The Hippie culture in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, California. Pedestrians cross the intersection signs for 'Ashbury' and 'Haight'. Young hippie men and women congregate on the sidewalks. Cars pass by. Young women with flowers in their hair. Hippie men with long hair and beards. A man in a red and black striped coat. A man smokes a cigarette. A woman pushes a baby in a stroller. The crowded sidewalk. A poster in an apartment window reads 'War is not healthy for children and other living things'.
The Hippie culture in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, California. An elderly man in a white cap with a sign hanging from a chain around his neck. The cap reads 'Bo Maverick'. The placard reads 'Ashbury-Haight'. Young hippies on the sidewalk. Pedestrians stop and talk to the old man. People observe him. A young hippie woman hugs him and stands with him. A young long haired hippie man in a poncho looks on. Cars and pedestrians on the road in the background. The old man with his arm around the girl as she eats an apple. The young man in a poncho smoking.
A busy city street in San Francisco, California. Two women crossing the street. A building at the back. Buses pass on the street. A beach as waves come on to the shore. Golden Gate bridge seen in the distance. Waves coming to shore. Hills in view. People run to catch a cable car. atop a hill in San Francisco. Closeup of people getting on and off a cable car labeled Van Ness Ave. California & Market streets.A cable car passing a parked on on parallel track. Cable car cresting a hill and starting downward on steep street. (Throughout the film, automobiles, vans, and other motor vehicles mingle carefully with the cable cars, clearly being cautious about riders using them.)
Numerous views over the city of San Francisco, California. Some of them are taken from moving elevators in high rise buildings. Camera pans over various parts of the city, from high point overlooking almost everything. Camera pans over North Beach area. An ocean liner is seen in water behind the Coit Tower. The landmark Golden Gate bridge and hills in the distance. A singular tall building looms above much lower buildings below. Alcatraz Island is seen in water behind it. Many and varied views of building roof tops. Cars seen moving on streets below some tall buildings. Some tall buildings are under construction. Golden Gate bridge is backdrop to many scenes. Final scene show buildings viewed from a descending elevator.
Opening scene shows street signs at intersection of Haight and Ashbury, in San Francisco. Several young men pause on a street to check a map. One carries a guitar on his back. A man tries to give them some flyers. Camera follows several people walking past rapidly and then focuses again on the Haight and Ashbury street signs. Camera resumes following people walking past, rapidly. Some might be described as "Hippies."
A man, handing out pamphlets, seeks attention of two men on the street. One walks away. But the other listens to the pamphleteer. Several U.S. sailors in uniform, walk past and the man with the flyers tries to give one to a sailor. Camera pans up to the street signs at intersection of Haight and Ashbury. Camera follows people who walk past, who are mostly young adults; some hippies. The sailors are talking to someone with long white hair. A man wearing a distinctive hat passes bye. People walking and talking on the sidewalks. Vehicles move on the street. Two boys and a man talk.