This early 1960s color film with French narration produced by the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau and presented by Pan Am airlines as an in-flight movie offers a travelogue look at tourism in San Francisco, California (TRT: 28:43).
A seagull flies overhead. A sea lion barks (0:06). San Francisco’s Chinatown. A Japanese style room. Mission San Francisco de Asís, aka Mission Dolores, a Spanish Californian mission. A trolley style streetcar advertises Jack Daniel’s whiskey. The San Francisco Bay in the background (0:30). Opening titles over the Golden Gate Bridge: “Wonderful World of San Francisco” (1:05). Gentle waves lap at the California coastline. A panoramic city skyline and sightseers at a scenic overlook (1:17). The Golden Gate Bridge clouded in fog. Urban architecture and automobiles. Residential streets and apartment buildings (2:35). Grace Cathedral, St. Ignatius Church, Mission Dolores, and other religious architecture (3:37). San Francisco City Hall. Parks and fountains. The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District. A statue of the Buddha (3:57). A public fountain. Golden Gate Park from above and within. Kite flying. The Japanese Tea Garden (4:18). The California Academy of Sciences. Inside the planetarium. Steinhart Aquarium. A dolphin exhibit. The de Young Memorial Museum of fine arts. Rental boats and model sailboats. Ducks (5:05). San Francisco Botanical Garden hosts a variety of colorful flowers. Florist stalls (5:51). Sailors, pedestrians, children on a carousel, a rotating theme restaurant, dancers, (6:42). Leisure for young and old montage: A picnic in a park. A scenic overlook. A nightclub cabaret. An orchestra. A jazz band. A ballet (7:10). A romantic walk along a beach (8:24). A game of golf (8:35). A motel, a luxury hotel. A trolley, a bus unloading passenger pedestrians (9:02). Fisherman’s Wharf (9:20). A baseball game, (10:17). A family in a zoo. A gorilla. Elephants in a small enclosure. A stagecoach on exhibit (10:36). Lombard Street. Market Street trolley streetcars at work, rotating at the end of a line (11:09). Window shopping for ladies fashion, knick knacks, booksellers, signs for shops, an art fair (12:55). Chinatown’s Sun Sing Theatre (originally the Mandarin Theatre), The Bank of Canton, children, paper lanterns, a parade of women drummers, floats, dancers, dragons (14:12). Driving the Golden Gate Bridge (15:31). Marin County’s coast. Redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument (15:44). Open air dining. Wine country. Barrels of wine, vineyards (16:08). Lake Merced. Stanford University’s campus. Monterey’s coastline. Carmel Mission Basilica (16:50). The campus of the University of California. A western mining “ghost town” attraction (17:42). Yosemite National Park. A ski lift. Snow and water skiing (18:21). Coit Tower. Telegraph Hill. The Memorial Opera House. The Maritime Museum. The Navy Pier and historic ships. The Ferry Building Marketplace (19:25). The Orpheum Theatre advertises “How the West Was Won” (1962) in Cinerama. James Stewart attends a premiere event. Theatrical performances. Bumper cars. A 1920s revue. Revelers celebrate New Year’s Eve (20:39). Pedestrians and locals in montage (21:26). A waiter tosses a salad. Asian, Polynesian, Mexican, Italian, and Indian cuisine. Fresh crab legs and friend shrimp. A hot dog stand (22:04). Neon signs in a night life montage: “Restaurant, Cocktails” and a Funhouse (23:56). Fireworks, a hockey game, a parade, a football game (24:20). Aerial photography and a review of previous scenes (24:52). End titles with credits for “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” featuring Tony Bennett (27:14)
