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Fantastic 1958 Film Footage of San Francisco
San Francisco 1958 from Jeff Altman on Vimeo.
A film colorist at a local Chicago production house inherited a bunch of 16mm Kodachrome film shot in the late '50s by his grandparents.
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Cars driving down Lombard Street. The silhouette of the guy smoking the cigar in the window is classic. I also like the moody accompanying music.
UPDATE: A commenter at Boing Boing informs that the song is "Alone in Kyoto" by Air.
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October 23rd, 2009 - 13:34
gorgeous kodachrome… real life should look like that.
October 23rd, 2009 - 13:59
You should also check out the skyline shot in “Where the Buffalo Roam” with Bill Murray. There’s also a great time lapse sequence of the now non-existent Embarcadero Freeway at minute 49 of “Koyaanisqatsi”…both are color but done in the late 70′s/early 80′s…
October 23rd, 2009 - 14:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TIjoedyjcI
October 23rd, 2009 - 16:16
Great vídeo and great song
Thanks for share with us
October 23rd, 2009 - 16:39
very cool
October 24th, 2009 - 10:46
nice video and nice soundtrack ^_^
October 25th, 2009 - 01:22
Vídeo muy atractivo que me retrotrajo a la visita que hice a San Francisco hace algunos años. Prof. C. Rodríguez-Ruano
October 25th, 2009 - 08:56
Very enjoyable. The music was a nice touch. I like to think this would have been a great time to live in San Francisco. Alas…
October 25th, 2009 - 14:30
Really nice. I was born in 1950, and it reminded me of the joy of childhood.
October 25th, 2009 - 22:39
Good A/V pairing. This track also appears on Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation”. If you like the vibe of this song, definitely check out the soundtrack of the aforementioned film. IMO, it is one of the best film soundtracks ever assembled.
November 23rd, 2009 - 13:39
The only thing that’s changed about SF is what the people wear and how they get around. That’s something else.
January 7th, 2010 - 09:40
how wonderful, what a beautiful piece of film.
February 2nd, 2010 - 15:50
50+ years ago, and think 50 years before this the ’06 earthquake destroyed it..
March 10th, 2010 - 08:25
Ahh, the 50′s. I can’t get over how clean, uncrowed and smog free the city appears. Thanks for sharing.