Now that's the San Francisco that I know from my childhood! Not much of it is left. Every week, we would all get dressed up & walk to the bottom of the hill, get on the bus & then the cable car. Where did we go? To Macy's, of course! Market Street meant fresh flowers & Fisherman's Wharf meant fresh shrimp! We learned at an early age how not to fall down while running & catching the pole on the Cable Cars. Remember, we had to wear our fancy clothing & that meant we could not get dirty! How we stayed clean is beyond me.
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks I have been here my entire life (67 years) & Cali has changed a lot through the years. But, when you say "they ruined a spectacular existence"....who is this THEY that you are referring to?
Memories of a great state in grander times. When you see films like this and imagine what it would have been like or they bring back memories of what it was like for you those many years ago, well, it makes you think what we take for granted. Thanks for uploading.
This film was released by Union Pacific in 1960 as part of a series of film promoting various tourist attractions along the route of the railroad. It appears to be a mixture of films from the early 1950's to probably 1959. This was pretty common with UP promotional films, you'll see some of the earlier films repeated in later firms if you watch enough of them. Ironically, the UP never got closer to San Francisco than Ogden, Utah. It had traffic sharing agreements in the Central Pacific, later the Southern Pacific, into Oakland, and then it was either a ferry ride across the Bay or, after 1938, a ride on a Key System train across the lower deck of the Bay Bridge into the heart of San Francisco at the Transbay Terminal. The Key System was abandoned in 1958, and then a trip to SF from Oakland was by bus across the Bay Bridge. The film shows two way traffic on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge. That ended in 1963 as the lower deck, which used to carry trucks and the rails of the Key System, was paved and repurposed to carry one way eastbound traffic with westbound traffic on the upper deck. During the 1980' the UP purchased its rivals, the Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific. In 1995, the Santa Fe and BNSF had merged, leaving the UP to being shut off from California except for the longer WP route. It quickly purchased the Southern Pacific, and the UP finally had a rail route into San Francisco. The entire Western US is now a duopoly controlled by just two railroads, BNSF and UP. I'll leave it to the reader to decide if this was a good idea.
Now this is how I remember California from the 1950's. It was wonderful back then, unlike what it is now. Freeways now through the Redwoods, whole areas of the Bay Area that tourists would be wise to stay out of. I especially got a tear in my eye when they were showing Chinatown. My Mom used to take there every time we visited relatives in Redwood City.
Nice new production (or restoration) film credit at the beginning. 05.00 or so. Only active volcano in the continental United States. Wonder is there any film of Mt St Helens saying "Hold my beer?"
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The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive places in the country to live. I've been here my entire life. The traffic is the second worst in the country, fifth in the world. The homeless get everything they need from a ass backwards government while hard working people struggle to survive. Granted outlying areas are beautiful, from the mountains to the sea, if you don't get stuck in traffic. So drain your bank account, come visit and spend every dime you have, then leave like most citizens who live here are doing every day.
Musta been a nice place before overpopulation spoiled everything. 1950 2.5 mil 1960 3.6 mil 1970 4.6 mil 1980 5.2 mil 1990 6.0 mil 2000 6.8 mil 2010 7.2 mil From 1950 to 2010 the population almost tripled. But, yeah, I'm sure that's not the problem. GOTTA be something simple.
That's the Bay Area population, btw. Counties in San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma
Now that's the San Francisco that I know from my childhood! Not much of it is left. Every week, we would all get dressed up & walk to the bottom of the hill, get on the bus & then the cable car. Where did we go? To Macy's, of course! Market Street meant fresh flowers & Fisherman's Wharf meant fresh shrimp! We learned at an early age how not to fall down while running & catching the pole on the Cable Cars. Remember, we had to wear our fancy clothing & that meant we could not get dirty! How we stayed clean is beyond me.
You have NO IDEA how happy I am that we left California in 1980, and never looked back!!!
They RUINED a spectacular existence.
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks I have been here my entire life (67 years) & Cali has changed a lot through the years. But, when you say "they ruined a spectacular existence"....who is this THEY that you are referring to?
@@sherrydee7880 It's not who you might think...
If you've lived there for 67 years, you're not part of the problem.
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks All I could think of was those pesky rich real estate investors!
Them, Prop 13, and the "loonies".
gotta love the pride he took describing cutting down those old trees.
Pursuit Happitarian well, there will be a lot more like these in another 2000years.
Memories of a great state in grander times. When you see films like this and imagine what it would have been like or they bring back memories of what it was like for you those many years ago, well, it makes you think what we take for granted. Thanks for uploading.
Ultra rare film content, rediscovered. Keep up the great work.
This film was released by Union Pacific in 1960 as part of a series of film promoting various tourist attractions along the route of the railroad. It appears to be a mixture of films from the early 1950's to probably 1959. This was pretty common with UP promotional films, you'll see some of the earlier films repeated in later firms if you watch enough of them.
Ironically, the UP never got closer to San Francisco than Ogden, Utah. It had traffic sharing agreements in the Central Pacific, later the Southern Pacific, into Oakland, and then it was either a ferry ride across the Bay or, after 1938, a ride on a Key System train across the lower deck of the Bay Bridge into the heart of San Francisco at the Transbay Terminal. The Key System was abandoned in 1958, and then a trip to SF from Oakland was by bus across the Bay Bridge. The film shows two way traffic on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge. That ended in 1963 as the lower deck, which used to carry trucks and the rails of the Key System, was paved and repurposed to carry one way eastbound traffic with westbound traffic on the upper deck. During the 1980' the UP purchased its rivals, the Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific. In 1995, the Santa Fe and BNSF had merged, leaving the UP to being shut off from California except for the longer WP route. It quickly purchased the Southern Pacific, and the UP finally had a rail route into San Francisco. The entire Western US is now a duopoly controlled by just two railroads, BNSF and UP. I'll leave it to the reader to decide if this was a good idea.
Now this is how I remember California from the 1950's. It was wonderful back then, unlike what it is now. Freeways now through the Redwoods, whole areas of the Bay Area that tourists would be wise to stay out of. I especially got a tear in my eye when they were showing Chinatown. My Mom used to take there every time we visited relatives in Redwood City.
This is amazing because living in the Bay Area for almost all my life I never realize this
Nice new production (or restoration) film credit at the beginning.
05.00 or so. Only active volcano in the continental United States. Wonder is there any film of Mt St Helens saying "Hold my beer?"
2:25 Hypnotoad !
Hey guys, love your stuff, but, must you really keep the code and time stamp bar? It gets in the picture and is unpleasant.
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous UA-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
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@@PeriscopeFilm Thank you for the answer. I understand. ..2 years for an answer! Thanks again for clarifying.
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive places in the country to live. I've been here my entire life. The traffic is the second worst in the country, fifth in the world. The homeless get everything they need from a ass backwards government while hard working people struggle to survive. Granted outlying areas are beautiful, from the mountains to the sea, if you don't get stuck in traffic. So drain your bank account, come visit and spend every dime you have, then leave like most citizens who live here are doing every day.
CaligoldBob so if so much money is earned here, why the poverty?
Mount Glasson, the only active volcano in the continental unites states, Don't tell Mount Saint Helens that.
The only active volcano in the continental US? How about Mount Saint Helens?
They missed the disaster of the Sultan Sea.
People are IDIOTS and destroy EVERYTHING!!! We DESERVE this CULLING!!!
Musta been a nice place before overpopulation spoiled everything.
1950 2.5 mil
1960 3.6 mil
1970 4.6 mil
1980 5.2 mil
1990 6.0 mil
2000 6.8 mil
2010 7.2 mil
From 1950 to 2010 the population almost tripled.
But, yeah, I'm sure that's not the problem. GOTTA be something simple.
That's the Bay Area population, btw.
Counties in San Francisco Bay Area:
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma
Things like this from the Boomers resulted in the disasters of today.
GREED, GREED, GREED!!!