California State Highway 101 Opening

1929 · Prelinger Archives · 4 minutes · 29 shots · Black and white

Every shot, with timecodes

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  Title card reads Highway Opens! San Francisco, Cal. - 50,000 people attend...

  0:00.0–0:27.5 (27.5 s) · shot 2286

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  Title card reads Great Auto Parade starts from Civic Center.

  0:27.5–0:33.6 (6.1 s) · shot 2287

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  Vintage open-top car drives along a street lined with spectators and trees.

  0:33.6–0:38.2 (4.6 s) · shot 2288

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  Vintage open-top car with flags drives slowly past onlookers on a sunny day.

  0:38.2–0:42.7 (4.4 s) · shot 2289

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  Vintage cars drive down a wide, empty boulevard lined with buildings.

  0:42.7–0:51.1 (8.4 s) · shot 2290

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  Title card lists dignitaries attending the dedication ceremony.

  0:51.1–1:06.0 (14.9 s) · shot 2291

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  Dignitaries and officials gather on an outdoor stage decorated with flags and bunting.

  1:06.0–1:19.2 (13.2 s) · shot 2292

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  Title card names Supervisor Franck Havenher as chairman of the day.

  1:19.2–1:27.0 (7.8 s) · shot 2293

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  Crowd watches as officials speak at a microphone on a flag-draped stage.

  1:27.0–1:50.3 (23.3 s) · shot 2294

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  Dense crowd of people wearing hats listening intently outdoors.

  1:50.3–1:54.2 (3.8 s) · shot 2295

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  Large crowd of people in hats gathered closely together outdoors.

  1:54.2–1:56.8 (2.7 s) · shot 2296

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  Large crowd of people wearing hats gathered for a public event.

  1:56.8–1:59.5 (2.7 s) · shot 2297

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  Large crowd of people outdoors, with some holding American flags.

  1:59.5–2:01.7 (2.2 s) · shot 2298

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  Large crowd of people outdoors with hats and winter coats.

  2:01.7–2:03.9 (2.2 s) · shot 2299

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  Title card announces officials attending to assist Queen Clara Carli in cutting ribbon.

  2:03.9–2:06.3 (2.5 s) · shot 2300

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  Title card announces officials attending to assist Queen Clara Carli in cutting ribbon.

  2:06.3–2:13.7 (7.3 s) · shot 2301

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  Title card announces officials attending to assist Queen Clara Carli in cutting ribbon.

  2:13.7–2:16.7 (3.0 s) · shot 2302

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  Title card announces officials attending to assist Queen Clara Carli in cutting ribbon.

  2:16.7–2:24.2 (7.5 s) · shot 2303

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  Officials and a woman in a crown cut a large ceremonial ribbon outdoors.

  2:24.2–2:37.7 (13.5 s) · shot 2304

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  Title card states supervisors inspect the new Bayshore Highway from the air.

  2:37.7–2:49.2 (11.5 s) · shot 2305

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  Men board a small passenger airplane on an airfield.

  2:49.2–2:56.1 (6.9 s) · shot 2306

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  Single-engine airplane flies through the air over a landscape.

  2:56.1–3:05.5 (9.4 s) · shot 2307

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  View from an airplane wing looking down at a winding road below.

  3:05.5–3:11.7 (6.2 s) · shot 2308

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  Aerial view of a landscape with hills and a curving road passing through.

  3:11.7–3:18.9 (7.2 s) · shot 2309

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  A vintage high-wing airplane in flight viewed from the side.

  3:18.9–3:29.6 (10.7 s) · shot 2310

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  An aerial view of a winding road along a body of water.

  3:29.6–3:32.1 (2.5 s) · shot 2311

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  An aerial view of a coastal road and landscape.

  3:32.1–3:36.0 (3.9 s) · shot 2312

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  An aerial shot looking down at residential streets and a park.

  3:36.0–3:38.3 (2.2 s) · shot 2313

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  An aerial view of a road and residential neighborhoods.

  3:38.3–3:42.5 (4.3 s) · shot 2314