Home Movie: Prud'homme Collection: 000948 (silent)

Description: Content warning: This film includes brief images from ethnological exhibits that put non-Western people on display in ways that are culturally exploitative and racist.

Scenes from the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay.

Written on can:
"1939 Fair"

Embossed on can:
"Universal Camera Corp. N.Y. Univex 8mm"

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1930s, 1940s, Fairs and festivals, Performances

Tags: GGIE 1940 flag; world's fairs; ticket booths; Golden Gate International Exposition; Treasure Island; crowds; flower fields; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; National Cash Register giant cash register; Gayway; statues; fountains; pavilions; reflecting pools; American flags; Ford pavilion; deteriorated film; ladies' hats; rhododendron; carnival rides; sideshows; Altar of the Sacred Jade Pagoda; China Fair gong; Coca-Cola booth; women drinking soda pop; murals; flower beds; St. Francis of Assisi statue; acrobats; circus acts; trapeze; Art Deco architecture

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Prud'homme Family

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Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prud'homme Collection PC-0501, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1939-1940

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco Bay; Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 200