITY SHOTS FROM HILL PAN OF CITY PANORAMA SHOT
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| 01:33:53 2033.38 |
ROOFTOPS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HOMES, CHURCH, STREETS, CATHEDRAL
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