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San Gabriel California USA 1939 stock footage and images

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University of California crew team participants hope to win the 1939 rowing championships and go for practice on Frisco Bay

College students from the University of California Bears crew team begin training in hopes of winning the 1939 rowing championships. California oarsmen in Oakland turnout for the spring training. Ten shells get underway for vigorous practice on Frisco Bay. Crew teams rowing on the bay.

Date: 1939
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024550
City views and streets and traffic in San Francisco in late 1930s

Preparations for Golden Gate International Exhibition in California. Bridge over waterway. Aerial views and elevated views of city of San Francisco. A view of the streets in San Francisco with car and trolley traffic and ferry terminal building in background. Pedestrians cross the streets. Vehicle traffic on road. Buildings on streets. A chart of pictures shown in different theaters. A man sits in a truck. 'Federal Theatre Project' (part of Works Progress Administration or "WPA" during the Great Depression) written on the truck. Traffic on roads and bridge. Advertising boards in the background. Exhibition buildings are painted. A sign on a building reads 'Federal Theatre'.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041890
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.

Date: 1939, June
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034126
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.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041892
U.S. Navy Squadron deploys from San Diego, California, in its PBY-4 Catalina flying boats.

Flight crew members of U.S. Navy Squadron VP-1 (later changed to VP-21) sit in front of a Squadron PBY-4 for group photo before departing on a deployment (likely to Pearl Harbor). They disperse. Sailors are seen kissing their wives and girl friends goodbye. The Squadron aircraft is pushed down a seaplane ramp and departs, followed by others, one at a time. Friends and family wave as they depart. Aircraft numbers seen include 1-P-4; 1-P-6; and 1-P-10. A huge warship is seen behind the departing PBYs in several concluding scenes. The Squadron PBYs all display the insignia of a white elephant standing on a cloud holding a bomb with its trunk. The PBY-4 aircraft are distinguished by propeller spinners and flat hatches on their sides. The location appears to be North Island NAS, at San Diego.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074274
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).

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041891