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Contrasting views of San Francisco circa 1906 and 1934
Scenes from 1934 movie about Westward Expansion of the United States at end of the 19th Century. View of San Francisco harbor with a steamer passing in the background. Inserted scenes from 1906 film of Market Street taken from a cable car headed toward the Oakland Ferry. It shows hectic uncontrolled vehicle and pedestrian traffic in the street. Change of scene shows current (1934) views of San Francisco from a vantage point above the city.
The General Strike in San Francisco, during July 1934
Brief view of people crowded at Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, near the Owl Drug store, during a general labor strike. The San Francisco City Hall is seen across the street. Crowds mill about in various areas of the city (This strike, in July 1934, grew out of a Seamen and Longshoreman strike and was soon joined by other labor organizations.) Vehicular traffic making its way with difficulty through the crowds on the street. Vigilantes with clubs keeping people away from side street where business owners cars are parked. Silhouette of California National Guard troops manning machine guns. Rioters gather on a road. Police or vigilante officers with rifles and gas canisters disperse crowd. Men run on the streets as policemen scatter the crowd. A sign for "H.A. Hopkins & Co" in background. Lamp lights and buildings on the street.
1934 West Coast waterfront strike and other labor strikes; scenes of violence between strikers and police
Labor riots and strikes on streets in San Francisco, California. Striking workers of Maritime Union on street. Strikebreakers and strikers start a riot in the street. Several men are hit by strike breakers, with clubs. and are beaten. A man sits with blood streaming down his face. A man sits near him. Men grab a man and push him along the street. Policemen fire tear gas into crowd. Police officers mounted on horseback push back the huge crowd. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles push back strikers. Man with cut on his head receives medical attention from another man. Police push back protestors. Strikers of the International Seamen's Union (I.S.U.) on picket line. Signs for Ship's masters, mates, and Pilots on strike. Striking workers use clubs and smash windows of a warehouse during violent protest. Final scenes show unrelated labor strife, elsewhere, with United States soldiers standing guard near railroad tracks at entrance to a coal mine.
Installation of bell tower on 10th anniversary of Salinas Buddhist Church.
Buddhist priests in robes and vestments or okesa rally down the street . Renshi Shojo Ohtana dressed in an elaborate robe and flanked by children in parade. Children dressed in traditional chigo costume of kimono, hakama, and headdress. Girls in high-contrast dark and white costume with elaborate headdress, holding flowers. Boys in monotone costume and smaller headdress holding fans. Adults dressed in kimono and western clothing stand in rows behind the children.Ohtana installs the bell and blesses children in a later ceremony.17 November 1934.
The O'Shaughnessy Dam and Hetch Hetchy valley reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California
The O'Shaughnessy dam across the Toulumne River,in the Hetch Hetchy valley, Yosemite National Park. It is named for the San Francisco City Engineer, M.M. O'Shaughnessy. Water flowing in the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct as seen from a boat. A view of the O'Shaughnessy dam from distant hillside. View of dam from above. Powerhouse. Electrical distribution system. Turbine deck in powerhouse. Controlled release of water from the dam. Water flowing through the powerhouse.
A reversible propeller tested at Burbank, California.
A reversible aircraft propeller tested at Burbank, California. Demonstration of airplane screw with varying pitch, permits plane to back up, climb at greater angles and come to short stops after landing. Man gives a flag signal. View of the biplane aircraft taking off and landing. On landing it comes to a quick stop and immediately into a brisk reverse back toward a hangar.