more at http://news.quickfound.net/cities/san_francisco.html 'Title Card: "$50,000,000!, Coasters Swarm Gate, Trample Seven Seas" 1939 "Pageant of the Pacific" (Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939 - 1940). LS boats on San Francisco Bay (island and city in BG). VS work trucks in front of art deco building; one truck has load of benches. LS row of benches at open air theater. Shrubbery being placed in front of building by landscaper. Gates to fairground being ceremoniously opened, revealing marching band. Uniformed marchers in parade. Crowd surging through gate (fountains flowing in BG). VS towers and ornamental buildings. LS statue of "Goddess of the Fair," with flowing fountain, surrounded by crowds. LS archway and crowd at fairgrounds.' From Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 5 No. 1. Public domain film from the Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_International_Exposition The Golden Gate International Exposition (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco's Treasure Island, was a World's Fair celebrating, among other things, the city's two newly built bridges. The San Francisco -- Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. The exposition opened from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940... Treasure Island Treasure Island, a flat, artificial island attached to Yerba Buena Island, was built for the Exposition near where the Oakland span and the San Francisco span of the Bay Bridge join. Built by the federal government, Treasure Island was to be an airport for Pan American's transpacific flying boats, like the China Clipper. Due to wartime needs, it was turned into a naval base used by the US Navy from 1941 to 1997. Pageant of the Pacific The theme of the exposition was "Pageant of the Pacific", as it showcased the goods of nations bordering the Pacific Ocean. The theme was physically symbolized by "The Tower of the Sun" and a giant, 80-foot statue of Pacifica, goddess of the Pacific ocean... The San Francisco Downtown Association created the 49-Mile Scenic Drive to promote the exposition and the city. The drive started at San Francisco City Hall and ended on Treasure Island after winding around the picturesque "City by the Bay." Valley Flyer The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway started a passenger train, the Valley Flyer, to carry passengers between Bakersfield and Oakland during the exposition. The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and the Western Pacific Railroad launched a train called the Exposition Flyer between Chicago and Oakland, named for the Golden Gate International Exposition...

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