La Cuesta

Duration: 37

Year Published: 1939

Creator: [California State Highway Department].

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: California. Department of Highways.; The state highway department and adequate modern highways.

Description: Print contained neither dates nor credits.; First 141 ft. contain a California State Highway Department public service announcement entitled The state highway department and adequate modern highways. This work shows how the fuel tax was spent for the period ending 1939 and advocates for more funding for highway construction and against the diversion of the fuel tax for other uses.; On reel with: The state highway department and adequate modern highways.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA 1604-01-12435. Restricted: Preprint material.; La Cuesta describes and shows the 1937 reconstruction of the Cuesta pass section of U.S. Highway 101, located in central California between San Luis Obispo and Santa Margarita.; PFA 1604-01-3802. D0236; Silent with English intertitles.; PFA 1604-01-3818. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: March 14, 2002 won't hold frame line well, many splices.; PFA 1604-01-3822. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (5 min.) (152 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: March 14, 2002 good condition.; PFA 1604-01-3802. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: May 20, 2004 scratched; reels 2 and 4 have vinegar syndrome; R2 is A-D level 2; R4 is A-D level 1; PFA 1604-01-12435. COPY-SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION: 4 reels of 4 (37 min.) : si., b&w ;16 mm. dupe neg.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE