Bay of Gold (Part 1 of 2)

Duration: 1600

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Lee Mendelson Film Productions

Complete Record: huge ships on the bay, boats, shots of Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island, sail boats, fishermen, beautiful shot of Golden Gate Bridge in sunset Golden Gate Bridge covered by thick fog, the history of San Francisco and gold, shot of the rivers and gold, many big ships (still images) and the history of 49ers, men working on the ship climbing up and down the mast, ferry building and the ship leaving the port old footage of the San Francisco in its developing era, people busily passing by the street 1906, San Francisco Earthquake, ships fallen down, houses and buildings collapsed, still and moving images of ships and buildings burning, destroyed city and people escaping away from the smoke, firemen leading people to shelter and cameraman filming this disaster, destroyed San Francisco, exhausted people wandering on the street, army troops marching in on horses, refugees lined up on the street poster, “WORK: MORN, NOON, NIGHT” men on the street working and rebuilding the city construction of Panama Canal, shots of ships passing Panama Canal 1915, Ferry Building, recovered San Francisco, busy street with cars and cable cars, ELS of San Francisco downtown, ship arriving and people walking into the city, airplane performing day and night, balloon floating on the water, famous people (Henry Ford, Buffalo Bill Collins?, etc.) visiting San Francisco, the city lit up Joseph Strauss, various still and moving images of Golden Gate Bridge under construction, inserts of newspaper articles regarding the construction, people working in the construction site, shots of south and north tower of the bridge from the top and bottom, ELS of workers on the cable, ELS of bridge, huge safety net hanging down to the water below, CU of parts of bridge and workers, the narration of bridge worker about his experience and why he could continue this dangerous job May 1937, completed bridge, cars passing the bridge, ELS of the bridge from the side and full moon shots of ships and fishermen working on the ship, whale and fishermen on small boat catching it, whales washed and processed in the machinery, boat passing under Golden Gate Bridge, father and son having meal on the boat, seagull, men on whale hunt on the ship, men shooting whale with gun and reloading gun preparing for the second shot, wire attached to the gun pulling the whales, huge dead whales floating on the sea, huge whale tails attached to the ship’s side man kayaking, men sailing in San Francisco Bay, famous sail boats and crew members working on them, sail boat race, “Skipper” and crew members, sails boats and San Francisco at the back, strong wind blowing the boat, the captain of Skipper talking about his experience Golden Gate Bridge and fog, US Coast Guard, boat passing under the bridge, guards in marine uniform working on the boat, guards bringing food to the residents in the Guard Tower (lighthouse) ships from all over the world approaching the bay, ELS of the port, shots from inside of the boat entering the port and crews communicating with other ships and people at the port still shots of man swimming in the bay, insert of article of whale, redheaded seagull, insert of article “Serpent in Bay,” man swimming with his hands handcuffed from bay to Alcatraz, shot of Alcatraz and “escape from Alcatraz” story, shot of beautiful Golden Gate Bridge in sunset from the window in the jail in Alcatraz