Santa Rosa, My Home Town (silent)
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Description: An amateur production extolling the virtues of life in Santa Rosa, California, produced in 1949-1950. Includes many scenes of buildings, businesses and parks in the town.
Titles in film:
"Santa Rosa, California, The City Designed for Living! County seat of Sonoma County. Trading center of the Redwood Empire."
"Filmed in Santa Rosa! All about Santa Rosa and Santa Rosans!"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1940s, 1950s, Cities, Tourism, Agriculture, Parks and monuments
Tags: Occidental Hotel; main streets; Redwood Empire; Redwood Highway; U.S. Highway 101, California; Santa Rosa street scenes; train stations; train pulling into station; Santa Rosa Memorial Pool; public pools; kiddie trains; miniature railroads; water lilies; tadpoles; Doyle Park; schools; roses; blooming trees; ducks; churches; The Church Of The Lutheran Hour; orchards; hop vines; Roads End Ranch sign; turkeys; poultry farming; Luther Burbank Gardens; hospitals; KSRO radio station; parades; Roxy Theater; enamel storefronts; greenhouses; birdbaths; Green Top Cab; downtown; neon signs; Fremont Park; Santa Rosa Junior College; intertitles; Oak Knoll Sanatorium; "The City Designed for Living" city slogan
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Frank R. Hadley
Credits: Photographed and Edited by Frank R. Hadley
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Frank R. Hadley Collection PC-0040, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1949-1950
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; Santa Rosa, California; Sonoma County, California
Genre/Form: amateur
Language: eng
Rights:
Film Format: 8mm film
Element:
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: plus plus
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 491
Complete catalog record
Titles in film:
"Santa Rosa, California, The City Designed for Living! County seat of Sonoma County. Trading center of the Redwood Empire."
"Filmed in Santa Rosa! All about Santa Rosa and Santa Rosans!"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1940s, 1950s, Cities, Tourism, Agriculture, Parks and monuments
Tags: Occidental Hotel; main streets; Redwood Empire; Redwood Highway; U.S. Highway 101, California; Santa Rosa street scenes; train stations; train pulling into station; Santa Rosa Memorial Pool; public pools; kiddie trains; miniature railroads; water lilies; tadpoles; Doyle Park; schools; roses; blooming trees; ducks; churches; The Church Of The Lutheran Hour; orchards; hop vines; Roads End Ranch sign; turkeys; poultry farming; Luther Burbank Gardens; hospitals; KSRO radio station; parades; Roxy Theater; enamel storefronts; greenhouses; birdbaths; Green Top Cab; downtown; neon signs; Fremont Park; Santa Rosa Junior College; intertitles; Oak Knoll Sanatorium; "The City Designed for Living" city slogan
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Frank R. Hadley
Credits: Photographed and Edited by Frank R. Hadley
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Frank R. Hadley Collection PC-0040, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1949-1950
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; Santa Rosa, California; Sonoma County, California
Genre/Form: amateur
Language: eng
Rights:
Film Format: 8mm film
Element:
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: plus plus
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 491
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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