Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 13 | Rick Prelinger

This is the thirteenth year of Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, the annual archival film program that celebrates San Francisco’s past and looks towards its future!
Combining favorites from past years with this year’s footage discoveries, this feature-length program shows San Francisco's neighborhoods, infrastructures, celebrations and people from the early 20th century through the 01970s.
New sequences this year include the dune-dotted blocks of the Outer Richmond in the 1920s; Native activists riding to the Alcatraz occupation; family life in the Crocker-Amazon district; unseen images of the wartime Port; men walking cables on the unfinished Bay Bridge; elementary-school students doing science projects in 1957, the Year of Sputnik; surreal parade floats on Market Street; baseball crowds at Kezar Stadium: the 1962 World Series at the two-year-old Stick; the Human Be-In in 1966; newly discovered Cinemascope footage of 1950s SF; building Sunset houses in 1941; African American tourists in 1960s SF; and a Japanese American family living atop a semi-rural Rincon Hill in the 1930s.
For the first time ever, a short subject precedes the show: the world theatrical premiere of a new 4K super-high-resolution scan of the legendary pre-quake A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET (filmed April 1906) made from the best existing material, showing detail that no audience has seen in over one hundred years.
Founded by Megan & Rick Prelinger in 02004, the Prelinger Library contains over 60,000 books, periodicals, maps and ephemeral print items available for research and reuse. This famed experimental research library supports artists, historians, community members, and researchers of all kinds.
"Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 13" was given on December 04, 02018 as part of Long Now's Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world's leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:
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Timestamp index. Note, this is not official, just me being OCD and my own take on footage description. Times may be a second or so off. Some of the really short clips not included:
02:10 Market Street 1906 pre-quake
14:18 1952 humorous promotional film for 345 Sutter (building with entertainment companies' offices)
16:36 Two ships passing, 1939, in color
16:56 Bay Bridge / Treasure Island construction, 1930's
20:57 Iyura (sp?) family, living on Rincon Hill, 1928
24:21 Gomez family clip, commute from Ingleside Terrace to downtown, 1975, includes then new BART
26:10 Outtake from unknown film, Chinatown, 1930's?
26:40 Gomez film of Eisenhower's visit in 1960
28:15 Hilarious 1930's parade with great floats
29:21 Various film of the Embarcadero, including shot of Interstate 480 sign
30:46 Various waterfront films
32:14 Quick shot of Transamerica Bldg half-built
32:24 B&W film of man running thru SF ("outtake for a reason")
33:57 Woman walking down steep hill in heels
34:12 1970's footage of Black and Native activists
37:06 Fillmore Street counterbalance cable car, 1939-40
38:05 1928 footage of the Marina district
38:31 1957 Arts Festival, Washington Square Park
40:45 1950's children's science projects
42:07 Annabel candy factory (of Big Hunk and Rocky Road fame, now based in Hayward) on Market St, 1950's
43:34 Unidentified family ~WW2, lots of affection
44:39 Century Club, spoofing birdwatchers, late 40's?
46:56 Human Be-In, 1966
49:48 El Rey Theatre (Ocean Ave) lit up in neon!
50:07 Visitation Nursery School parade, late 1950's? ("Critical mass of tricycles")
52:08 View from Twin Peaks, early 60's?
52:22 Gomez family video, kids frolicking on hill
52:56 Gliders / early flight in sand dunes of Sunset District, 1920
53:52 (Likely) Lakeside homes being build by Stoneston, pre WW2
54:50 Gomez film of drive from Ingleside Terrace to Kaiser Hospital (Gomez's neighbor having a baby) and its Heirport (waiting room for fathers-to-be)
55:56 Fast forward drive down and up Geary in 1968
58:37 Gomez family home in Ingleside Terrace
59:21 Late 1930's, early 40's, San Francisco Airport (not yet International!)
1:00:23 Pioneer Scooter Club, ~1961, nice shot of Vespa dealership neon sign
1:03:23 Hot traffic cop with sweet footwork, 1970's
1:04:29 Union Square Garage promotional film, 1945
1:09:40 Protest against Vietnam War, 1969
1:11:29 Candlestick, 1962 World SEries, quick view of Hunter's Point housing projects
1:11:41 Newly-built Palace of Fine Arts, 1938
1:12:19 Sightseers visiting shipwrecks, 1920's, 30's, Lyman Stewart, Coos Bay, and the Ohio
1:14:34 Golden Gate Swim (1930's? B&W with radio broadcaster)
1:15:47 1930's? tourist footage
1:16:25 Golden Gate Bridge construction
1:18:15 Gomez family and GG Bridge and neon waterfront
1:18:38 Farallon Islands, 1950's

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Super Film, but :
exaltiertes Publikum!

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In those days, you could get a speed ticket for walking faster than traffic...

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No stoplights!