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[Golden Gate Bridge Opening]

by: N/A

Publication date: 1936

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: San Francisco: Infrastructure

Scenes on opening day.

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Golden Gate Bridge Opening: assorted scenes taken on opening day / cars in line / coming across the bridge / ships of the fleet passing under / airplanes / long shots of the bridge

worth noting: many shots of the Golden Gate Bridge with ships going under it.

¥ 1:52:45-
Interesting shot of Model-T type cars waiting to get onto the Golden Gate bridge. People wave at them as they drive slowly by. We see houses that may be in Marin or in the Presidio in S.F.

¥ 2:08:50- 2:28:22
Cars come onto the bridge. A bicycle is in the forefront, and we se Marin behind them.

¥ 3:08:65- 3:19:35
Good image of people walking across the G.G. bridge, but it's either foggy or the film is just old and tired because it's difficult to see the bridge.

San Francisco Bay Area, California Celebrations Dedications
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Addeddate: 2002-07-16 00:00:00

Ccnum: asr

Closed captioning: no

Collectionid: 19797

Color: B&W

Country: United States

Identifier: GoldenGa1936

Numeric_id: 473

Proddate: 1936

Run time: 4:33

Sound: Si

Type: MovingImage

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Reviewer: History-Lover_Ron - - August 2, 2023
Subject: The video had the opening backwards

The video make it look like the bridge was open to cars first then to pedestrians. But it was the other way around. On Thursday, May 27, 1937, just three weeks and one day after the Hindenburg disaster, the Golden Gate Bridge first opened to traffic--foot traffic. Then, the next day, Friday, May 28, 1937, at noon, it opened to car traffic. These events took place only four years and three months after construction began on January 15, 1933! And this feat was accomplished during the worst years of the Great Depression. Truly an amazing story! Unbelievable, though we know they did it. I had a friend who told me about the day he walked across on that "Pedestrian Day," as a young boy. I walked the entire length from San Francisco to Marin and back on Sunday, July 4, 1976, our nation's Bicentennial Day. Unforgettable!

Reviewer: kareneliot - - February 25, 2009
Subject: Geography Lesson

Spuzz, The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco with Marin County, not Oakland. The Bay Bridge connects SF to Oakland. -Karen

Reviewer: Spuzz - - December 17, 2005
Subject: Poor Oakland

Its opening day for the Golden Gate bridge! Huzzah! Planes fly over! Ships sail under! But more importantly, cars, and lots of them, cross! It seems that more people wanted to try going one way (it looks like into SF then into Oakland.. make your own jokes there). Soon, there will be mini pageant girls! Woo! People get so excited, they walk on the bridge itself! Double Huzzah!

Reviewer: Christine Hennig - - September 28, 2003
Subject: Cars and More Cars

Silent raw newsreel footage of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Mostly, this involves a very slow motorcade of 30s carsÂÂso slow a bicyclist can lead the way! After the cars finally get over, the bridge is opened to pedestrian traffic and this footage is pretty interesting. A nice chunk of history here.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.

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