Golden Gate Empire

Duration: 28 min

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Union Pacific Railroad

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Travelogue.; Historical reenactments of northern California and Sierra Nevada history, Gold Rush, etc.; Wine making; Agricultural production and farmworkers in Central Valley; San Simeon, Hearst Castle; Monterey Peninsula; Sierra Nevada and Yosemite; 01:38:16:00 begin San Francisco sequence (10 mins, many good images); Golden Gate Bridge; aerials; fishing boat in harbor; wave breaks over bow of boat, soaks front windowpane; aerial of SF city piers, VS shipping; Bananas being unloaded on conveyor into Union Pacific Railroad boxcar, longshoremen working; Aerial and VS Hunters Point Naval Shipyard; Fishermen's Wharf, customary shots; aerials Coit Tower; VS North Beach-Telegraph Hill area; tracking shot through Richmond, Sunset or West of Twin Peaks area showing attached houses; POV on Lick Freeway, old black signs; VS major downtown buildings; downtown street scenes and sidewalks; cable cars VS; Top of the Mark; aerial downtown, Bay Bridge; Golden Gate Bridge VS; Chinatown; downtown at magic hour; nighttime view from Twin Peaks; Chinatown neon at night; Fishermen's Wharf at night; Bimbo's 365 Club neon at night: Alan Carney, Ann Mason,? Richards featured; The Village neon sign; Veneto; London Broil and salad being served at restaurant table; Market Street neon at night

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)