Wonderful Film Footage of San Francisco in 1958

by Scott Beale on October 26, 2009 · 2 comments

Jeff Altman, a film colorist at Chicago post production house, inherited a bunch of 16mm Kodachrome film that was shot by his grandparents in the 1950’s. One of the reels that he transferred to video was some wonderful footage of San Francisco shot by his grandfather in 1958. The music is “Alone In Kyoto” by Air.

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1 zero October 26, 2009 at 12:09 pm

Very nice. Shows the longevity of real physical media formats. I wonder how those luggable home video camera tapes form the 80s hold up in comparison.

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2 D Doctor October 26, 2009 at 1:27 pm

that was a lovely 3 minutes..ty & your grandfather..

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