[Amazing footage featuring Christopher Maclaine]

No title or credits appear on print.; This supplied title came from David Sherman's notation on the original film container. Sherman used footage from this film among others for his work To re-edit the world.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; PFA 1604-01-12985. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1604-01-12984. Restricted: For research use.; Christopher Maclaine, Loreon Vigne.; This film documents scenester activities in the North Beach district of San Francisco circa 1957-60, the Beat era. Loreon Vigne, the filmmaker's wife, stands in front of a hand-painted sign that reads: "No more co-existence!! Pressniks go home (also fuzzniks). No beatniks, beardniks, hipniks. This is a Tourist Trap. Beer .50"; interior of Miss Smith's tea room; hipsters stand outside the Coffee Gallery waiting for a Jazz Benefit at Jazz Cellar, October 8; interior of club (man speaks on platform in front of a cubist mural); jug labeled "Death" gets passed around by several people including Christopher Maclaine, who feigns death; pixilated North Beach street scenes, mainly of architecture; a baby is placed in a crate, which is subsequently closed shut by a fiendish nun (Loreon Vigne); man puts eggshells on his eyes; the footage ends with more shots of architecture and construction.; PFA 1604-01-15352. D0193; PFA 1604-01-15352. made from PFA preservation negatives; PFA 1604-01-12985. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006; New print.; PFA 1604-01-12984. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006; New print; needs slight timing changes CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/07/18 Same.