San Francisco early 40's,50's in color [60fps,Remastered]

[hunter]

Most striking to anyone familiar with the modern city is the lack of automobile traffic. I'm old enough to remember what the city smelled like when air pollution from cars, trucks, and ships was unregulated. It was bad, even with fewer cars on the street. Not as bad as Los Angeles, however...

The lack of crash barriers on the freeways is a bit terrifying, especially on the uncompleted overpass.

The formality of the clothing people on the street are wearing is also striking. My grandma and her sister, who'd entirely abandoned San Francisco and the surrounding cow country for the glamour of Hollywood before World War II, always regarded San Francisco as a stuffy working class city even as it evolved into something else. They weren't interested in going back.