Street cars in the city of San Francisco in California. Cars parked outside a building. Cars driven on road. Street cars in San Francisco on street.
The Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California. View of the Golden Gate Bridge. Aerial view of the San Francisco Bay. Traffic on the bridge.
From a 1961 film: Clip includes mix of reenacted, fictional scenes and authentic period footage from the early 1900's, as follows: Clip opens with fictional re-enacted scenes of immigrants to America from Eastern Europe, around the turn of the 20th Century. Reenacted scene as a woman dances, followed by scene of immigrants crowded into a hall. Arriving immigrants pose for camera. Next scene is actual period footage from the first few years of the 1900s (approximately 1905 or 1906) of a street car traveling along a track on Market Street in San Francisco, California, with early automobile cars and another street car crossing in front of it. The San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower on the Embarcadero is seen in the distance. Next series of scenes are fictional reenactments of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Next is actual period footage of the aftermath of the earthquake, with San Francisco residents walking on a streets in front of a destroyed building. Partial signs are seen on the corner of the building that read "...Standard Paint" and "The Lowe...." Next segment is authentic period footage also, and shows both still image and moving image views of buildings and fountains at the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
Exterior view of San Francisco National Guard Armory building at the corner of Mission Street and 14th Street in San Francisco, California, United States. Soldiers of 250th Coast Artillery exit the armory building with gear, load up into trucks, drive, and enter Camp McQuade in California, during World War 2. Artillery guns parked to the side as men jump from trucks. View of tent encampment. Men in the foreground set up tents.
Aerial view of waterfront dock areas at San Francisco Harbor. Longshoremen dock workers in San Francisco demonstrate during a labor dispute and strike for better wages. Police fire tear gas guns at the demonstrators to restore law and order. Farm workers on strike in Bridgeton, New Jersey clash with authorities as they protest and demonstrate for better work conditions. Protestors throwing rocks and men spraying water from hoses. Police grab an African American woman near a farm truck. The police make many arrests to restore law and order.
USS Ranger underway in San Francisco Bay in northern California, United States. Starboard bow view of USS Ranger underway toward the elevator pier. Several small craft trailing behind off the starboard side. The stern view of the ship. Oakland Bay Bridge in the far background. Buildings of San Francisco in the background. Tugs spray water as a welcome to the ship. A shoreline in the background.
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