![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | [Twin Peaks Tunnel Construction and Opening] - Unknown
Twin Peaks trolley tunnel under construction and opening ceremony.
Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure
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| [San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Groundbreaking] - Unknown
Dignitaries celebrate the beginning of construction on this important structure.
Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure; Ceremonies
Downloads: 2,442
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| [Golden Gate Bridge Opening] - N/A
Scenes on opening day.
Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure
Downloads: 10,737
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| March of Progress, The - Harman (Hugh) Productions
Tour of the modern interurban trolley system of San Francisco's East Bay and over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Predicts the bright postwar future of streetcar transit, with visionary images of advanced-design railcars. The Key System transbay service was abandoned in 1961.
Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure; Transportation: Interurban streetcars
Downloads: 8,611
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| Bridging San Francisco Bay - Handy (Jam) Organization
Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Keywords: Infrastructure: Bridges; San Francisco: Infrastructure; Occupations: Ironworkers
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| [California State Highway 101 Opening] - Unknown
Opening of California State Highway 101 at San Francisco, with 50,000 people in attendance; parade of automobiles from San Francisco Civic Center; Mayor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph of San Francisco; Mayor Taylor of San Mateo; county supervisors; Queen Clara Carli; aerial views of highway and air-to-air shots of airplane carrying dignitaries. The highway linked San Francisco with northern San Mateo County to the south.
Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure; Celebrations; Infrastructure: Roads and highways
Downloads: 4,272
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| Freedom of the American Road (Part I) - MPO Productions, Inc.
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows community efforts to improve and increase safety on the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area; the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway, Route 128; and safety educa...
Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways; San Francisco: Infrastructure; Manifest destiny
Downloads: 5,905
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| Freedom of the American Road (Part II) - MPO Productions, Inc.
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows community efforts to improve and increase safety on the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area; the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway, Route 128; and safety educa...
Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways; San Francisco: Infrastructure; Manifest destiny
Downloads: 6,981
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| [Lincoln Highway Dedication] - Unknown
Dedication of the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway (old U.S. 30), the legendary transcontinental route, in Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure; Infrastructure: Roads and highways; Celebrations
Downloads: 16,032
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