This is a colorful James A. FitzPatrick TravelTalk featuring a look at San Francisco (circa 1940), with views of several landmarks, including the Oakland Bay Toll Bridge completed in 1936 at a cost of $77 million and a gateway to Northern California; glimpse of a 1769 Spanish mission built by the Franciscan Fathers; a stunning view of the Golden Gate Bridge, the world's longest single span bridge; and culminating in scenes from a World's Fair exposition in 1939 that was a cavalcade of the Golden West.
The pageantry includes covered wagons showing pioneers from the east making their way westward in caravans with nothing more than faith in the potential of the Golden West; the Wells Fargo stagecoach establishing contact between east and west; the advent of the Iron Horse and the meeting of the Union Pacific with Central Pacific; and finally, views of San Francisco at the turn of the 19th century.
Summing up: Well done documentary with many points of interest.
The pageantry includes covered wagons showing pioneers from the east making their way westward in caravans with nothing more than faith in the potential of the Golden West; the Wells Fargo stagecoach establishing contact between east and west; the advent of the Iron Horse and the meeting of the Union Pacific with Central Pacific; and finally, views of San Francisco at the turn of the 19th century.
Summing up: Well done documentary with many points of interest.