Speed Graphic Film and Video | San Francisco Area Bridges, 1945 @SpeedGraphicFilmVideo | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
In late April 1945, diplomats, journalists and photographers converged on San Francisco for the founding session of the United Nations. As stock footage for a documentary about this historic meeting, government cinematographers took the footage seen here.
Though the war in Europe was nearly done, in April 1945 the war in the Pacific was still being fought. The waters outside the Golden Gate bridge are filled with ships.
This is part of a large batch of films that the National Archives just digitized this year, and image quality is superb.
The original film is silent, so I've added a music track. This time it's Igor Stravinsky, who will not be to everybody's taste, but is appropriate if for no other reason than he was living in California at the time.
In late April 1945, diplomats, journalists and photographers converged on San Francisco for the founding session of the United Nations. As stock footage for a documentary about this historic meeting, government cinematographers took the footage seen here.
Though the war in Europe was nearly done, in April 1945 the war in the Pacific was still being fought. The waters outside the Golden Gate bridge are filled with ships.
This is part of a large batch of films that the National Archives just digitized this year, and image quality is superb.
The original film is silent, so I've added a music track. This time it's Igor Stravinsky, who will not be to everybody's taste, but is appropriate if for no other reason than he was living in California at the time.
![Horseshoe Curve, 1917 [Silent]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/50w7wRnih1I/hqdefault.jpg "Horseshoe Curve, 1917 [Silent]
This film is over 100 years old and has faded quite a bit, but theres no mistaking the location Horseshoe Curve, one of the most recognizable pieces of railroad right-of-way in the world. And its a busy right-of-way, highlighted by a tripleheaded passenger train headed upgrade.
Unfortunately, one side of the frame got clipped off in the digital transfer, so the last shot shows only a small bit of the passing train.")
