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Troops and volunteers leave San Francisco to serve in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War

First Regiment, California Volunteers, boarding the Pacific Mail steamer, SS City of Peking, to serve in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The troops board the steamer at the dock First Street between Brannan and Townsend streets in San Francisco, California. Relatives waving United States flags bid the troops goodbye in the foreground. The troops are seen climbing the gangplank with their travel kits and rifles. At least one woman in the crowd raises a handkerchief to her eyes. The troop ships SS Australia and SS City of Sydney departs San Francisco for Manila, Philippines. Troops are seen on the deck of SS Australia. Two harbor tugs escort the SS City of Sydney. The steamships depart San Francisco on May 25, 1898.

Date: 1898, May 25
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080655
A procession of floats celebrating San Francisco’s Golden Jubilee

Procession of floats at the Golden Jubilee celebration of San Francisco, California in 1898. Crowds of people watch the parade in the foreground. Four white horses draw the first float with school girls and some adults wearing historical costumes. Six mules draw the next float carrying a corps of fire fighters. A boy’s head partially obscures the view. San Francisco girls in white dresses and Alpine hats ride horses, passing through the immense throngs of on-lookers. They are followed by a float drawn by white horses. Chinese residents of San Francisco carry banners and flags in the procession. They are followed by an immense Chinese float. A beautiful arch is seen in the background.

Date: 1898, March 10
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080646
Scenes of American cities and workers in early 1900s and early motion picture film stars in America in the early 20th century

50th Anniversary of cinema, in 1944, recalls historic footage and movies from the early 1900s. Thomas Edison with Henry Ford together using a motion picture movie camera to create a movie. Mrs Edison displays Kinetoscope. Close-up view of Kinetoscope machine operating. View of vintage film images of lower Broadway in New York City in 1896 with busy traffic on streets of pedestrians, horses, and horse-drawn streetcar. Next scene shows Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" (1st United States Volunteer Cavalry) in parade in New York City on return from Cuba after the Spanish-American War in 1898. Next is seen the inauguration parade for President Theodore Roosevelt on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC in 1905. Next series of scenes shows American women early in the 20th century. Women workers punching time clock at a factory. Women in dresses emerging from a building perhaps after a work shift circa 1900. An early beauty pageant circa 1910. Famous star actress and singer Lillian Russell in a movie scene. Actor William S Hart appearing in an early movie. Two well dressed women sitting in an early automobile as a man starts it up and drives away. Busy scenes of car and pedestrian traffic, and horse-drawn streetcars on Market street in San Francisco, California circa 1910. Silent movie stars Clara Kimball Young and Sidney Drew together in a movie scene. Famous movie star actress Pearl White in a daring stunt scene, and Ruth Roland performing a stunt leaping from a moving railroad train onto a rope ladder suspended from an airplane, and then riding on a railroad car careening out of control down a mountain side in an early Hollywood movie.

Date: 1909
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025370
Carole Ng wins the crown at the annual Miss Chinatown Beauty Contest in San Francisco.

The annual Miss Chinatown USA Beauty Contest in San Francisco, California. A large crowd of Chinese American spectators gathered at the contest. Chinese American contestants modeling in silk cheongsam dresses. Contestant 5 walks on a ramp in a white butterfly cheongsam dress. Another contestant poses in an elegant cheongsam with floral motifs. Chinese photographers taking pictures. Leona Lee, the previous year winner, awards the crown to 19-year-old Carole Ng of San Francisco. Carole Ng sits on an elaborate Chinese-style throne.

Date: 1960, February 1
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056198
San Francisco traffic and views of SF Municipal Railway cable cars number 510 and 506 in San Francisco, California.

The city of San Francisco, California. A cable car moves along on the street. "Van Ness Avenue California and Market Streets" sign on the trolley. Passengers seated inside. Traffic on the street. People get off and on the cable car. Pedestrians walk by. The cable car moves down a steep hill street. Cable car going down California Street near Powell Street, and passing the Rolls Garage (formerly Crest Garage). Passengers look out the windows. Cable cars number 510 and 506. A passenger standing inside. Several signs on the cable cars including 'Municipal Railway of San Francisco', 'Powell and Hyde Street', 'Powell and Market, Bay and Taylor'. The driver in the cable car as it moves down a hill.

Date: 1968, April 5
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021684
Opening ceremony of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936, San Francisco, California.

View of The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, CA, United States) over San Francisco Bay at the Pacific Ocean. Ceremonies where the bridge was opened to general traffic after completion of construction in 1936. California Governor, Frank Finley Merriam, uses a blowtorch to cut a chain, officially opening the bridge to vehicle traffic. Cars are seen massed, ready to commence the crossing. Cars pass through lane dividers and drive on the bridge. View of the towers and suspension cables from a car passing underneath. Buildings seen from the bridge. Traffic on the bridge. (From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.)

Date: 1936, November 12
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052223
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