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[Home Movies of Golden Gate Park; Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade and More / 1936]
Image Not Available for [Home Movies of Golden Gate Park; Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade and More / 1936]

[Home Movies of Golden Gate Park; Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade and More / 1936]

Date1936
Mediumfilm
DimensionsFilm Format: 8.00 mm, L: 175 ft
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift of Dave Tatsuno, in Memory of Walter Honderich
Object number91.74.2
DescriptionBlack and white home movie footage filmed by Dave Tatsuno and Tut Tatusno in 1936. Footage includes multiple outings with the Tatsuno family in the San Francisco Bay and Santa Cruz areas. The San Francisco Ferry Building and Bay Bridge are shown prominently throughout the film. The UC Berkeley Campus, including shots of the Greek Theatre and Sather tower are also featured. The Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade shows marching bands and various elaborate floats.

The original label had detailed date information, which read:
1) One Sunday at the Golden Gate Park, August 23, 1936. Characters: Dad, Chiye, Wilbur, Tut and Dave [Tatsuno family members].
2) The Bay Bridge; the U.C. campus, August 28, 1936. Characters: S. Kawasaki, Bob Takeda, Dave [Tatsuno].
3) Santa Cruz, M.E. [Methodist Episcopal?] Church outing: Fleischacker Pool; and home. September 1936.
4) The Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade, November 13, 1936 (taken by Tut [Tatsuno]).

0:15- Shots of family members having fun, swans, ducks, at lake in Golden Gate Park
4:03- Seal feeding
4:16- Two black cats and kittens
4:57- San Francisco Ferry Building, panning shot
5:11- San Francisco Bay Bridge, panning shot
5:31- Views of SF, ships, and bridge on board the ferry
6:19- UC Berkeley Greek Theatre full of people
6:59- Students (?) sitting on lawn
7:10- San Francisco street view, panning, aerial view
7:58- UC Berkeley Campus, aerial views, buildings
9:09- Students on a lawn
9:14- Sather tower/ Campanile (Clock Tower), UC Berkeley, panning up
9:25- Pan of a bridge
9:40- Family by lake
9:54- Family laughing and playing together
10:12- Chiye holding, playing with a cat
10:33- Fleischacker Pool with many people, divers, swimmers
11:20- Family at a field, tennis courts
11:25- Family smiling, walking towards camera
11:32- Footage of a still photo portrait
11:55- Signage, “The Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade on Market St. Nov 13 1936”
12:00- Parade footage
12:18- Parade, President Herbert Hoover rides an open limousine
12:52- Elaborate parade floats
14:51- Death Valley Mule Team Wagon
15:21- Bay Bridge shot from different angles, view of the ocean

One reel of 8mm b&w home movie footage (175 feet) with label:
1) One Sunday at the Golden Gate Park, August 23, 1936. Characters: Dad, Chiye, Wilbur, Tut and Dave.
2) The Bay Bridge; the U.C. campus, August 28, 1936. Characters: S. Kawasaki, Bob Takeda, Dave.
3) Santa Cruz, M.E. Church outing: Fleischacker Pool; and home. September 1936.
4) The Bay Bridge Fiesta Parade, November 13, 1936 (taken by Tut).

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