Posts Tagged ‘video’

San Francisco in 1955

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

At his Lost Landscapes 6 show at the Castro Theater earlier this month, our friend Rick Prelinger showed parts of this 20-minute travelogue-style movie on San Francisco from 1955. The cinematographer, Tullio Pellegrini, was an amateur with very professional skills as an editor. (His narrative is a bit heavy on the “biggest” and destinations being “meccas,” but most of his facts are right.)

This is already rocketing around the local history community, and everyone has a favorite part. Playland’s Big Dipper? Monkey Island? The rustic bridges of Golden Gate Park? Those beautiful, beautiful cars everywhere? Sit back and enjoy:

http://www.archive.org/details/SanFrancisco1955CinemascopeFilm

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Watch the Carville-by-the-Sea talk online

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

In February 2010, Woody LaBounty gave his presentation on Carville-by-the-Sea as one of the San Francisco Building Department’s “Brown Bag Lunch” talks. Video of that presentation is now showing frequently on the city’s channel 78. A schedule can be found at http://www.sfgovtv.org.

The good news for out-of-towners is the program can also be watched online. Go to http://www.sfgovtv.org, click on the “Building San Francisco” page, then select the show listed as “Carville By The Sea”.

This seems like an appropriate time to mention that a copy of LaBounty’s book on the subject would make a pretty nice Father’s Day present. One can order online at carville-book.com or visit most any independent San Francisco bookstore to purchase one.

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Video History of Golden Gate Park

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Glenn Robert Lym, who created an insightful video comparison between Golden Gate Park’s two museums, has created a longer video series on the history of the city’s great park. Here and see about the Speed Road, Midwinter Fair, the Chutes, and more:

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2lJEIUewoo

Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4l-A5794Lw

You can subscribe through iTunes as well:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=339869382

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SF West History Minute Videos

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Everybody has at least one minute to spare, right?

WNP is now posting “history minute” videos and the first real one is a 60-second slice of our Inner Richmond Member walk that took place Saturday, May 9, 2009. Take a look.

These short videos will have trivia, old photos, maybe old newsreel footage, WNP event recaps, and likely a bit of nonsense now and then.

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