San Francisco (1955 Cinemascope film)

I'm crying not because of the music but because how once this city used to be a heavenly place

For those of us who grew up in San Francisco during this time period, it was a wonderful flash back in time.

When San Francisco was truly a beautiful and magical place. It really was like that.

This is like a whole different world than today

Alcatraz was still in use when this was filmed.

I was 5 at the time of this film. Grew up near the beach. I would take the streetcar downtown with my mom. From the fog we would burst through the tunnel at Market St.into the sun and a whole other world. There was an assortment of people, winos, bag ladies, legless men selling pencils, and a lot of hustle and bustle.

Ah, the San Francisco I used to love! I wish it was that clean and beautiful now!

I was 8 years old when this was filmed and lived just south of the city. It was lovely back then but the bay was an open sewer. You couldn't swim or fish in it due to the pollution. Along the shore you could smell it. It is far cleaner now. The city has, however, lost that famous bohemian atmosphere.

I was just there and it's just as beautiful as ever.

I grew up in San Francisco in those days and it truly was magical. Wish I would have known it then, it was such a fragile and fun place to be. It was a clean and healthy place to be back then. goodbye my beautiful city by the bay.

How awesome the city was then.

I loved the shot of Hwy 101 at Hospital Curve. No traffic! And the shot of the very light traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge. And parking places available on Market Street?! Whoa! :-)

Its no wonder the 50s of america are beloved so much. Everthing is clean and beautiful. No bums roaming thd streets. All the roads are big and new with minimal traffic. Just enough modern conveniences but not a glut of obnoxious advertising and useless techno gadgets. Just the right amount of people not too lonely but plenty of room. Truly a golden age. America in its prime. Hopefully we can return our country to its former glory!!

WHEN THIS FILM WAS MADE IN 1955, I WAS 10 YEARS OLD and my folks already had taken me to every place in this film. I loved the PLAYLAND, the MUSEUM, JAPANESE GARDENS and the ZOO. I remember almost every trip there when I see this video. Now it feels like part of my childhood has been taken away.

This film is a treasure. So many fond memories. So much irreplaceable loss. I understand my father’s lament as he watched the world of his youth disappear forever.

I was born and raised in Oakland, but my parents met and married in San Francisco!❤️💕

I was fortunate to live in San Francisco, on beautiful Russian Hill, for several years in the early 1970s. Our apartment building was a short walk from the cable car stop, a few blocks before the car headed past the Crookedest Street and then down the hill to Fisherman's Wharf. San Franciso then was just about the same as what you can see in this movie. It was a lovely place, and an exhilarating time to be alive. I lived there from age 19 to 25, so in a way I grew up there, became a man in San Francisco. As long as I have a memory, I will not forget the beauty of the town and the spirit of those heady days. P.S. I never went to the zoo.

I loved the narrator's voice. He sounds so 1950s. I really enjoyed this. I'm a 64 year old San Francisco native. Some of the places in this film still look the same like the Civic Center area and the zoo. I rode on that little train in the 60s. Market Street has totally changed. A good percentage of the store fronts are empty. When I was a kid there were at least ten movie theaters on Market Street. They're all gone.

Lombard Street with drum brakes! Those people had guts to do that. I remember Playland in its seedier days, right before the end. No Giants yet...still in NY at the time. Can't say that gorgeous city has changed for the better. Notice the well ordered, well dressed people, even at the zoo? My father always had a sport coat (at least), his cigarette case, lighter, handkerchief, billfold, and gum. Never went out without a hat. I always wear brimmed mens hats, in his honour, and I get compliments from the baseball cap wearers. Can't imagine why folks today don't dress well. We have a responsibility as citizens to better society by behaving and looking proper.

This was my parent's San Francisco - they loved it, and took us back may times as small kids after they moved to the East Bay. Lovely city, sadly gone.