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News Parade newsreel footage of the San Francisco World's Fair in 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition. The fair was intended to celebrate the opening of two bridges, the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge. It was held on Treasure Island.
0551 PA8123 San Francisco World's Fair (The News Parade)

This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939; Newsreels; News Parade; Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge; Treasure Island; Infrastructure: Bridges

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: aprilshowers - - October 25, 2009
Subject: treasure island
I was real interested in this newsreel , considering that the area now is a waste land of contamination. it must have been a beautiful sight at one time. visited it this past June , not much left of the buildings, there are a few and it is quite haunting place to visit!

Reviewer: Spuzz - - July 30, 2004
Subject: World's Fair fair
Mildly entertaining overview of the World's fair shown here. I wasn't overblown by this footage, as most of it IS pretty standard, but a nice snapshot of what was then.