Ransohoff's Goes To The Fair, March 12th, 1939

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Chartered buses outside Ransohoff's store with "Ransohoff's Goes to the Fair" banners on them; dissolve to shot of street empty of traffic lined on each side by chartered buses (about 10 total); people begin loading buses, waving pompoms on sticks; buses begin to drive to the fair in a long procession; on Market Street / in South of Market area heading to Bay Bridge / onto Bay Bridge (from Essex Street ramp?); line of buses going downhill into Treasure Island Fair entrance (Golden Gate International Exposition); Party loads into sightseeing trams, waving pom-poms; VS sightseeing trams; (This looks like a pre-opening or early morning visit to the Fair, it doesn't seem to be in normal operation.); film shifts from color to B&W; VS inside activity, party games on dance floor involving men running across to grab items and running back; VS what appears to be a banquet in same room; VS women playing musical chairs in center of dance floor; various party games and stunts, in longshot