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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This short travelog film from the 1970s features the sites and wonders of San Francisco, California. The film starts by highlighting the famous Golden Gate Bridge before taking the viewer on a journey through the city by highlighting the architectural wonders, public parks, and local eateries. Views of the Golden Gate Bridge - bridge is part of the 49-Mile Scenic Drive highlighting San Francisco (0:13). San Francisco skyline (0:56). Road signs from The Bayshore Freeway which is part of U.S. Route 101 (1:00). Transamerica Pyramid building (1:13). San Francisco cable car with 1970s VW Beetle trailing behind (1:34). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station (1:37). BART passengers exit at the Glen Park station (1:50). Turnaround of Powell Street Cable Car featuring Pepsi advertisement (2:09). The Dragon Gate of Chinatown San Francisco (2:32). The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco (2:59). San Francisco Peace Pagoda in San Francisco's Nihonmachi/ Japantown (3:13). San Francisco City Hall (3:20). San Francisco de Asís Mission/ Mission Dolores (3:23). Car driving down Lombard Street (3:35). Japanese Tea Garden of Golden Gate Park (3:39). View of Alcatraz (3:52). Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco (4:06). Alioto’s Restaurant (4:29). Balclutha Ship at Hyde Street Pier (5:03). San Francisco skyline seen from the San Francisco Bay (5:14). Alcatraz Island (5:23). El Cid statue at the Legion of Honor (5:48). San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge (6:15). Sunset (6:24). San Francisco at dusk (6:35). Shanghai Low in Chinatown (6:52). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
