Reiswig’s San Francisco, 1938

This home movie from the Reiswig Collection, filmed around 1938, offers a personal glimpse of San Francisco in the late 1930s. Likely shot in color or black-and-white, it captures everyday life—street scenes, cable cars, and waterfront views—amid the city’s post-Depression recovery and pre-WWII calm. Part of a family archive, it reflects the Reiswigs’ experiences, possibly including landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, completed in 1937, or bustling Market Street, frozen in a nostalgic reel.