Home Movie: Hirota Collection: 071162 (silent)

Description: A Japanese American family in San Francisco, California celebrates a baby's second birthday, visits the University of California, Berkeley campus, the State Capitol building and a damaged house in Sacramento, and the Golden Gate International Exposition.

1. Notes from box:
"Baby’s birthday
From Dr. C Hirota
1792 Sutter"

note on leader:
"Joyce 2nd birthday"

2. Note from box (hard to read):
"[Toyota when you went to ____?]
From Dr. C Hirota
1792 Sutter St, SF"

3. Note from box:
"Dr Carl T. Hirota
1792 Sutter Street
May 10 1939"

4. Note from box:
"Oct 20 AM
Dr. CT Hirota
1792 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA"

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Subjects: 1930s, 1940s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Families, Children, Universities and colleges, Fairs and festivals, Celebrations and ceremonies, Natural disasters, Leisure and recreation

Tags: houses; neighborhoods; suburbs; palm trees growing by sidewalk; babies; people on porches; smiling; Summit Kaiser Pass sign; outdoor outing; child in booster seat ? feeding herself; birthday cakes; lighting birthday candles; child blowing out candles; child with sunglasses; 2nd birthday; baby stroller toy; dolls; playing in sand; monuments; Pulgas Water Temple, Redwood City, California; eating chicken; waterskiing; Western Addition, San Francisco; Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Fortsons building, San Francisco; family getting out of car; "Dr. Carl T. Hirota Dentist Orthodontist" sign; dentist office; dogs; pets; California Cleaners neon sign; "R. Sanchez Tamales" restaurant sign; toll plazas; Golden Gate Bridge; Signal Gasoline; McNear's Landing directional sign; Mannion's Barber & Beauty Supplies delivery van; smoking cigar; goofing for camera; seaplanes; beaches; baby in bonnet; baby on blanket; giggling baby; picnics; polka dots; golf; practicing golf swing; driving range; suspenders; UC Berkeley campus; college campuses; University of California Berkeley; birds eye view; Sather Gate; The Campanile; view from Campanile; Memorial Stadium; Hearst Gym; Harmon Gym; wooden house construction; man smoking; men wearing badges; hiding from camera; hammering; lumber; driving POVs; Tower bridge; California State Capitol building; uprooted tree; 17th St. sign; collapsed house; damaged house; living rooms; looking through photo album; Fillmore Street; streetcars; Southern Pacific Lines; railroads; Oakland railroad station; train stations; trains; toddler wearing sunglasses; crowds; fire; San Francisco Fire Department; spectators; fire trucks; firefighters; firemen climbing ladder; puppies; goldfish; fish tank; truck with speakers; carrying mirror toward Japan Pavilion; Brazil Pavilion; women in majorette outfits; procession; horses; flags; windy; kimono; Japanese traditional dress; underexposed; Coit Tower; filmed from boat; bay; Goodyear blimp; sculptures; fountains; Golden Gate International Exposition; GGIE; World's Fairs; Lost Landscapes

Film Sponsor:

Creator: "Carl Hirota, DDS"

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Hirota Collection PC-0050, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1939-05-10; 1939;

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Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; Berkeley, California; University of California, Berkeley; Sacramento, California; Redwood City, California; Fillmore District, San Francisco, California; Petaluma, California; Oakland, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element:

Color: b&w

Color Process: Dupont

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square triangle, triangle circle, square circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 325