San Francisco by Golden Gate: 1935 Views

This 1935 silent travelogue, San Francisco by the Golden Gate, shot in black-and-white 16mm, unveils San Francisco’s splendor. Aerial pans sweep from the Ferry Building across the Bay to North Beach, while Fisherman’s Wharf bustles with boats, gulls, and crab-cooking fishermen. California Street slopes down, Civic Center gleams, and Mission Dolores stands solemn. Twin Peaks offers a city vista, Fleischacker Pool sprawls, and the Japanese Tea Garden shimmers. Golden Gate Park stretches to Cliff House and Seal Rocks, with Alcatraz, UC Berkeley’s Campanile, and the Golden Gate framing a pre-war portrait of urban and natural harmony.