SF Summers Reel, 1941

This 1941 Summers Collection home movie, shot in Kodachrome, offers a rich pre-WWII portrait of San Francisco. Aerials with plane shadows sweep Marin to suburbs, while pans capture the airport’s bustle—planes unloading, Skywalk Cafe, August 1941 signs. Shaky POVs cruise Market Street to the Embarcadero, Russian Hill to the Bay Bridge, and Chinatown’s schoolgirls and shopkeepers. Fisherman’s Wharf shines with Tom Tom’s and DiMaggio’s, plus a seaplane’s takeoff and a Key System train, all in vibrant summer hues.