The San Francisco Waterfront in the Late 1930s in Color

This beautifully restored and colorized footage whisks you to San Francisco’s bustling Bay Area waterfront in the late 1930s, nearly a century ago. Watch ferries swarm the piers of the iconic Ferry Building—standing defiant since surviving the 1906 earthquake on its wooden pillars—at Market Street’s edge. Marvel at the gleaming Golden Gate Bridge, fresh from its May 27, 1937 opening, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge cutting through the skyline. With vibrant glimpses of the city’s pulsing life, this film is a dazzling time capsule for history buffs and Bay Area nostalgists craving a peek at a transformative era.