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Federal Theatre building in Treasure Island, San Francisco, California

During the Great Depression, Actors of Federal Theatre (program of Works Progress Administration or WPA) of San Francisco and Los Angeles listen to the broadcast of a play from New York. Conference of Writers Unit gathered together, viewing documents. Rehearsal of 'One -Third of The Nation'. A poster at an advertising board of Federal Theatre. A view of the garden, ducks in water and fountains in the Federal Theatre, Treasure Island.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041892
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.

Location: San Francisco California USA
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.)

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1936, November 12
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052223
Point Lobos comes to Kirby Beach in San Francisco, California.

Fog surrounds Point Lobos, the ship. A man standing on the beach. It moves to Kirby Beach, California. Golden Gate bridge in the background.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1939, June
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034126
View of China Town, Golden Gate Bridge and Redwood Highway in San Francisco, California.

Point of view aerial views of San Francisco harbor through passenger airplane window. Fishing boats anchored in harbor. POV view of San Francisco from ship. Chinatown in San Francisco. Cable car moved on turntable in front of The Owl Drug Co. Point of view shot going down hill in San Francisco in cable car. POV looking out front of passenger bus going over the Golden Gate Bridge. Greyhound bus emerging from tunnel. Greyhound passenger bus driving on U.S. 101 on the 'Redwood Highway' Couple stares upwards at giant redwoods. The 'World Famous Tree House' in Piercy, California.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050326
Interior of Federal Theatre building in Treasure Island, San Francisco, California

Hallie Flanagan, National Director of Federal Theatre arrives at the building constructed in Treasure Island. She is surrounded by several people. Seats and electric equipment is installed in the building. The construction crew works. A white curtain in view. Equipment like reactor bank, console and plug in board for theater lighting and sound systems are fitted. Control room, green room and first aid room in the theatre. Women work in wardroom room. (Federal Theatre Project was under the Works Progress Administration or WPA during the Great Depression).

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041891
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