This vibrant silent stock footage film is presented on 35mm film. This is the film gauge used in filmmaking and is the film standard. It opens with neon lights of Pike amusement park in Long Beach, California (:01). Bright lights entice riders to jump on the Cyclone Racer (:24). Plastic horses run around the merry go round (:30). The scrambler throws riders around (1:11). Pike Amusement was opened in 1902 and continued operations until 1979. Highways run over one another in the congested state (1:49). The camera pans up the financial district skyscrapers of Los Angeles (1:54). Residential apartment homes appear (2:05). Headlights run by a bowling alley in the evening (2:41). A red and white Boeing 727 of Pacific Southwest appears (3:00). A passenger plane takes off from the runway (3:12). A 727 of the United family arrives (3:25). The bustling city skyline of San Francisco appears (3:45). An iconic shot captures the Powell and Hyde Cable Car turntable (4:02). Edy’s candies are advertised on the back of the cable car (4:06) as pedestrians await their turn. Another vibrant shot shows the cable car coming down the line for San Franciscans (4:22). Riders swarm in as the cable car still spins (4:37). A sign on the back informs riders the fishing wharf is near (4:46). The San Francisco fisherman’s wharf follows; boats nestled against the dock (5:13). The steady shot shows pedestrians moving along the street way and the bustling city rising in the background (5:20). A flight shoots out from the San Francisco International Airport (5:30) and a green city bus runs in front. An evening shot catches the sun fading over the Fisherman’s Wharf (5:46). Boats sigh against sleepy currents (5:57). The popular Italian restaurant Rosario’s appears (6:12). Another colorful shot throws the viewers onto the streets of San Francisco (6:30). Peter Aliotos’ Fish House awaits hungry Californians. A red Volkswagen bus runs under (6:31). A bright red trolley runs down the line (6:50) with an advertisement for Carlsberg Beer (6:54). A red trolley car of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco moves in front of the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel (6:59). The rail car runs down San Francisco’s sloping railways (7:13). A stunning angle shows the Bay Bridge running across open water (7:23). Boats bob in the wharf again (7:46). The Golden Gate Bridge appears in red (7:58). A red and white Sikorsky S-62A lifts off (8:19) at the San Francisco International Airport. The Bay Bridge appears again (8:52). The famed Beverly Hilton; the home to the Golden Globes since 1901 (9:03) is situated in the heart of Beverly Hills near Rodeo Drive. Palms stand erect in front of the swanky hotel. A harbor shot follows; neat yachts and sloops pictured on the water (9:25). Panoramic night footage captures lights on the bay (9:45). Neon lights advertise Canadian Whiskey off 42nd Street in New York City (10:31). Headlights run towards the camera in a steady street view shot (10:47). Pedestrian’s mill through the streets and a delivery truck is unloaded off 6th avenue (10:51). The camera pans up the Time Life Building (10:55) catching the Avenue of the Americas porcelain sign as it goes. New Yorkers in thick winter coats pass in front of the New York Public Library at 476 5th Avenue north (11:12).

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