Life in the San Francisco Bay Area just after World War II: families stand on the Golden Gate Bridge and watch troops returning on naval vessels; a man spraypaints a car; the China Clippers and other aircraft fly around the Bay; a baby girl plays with blocks; a family picnics.

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

Kodachrome home movies from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-40); views along the coast and highways of California and Oregon.

Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

Pre-World War II San Francisco scenics.

Amateur film made in Manhattan, New York City during World War II, showing a Greenwich Village street art exhibition, springtime at Coney Island, and Greenwich Village stilled by a snowstorm.