Speed Graphic Film and Video | Hollywood Outtakes: 1940's Street View: Market Street, San Francisco @SpeedGraphicFilmVideo | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This is fourth in a series of videos drawn from a pool of 1940's-era Hollywood feature-film outtakes and stock shots. There is no information in the archive about these, if you know what film these might have been taken for, please leave a comment.
Most of this footage was taken out the back of a vehicle driving on Market Street in San Francisco. Based on the movies listed on theater marquees, it was probably taken in the spring of 1944. From the number of uniforms on the street, to the military-related storefronts, to the lack of cars on the street, this is a city in the midst of World War II. And the streetcars still ruled Market Street, with four parallel tracks to run on.
All told, there are five clips in this video:
00:06 This clip starts on Market Street near the Ferry Building and goes to around Montgomery Street.
02:38 The second clip picks up approximately where the first left off and ends at about 5th Street (I think).
05:05 This is a long clip, taken at an angle from a moving vehicle. It starts just before the intersection of Market and California Streets (you can see an empty cable car waiting at the end of the line) and ends just before the intersection of Market and Kearny.
07:58 Headed back towards the Ferry Building now, this time on a Streetcar.
09:10 (Bonus footage, after the credits) Headed north from the Ferry Building.
The original film is silent, so I've added some music by Bela Bartok that was written at about the same time.
P.S.: I've only visited the lovely city of San Francisco a few times, so please feel free to correct my geography.
This is fourth in a series of videos drawn from a pool of 1940's-era Hollywood feature-film outtakes and stock shots. There is no information in the archive about these, if you know what film these might have been taken for, please leave a comment.
Most of this footage was taken out the back of a vehicle driving on Market Street in San Francisco. Based on the movies listed on theater marquees, it was probably taken in the spring of 1944. From the number of uniforms on the street, to the military-related storefronts, to the lack of cars on the street, this is a city in the midst of World War II. And the streetcars still ruled Market Street, with four parallel tracks to run on.
All told, there are five clips in this video:
00:06 This clip starts on Market Street near the Ferry Building and goes to around Montgomery Street.
02:38 The second clip picks up approximately where the first left off and ends at about 5th Street (I think).
05:05 This is a long clip, taken at an angle from a moving vehicle. It starts just before the intersection of Market and California Streets (you can see an empty cable car waiting at the end of the line) and ends just before the intersection of Market and Kearny.
07:58 Headed back towards the Ferry Building now, this time on a Streetcar.
09:10 (Bonus footage, after the credits) Headed north from the Ferry Building.
The original film is silent, so I've added some music by Bela Bartok that was written at about the same time.
P.S.: I've only visited the lovely city of San Francisco a few times, so please feel free to correct my geography.
