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Rick Prelinger: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 5

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Lost Landscapes of San Francisco

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San Francisco's Prohibition Era 'Hipsters'

02 min 24 sec

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Guerrilla archivist Rick Prelinger shares homemade films featuring a droll group of prohibition era "hipsters" that drank their way through the Bay Area in the 1930s. Taking turns behind the camera, they document their time spent drinking in Golden Gate Park.
Remembering San Francisco’s Playland-at-the-Beach

02 min 13 sec

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Archivist Rick Prelinger presents his tribute to San Francisco's Playland, the seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach that existed from 1913 to 1972. In 1972, the roller coaster rides were put on auction, Playland was discontinued and soon condominiums filled the waterfront vista.
The Golden Gate Bridge: Vintage Footage from the Archive

01 min 51 sec

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Rick Prelinger, head of the Prelinger Archive, presents vintage footage of San Francisco’s world-famous Golden Gate Bridge.
The Tradition of the Wright Brothers: The Sunset Gliders

01 min 44 sec

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Found footage showcases the flight of the Wright Brothers' original plane design over the undeveloped Sunset District in San Francisco.
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coreytess

Posted: 01.18.11, 07:56 PM

so interesting to watch people do normal every day things and think about our home movies now and how pointless they seem... but the possible significance they will have 50 years from now in telling a story that we ourselves don't even understand we are part of...