San Francisco circa 1969 My Family Video 

Looking back at the old san Francisco was amazing and those glory days are gone for good now. I love the old san Francisco culture where everyone was happy and less crimes.

Wow,and now I am thinking about the good old days... we moved to San Francisco in the late '60s, from Michigan after the long hot summer of 1967.. beautiful city strange people, and some good people as well of course, and a beautiful place to explore and enjoy.. went to Everett Junior High School, Burbank Junior High School, Woodrow Wilson High School, and then we moved again, to Vallejo California.. those were the days! We used to love the Playland by the beach, and Golden Gate Park was clean and safe at that time.. parking was never a problem in the city, and rent was very reasonable.. my first apartment two bedrooms on second floor of an apartment building, and I paid $350 per month in the'70s.. those were the days

Lived there then. Nothing but the fondest of memories. A wonderful city in a wonderful era. Thanks.

I am english and San Francisco always makes me think of the Steve Mcqueen movie Bullitt, Janis Joplin and the hippies and the tv shows Ironside and The Streets Of San Francisco. All long gone now. But this was a beautiful video of precious memories to you, thank you for uploading it.

This brought tears to my eyes......... I used to play on that train and at the golden gate park they used to have a big ship......and PlayLand at the beach!

I grew up in the bay area in the 50's and 60's. Born in Berkeley, raised in San Jose and Santa Clara. We went to San Francisco at least once a month. FISHERMAN'S WHARF, THE EMPORIUM, MARKET STREET, THE PLAYLAND, THE ZOO, THE JAPANESE GARDENS, THE CLIFF HOUSE. So many fond memories. I even studied music and voice in San Francisco. Bill Stoker was my vocal coach(Jonny Mathis's vocal coach). So many of those places are now gone, like the people connected to those memories. I sure love San Francisco ! I always will........💙

Beautiful! As a third generation San Franciscan, I appreciate the revisit to 1969. Thanks for sharing.

What a lovely old family film! I am a San Francisco native, born in 1950, who lived in the Sunset and North Beach neighborhoods mostly. Lowell class of Spring '68. That said, the sixties and early seventies were very tumultuous times, not all peaceful as some seem to think. The Viet Nam War, Civil Rights movement, and what was generally percieved then as a huge crime wave (due in part to the sheer number of male boomers coming of age) were but a few issues back then. Still, it was a wonderful time to be young in San Francisco.

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Telegraph hill was my home, my family came there right around 1870. San Francisco was a magical place back then, I remember it well.

Hideki, Another world, another era. There is so much nostalgia in this film.

That's lovely. Your mom is always smiling. Thanks for sharing your Sunset memories with us.

This was beautiful. What a gorgeous family. Thank you for sharing.

I as born in SF and graduated from high school (Riordan) in 1969. I immediately recognized the train and cable car and Petrinis’s Plaza. I lived near West Portal, and as someone else commented, it is so crowded now. It as a time when my Mom would just tell us to get out of the house and be back before dark. Thanks for sharing. I’ll send the link to my (now grown) kids.

This was so sweet. What wonderful family memories of growing up in a very special city.

San Francisco is my hometown too and I miss it! My parents were living in a tiny house on Clearfield Drive when I was born, also in the Sunset district! Thank you for posting this.

My hometown was in Sacramento, I was 14 in 1969, we also lived in the south bay Sunnyvale, Newark, we would visit San Francisco, watch the planes take off, thank you for posting a simpler time…..

time has sure changed across 54 years

Yes the 60s what a great time to be alive. Nice video of your family !

What a lovely film of a lovely time.

Very sweet footage. Thank you for sharing. I couldn't help but think about what was going on only 1/2 mile or so away at that time in the Haight Ashbury. I was born at Kaiser Hospital in '68 after my parents moved from the Panhandle to northern Marin. My dad was still working in the City, commuting, and couldn't resist all the excitement going on in the Haight. He soon "tuned in, turned on, and dropped out." quitting his job and leaving my mom and me a bit stranded in the then boonies of Novato. I spent my childhood going back and forth between parents and between two very different worlds. Yours was the kind of neighborhood I used to drive by and wish I lived in--a sort of happy medium. Lucky you for having lived what looks to have been such a sweet childhood. Thanks again for sharing this wonderful footage.

This is so sad, it is like that Dali's melting clock painting. We just watch our time melt away and fade away. I lived on Riveria/42nd ave from 2007 to 2020. My child grew up in the hood and Ulloa Sunset Playground was our go-to playground. Unfortunately, Lowell high was not a desirable high school for my child. We moved out to Nevada for that famous gifted talent kid school. He went on to Stanford. It is so hard for me to move out of San Francisco. I was a chinatown kid then moved to Mission district, then Holloway by SFSU, then Sunset, for a total of 37 years!!!!

Very sweet. Growing up in the Sunset was a blessing. We bought my grandfather's house ( both Dad and G'pa were SFFD) which was only 6 months old when he bought it from Festus of the Addams Family. (35th between Lincoln and Irving.) My Sweetheart lived on 41st between Lawton and Moraga. It's just not the same, although our home looks lovely still. Not all of them fared well. It seems that below the Blvd, many of the houses are not maintained well. Sad.

I also "Left my heart in San Francisco."

My dad was a longshorman in Stockton for 36 years but often him and groups of his colleagues were sent to SF, Willmington, Long Beach and other places to work. On his days off he would pack all his kids into the car and we would day-trip to SF and see the sights and the SF Port and ship loading docks. It was in the late 60's as in this video. Those days with dad were pure gold. Driving around, munching on hotdogs, cheese sandwiches, cucumbers with salt, watermelon 🍉. I remember that beautiful SF cool weather and incredible sunshine. Dad would do a double over the GG bridge just so we could see the pacific ocean below and large patches of fog. I think we had a green vw wagon. It was all so glorious. Simple pleasures. Miss you, dad....

Watching videos like this is so nostalgic in a sense. It’s like even though this isn’t my generation or era. These times were so different compared to now. Where people were just enjoying life without cell phones and all the technology of now. It’s almost peaceful to watch.

I still miss my City by The Bay & literally left my heart there! '65 to '75..Richmond district. Such a unique eventful decade.💕☺ Thanks for your fine memories there & mine.

San Francisco was great in the 1960s. You are lucky to have been a part of that time.

This video is a beautiful tribute to the city. Looks like you had a wonderful childhood with beautiful memories. Thanks for sharing .

Wow, those schools in SF at that time were all made from a common floorplan! I loved the segment from the zoo, showing the old train engine and the cable car. As a kid I remember jumpint off the roof of the cable car into the sand.

Beautiful! Good old San Francisco town. The good old days are gone, but hope it will come back soon.

Wonderful. A beautiful gentler time. Visited SF in the early eighties with fond memories. The past is another country. Glad to see you love your surfing brother!

Wow. I could relate to so much of your video. I remember the Halloween parade at school in 1969 at Sanchez School. We rolled down the grassy hills at Dolores Park. The sunsets are still gorgeous even from our house in the Avenues. Thank you for sharing your memories of home.

1969. An amazing year to be alive. Most people would even say that 1969 was a good year for so many reasons.

When kids could ride around on their bikes and trikes and have Halloween costumes at school. I first visited as a kid about 65 when dad let me, mom and my brother tag along on a business trip. Stayed at the Sir Francis Drake (Beefeater doorman and the Starlight Room) and decided I was going to live there when I grew up. I didn't become an astronaut or a rock and roll star but I did move to America's most beautiful city after college in late 70s. Your Mom was a beauty and we can see the love in your family.

Man, this was so amazing. Just beautiful. That was such a great era.

Wow, just fabulous. A portrait of a happy family fifty years ago.

ahhh, petrini plaza as it used to be. thanks for the memories!

Wonderful memories, I grew up in Redwood City during that time, I remember our school field trips were to the museums at Golden Gate Park. Unfortunately, that entire area has greatly deteriorated.

Nice beautiful music makes this a really nice video with vintage SF footage

It is amazing how much this video for 1969 reminds me of my own childhood 58 or 1959 era. Beautiful family, wonderful times . Thank you very much.

Thank you for sharing this. I was born and raised in SF in 1968 at Chinese Hospital. We still have our old house out in the Richmond District on 15th Ave and Anza. Though much of the video is before my time and before I can remember, I share your fond memories of yesteryears. What a special time and city.

Me too.. bike with training wheels, zoo, every house in the Sunset had a lawn, Petrini's Pontiac Bonneville, all of it. 👍😊

I was born and raised in SF. In 1969 I was Jr at Washington HS. I recall many memories like these places in the video. I can go on and on about places I remember about SF in the good old days. Too bad SF has turned into what it is now. Great video of your family, again it brings back many memories.

I grew up in the Mission around the same time. In 1967 for the 4th-6th grade I was bussed to Robert Louis Stevenson school in the Sunset. Thanks for such beautiful memories.

those were very happy days in deed.. we lacked for nothing , and grateful for everything. JOY

Ohh my goodness, thank you so much for loading this ! I spent K - 8th grade in SF which was 1968 - 1976 , we lived the entire time at 1292 La Playa st. We shopped every week at Petrinis which I have not seen since - until I stumbled across this vid. We shopped usually on Sundays, I remember going in the door the meat counter to to the right side of the store. I am willing to bet I was within 10 feet of you once or twice if you shopped on Sundays. I went to Kittredge school during that time over off 25th avenue, rode the Muni by self from 2nd grade on. The scenes of your street and how automobile free are amazing. Google that same street today and it is choked with autos because of the housing costs and all the extra people that have to live there. I remember getting a hot dog a few times at that little walk up stand in the vid as well. Thank you again... :-)

In 1970 I was born in the bay area and spent a lot of time in SF growing up. It was amazing. Thanks for sharing

Days gone by! So sad. Life is not like this anymore. It makes me miss my parents RIP Mom and Dad

Thanks for sharing that. It's good to see again what San Francisco looked like back in happier times.

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful memories.

Like a time machine. Thanks.

Looks like a time of wonder and infinite possibilities. I live in UK so looking at the sunshine, clean streets and happy people makes me yearn to have lived in SF during that period, truly a paradise lost. Thank you for sharing the video, it will live forever now.

The City, and dont you forget it!

That brought back so many great memories 😊

Yes what a wonderful tribute to your family, your neighborhood, and your City By the Bay. A Ulloa grad (1961 I think) thanks for all the neighborhood memories. Boy those homes were pristine. BTW your mom was quite beautiful.

Beautiful

Right in that time period with which San Francisco is most commonly associated in popular culture - the “hippie era”. Two years after the “Summer of Love” of 1967.

Beautiful, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful film, I love the music and how you put all the clips together, may hugs to you!!!

Wonderful! I was about the same age then, grew up on 12th & Fulton right across the street from the park. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you! I grew up in the West Portal area, same era. Brought back such lovely memories of our town. Thanks!

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My favorite SF family video, it brought tears to my eyes. I recognize Ulloa School I attended tiny tots there and then to Parkside School and St. Gabriel.

Born in SF in 1963. Still remember late 60s-70s. A fun and safe place to be.

Thanks for sharing your memories. It was a great time in a wonderful city.When I was a kid in Marin it was a big deal to go to "the city".

Had me in tears, so beautiful

How fun to watch and what happy times! I love to see the old fashions and cars, too. Such a beautiful family.

A wonderful trip down memory lane. Brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. Very nicely made and music was nice, too.

I just love this so much.

Wow!! Well done!! I, too, went to Ulloa School for kindergarten I believe in 1969-70. Good times.

A lovely home movie. So many of my childhood memories imbedded in these moments. Thank you!

How beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Very touching💚

Such a relaxing look at a city thought of as energized in social relevancy. This was a human scale look through the eyes of a nice family.

I was born in 1969 in Humboldt County California. I now have a head of grey hair and prosthetic joints from arthritis working in lumber mills. How I long to be a kid again back in the 70’s, running, playing, riding my homemade BMX bikes, having my little sister there with me, cancer and drug abuse took her away from me 2 years ago. I was not meant for this day and age.

San Francisco, my favorite city in the world.❤

realy enjoyable...I was 4 years old at that time

I ❤ San Francisco!

Wonderful simpler times Thank you

I was just a year old when your family made tis video. I remember playing on the train at the zoo. Thank you for sharing the family video.

Awesome video! Very beautiful! Thanks for sharing! My parents still lives in the Sunset district

What stood out the most was how happy your mother looked. And then I couldn't help it - I laughed when your bicycle fell over. Don't hurt me! 😁

I enjoyed watching your video of such a beautiful city. Yes sadly your family has passed now, as has mine. I was only 19 the first time I ever went to San Francisco Aug 8, 1969. I was new in the Air Force and was travelling from the East Coast to Japan, by way of Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA . I planned the trip so I would have 2 days in San Francisco before travelling to Travis AFB, for my flight to Yokota AB, Japan. I stayed in a rather dingy hotel by the bus station and was terrified, Thankfully people were very nice to me. I think they thought I was younger than 19 as I looked 15 lol. One person gave me a ticket to a ballgame, and other people showed me where the sights of the city were. One even offered to drive me all the way to Travis, but I said, I already had a bus ticket for that trip. It was such a beautiful city back then. The hills and viewpoints, the Bridges and all the shops and restaurants. Though different than where I grew up in Boston, it reminded me a little of Boston. A compact city on the water with people from all over the world. It must have been exciting growing up there. I have always had very fond memories of my 2 days in San Francisco in 1969. Yes Thank you for Sharing this wonderful part of your life.

Wow! SF looked so clean and safe back in those days! Thank you for the video.

Man....I lived at 2108 golden gate avenue at this time.....went to st. Cyprans Church and Anza elementary school this is going to be fun to watch THANKS!!!!! This is beautiful and very very nostalgic...I feel like i am here again WOW! You really look like your Mom.

Thanks for sharing your personal memories I was 8 yrs old at this time...though in NY. It was a dream growing up then. I dont recognize the country anymore. I wish you and your family all the best.

Wonderful film, it made me nostalgic for your family I was stationed there between 64 and 67 that's the San Francisco I knew It was great

Awesome video! I was born in 1969, around 100 miles north of here in Mendocino County. Thanks for the great post! :)

I first visited around 1988. I came back to live in 1994. It was much better even back then. It has went downhill so fast.

Beautiful!

Very cool. Thanks for posting. I'm in my 40's and as someone who hasn't been born around that time yet, I always like to watch movies from that era to see how everyone dressed, the kind of cars they drove, and the type of houses build. But I love watching homemade videos even better because it's obviously more authentic.

a beautiful look at your past. thanks for sharing

Beautiful video. Every time you look at it your mom, dad and grandma are right there with you again. These long ago times must hold a lot of very happy memories for you.

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What a beautiful video. I grew up in the inner Sunset district in the mid 50's. Lived pretty much my entire life in the Sunset district before moving to Miami FL in 2001. San Francisco was such a beautiful city back in the day. It will always remain close to my heart. You have a wonderful family, and I recognize many of those places in your video. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us. It truly was a different generation back then!!! 👍

This is a wonderful film. I was five years of age and remember going to Steinhardt aquarium regularly. I loved the city and still do. Thank you for a great little window into history.

Thank you for sharing this treasure.

Incredible memories and footage - thank you.

I was 19 back then one year out of high school, yes those were the best of times for me. If I could go back to being 19 again I would make some changes in my life. Continue with my education for one.

Fantastic film! I'm from So Cal and I remember that train engine in Golden Gate Park. I was there at about the same time as the kid in this film, and at about he same age. The footage of the woman shopping in the Kimono is priceless. Thank you!

Beautiful times.