A Technicolor travelogue celebrating San Francisco - past and presentA Technicolor travelogue celebrating San Francisco - past and presentA Technicolor travelogue celebrating San Francisco - past and present
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Did you know
- TriviaIncluded on the MGM DVD of San Francisco (1936).
- GoofsThe narrator states that "gold was discovered near San Francisco in 1849". The gold discovery that started the California Gold Rush occurred on January 24, 1848 in Coloma, about 110 miles northeast of San Francisco.
- Quotes
James A. FitzPatrick: [narrating a pageant about California pioneers] Courageous, determined people were these pioneers, braving long and extreme hardships with nothing to sustain them but faith - faith in their God, and faith in the potentialities of the Golden West.
- SoundtracksSan Francisco
(uncredited)
Music by Bronislau Kaper and Walter Jurmann
Played often throughout the picture
Featured review
Cavalcade of San Francisco is another of James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks series of shorts
Having just watched San Andreas-where the Golden Gate bridge was depicted as being shaken and falling in debris-it was nice to see it very much intact in this James A. FitzPatrick travelogue short. We also see the Oakland Toll bridge as Fitzpatrick mentions its cost and it being completed in 1936. We also see some churches built by some missionaries in the 18th century as the narrator mentions the city's name being inspired by Saint Francis. And then, we see some highlights of SF's World's Fair as there are reenactments of the pioneer settlers going west for gold, the Wells Fargo stage coaches, the final spike hammered in starting a new railroad line, and the Union and Central Pacific trains meeting. This was a nice look at San Fran during the early '40s. So on that note, Cavalcade of San Francisco is worth a look. P.S. I saw this as an extra on the Go West/The Big Store DVD disc.
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- tavm
- Jun 2, 2015
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- James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks: Cavalcade of San Francisco
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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