Golden Gate International Exposition

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1939

Complete Record: This film is about the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island. The film starts with a “Treasure Island” card - “Treasure Island” written on a map. See title card. See a flag “CCIE 1940” on a flagpole, with the flag blowing. See USA flag blowing and a building behind it. See lots of red flowers, cars, and a ship. See more red flowers and red & pink flowers. See red flowers with white centers. See purple flowers and roses. See buildings and a water fountain (?) spraying water. See two statues and people walking in front of a building. See plants. See another water fountain, statue, and more flowers. See people walking. See people performing (playing instruments) and women dancing. See a a man with his face painted white holding a black DOG and a duck. See military (?) men riding horses while holding flags. See an Asian looking building. See more flowers and water fountains. See inside building “Hall of Flowers.” See dressed up women walking and holding balloons. See a USA fighter jet (?). See painted art of people on the wall of a building. See trains, mountains, and people waving flags. See people riding horse drawn carriages. See horses and men riding on them holding flags as the horses gallop pass the mountains. See Clifford C Fischer’s “Folies Bergere” and Billy Rose’s Spectacular Aquacade. “At night Treasure Island becomes a colorful fairyland” because lights beautify buildings, water fountains and statues. See people skiing downhill. See people walking and using their feet to move boats. See performances (balance and throwing a lading, twirling baton, playing a piano. See Hawaiian dancers. See acrobatic dancers. See a pianist. See women dancing. See an audience member really enjoying the performance. See men playing trumpets. See people walking. See an attendance punch machine (?). See cars. See a man playing a taped-up fiddle. See a man blowing a special kind of horn. See magnifying glass magnifying carved art on a wall (The Last Supper?). See an Asian temple (?). See people at a fair. See naked women modeling. See a sign “Incubator Babies.” See fireworks at night. See a lighted elephant on the water. See more performers dancing, playing piano and having a puppet show. See firemen spraying water to put out a building fire. See people moving furniture away from the burning building (”California Building”). Fire’s put out.