San Francisco’s Market St. & Ferries

This film showcases San Francisco’s bustling Market Street and ferryboat operations in the early 20th century. It features the iconic Ferry Building with a close-up of its clock tower, ferries departing the bay, smoke stacks billowing, and whistles sounding. Scenes of working machinery blend with Market Street’s lively traffic—autos and streetcars weaving through—capturing the city’s vibrant pulse as a transportation hub before the Golden Gate Bridge shifted its dynamics in 1937.