1939 San Francisco World's Fair / Golden Gate Exposition Film Collection

This collection contains 9 movies and is Over 1 hour 10 minutes of video.

Title Description
Duration
Treasure Island ca. 1939

World's Fair opening ceremonies from Treasure Island. Various shots of Dignitaries presiding.

Color Silent

9:55
Amateur film: "Frisco Fair / Pacific Northwest"] ca. 1939-40

Home movie highway and coastal footage from Oregon and California, including a trip to the 1939 - 1940 San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition. Shot in lovely Kodachrome

Color Silent

17:05
[Amateur film: Golden Gate International Exposition] ca. 1939-40


Home movies of San Francisco World's Fair. Treasure Island from the air, and color on the ground.

Color Silent

10:13

[California Color Film / Golden Gate International Exposition] ca. 1939

Golden Gate International Exposition and San Franciso. Shot just before the second World War

Color Sound

7:41

[Dead Fair] 1940

Views of the Fair location on Treasure Island after the Golden Gate International Expo closed down.

Color Sound

1:11
[Farewell to Treasure Island] 1940

Filmed at Treasure Island, San Franciso Bay. The closing of the Golden Gate International Expo.

Color Sound

2:52

[Amateur Film: Golden Gate International Exposition] ca. 1939-40

Footage from the Treasure Island, San Francisco World's Fair. In lovely Kodachrome.

Color Silent

9:12
[Amateur film: Golden Gate Bridge] 1939

Scenes from the Golden Gate International Exposition, Golden Gate Bridge, and Yosemite Natinal Park

Color Silent

10:39
[Amateur film: San Francisco] ca. 1940

Shot on location throughout San Francisco, from just before the U.S involvment in WW II

Color Silent


12:04