1980-1989CALIFORNIA
Aerial footage of the Estuary and the Port of Oakland. Large barges and cargo ships hauling in various materials, ie cargo bins and gravel.
Shots of arena and Coliseum adjacent to one another. Outfield bleachers of Coliseum prior to renovations. CU of empty ticket booth.
Aerial shots of the Bay Bridge with light traffic from the morning.
Footage of BART, its trains and stations. Shots of people using turnstiles. BART near neighborhoods. People filing on and off trains. Many CU's of trains in motion. Outdoor shots of BART at MacArthur
and near freeway ramps. Passengers awaiting the train at a station. Shots of ticket machines.
MS of folded BART train seats outdoors, uninstalled and in piles. CU of a row of seats inside a BART train. Shots of people entering a crowded train and holding overhead handrails. Shots of the platform of the Daly City station at a crowded hour. Shots of a BART train outdoors coming over slopes. MacArthur station; a woman inserting coins into a pay machine; surveillance screens of the enter/exit gates. Trains moving through stations. The Lake Merritt Station. An Agent taking calls from passengers at a remote location; a sign that explains to call for assistance with provided phones; no agent on duty. Shots of outdoor rails.
Aerial shots of Lake Merrit and West Oakland. Shots of the boats docked at the lake. Shots down major streets (telegraph ave., broadway). Aerials of the Oakland hills, the mormon cathedral. Overhead shots of Grand Ave and Lake Merritt. Downtown Oakland. Daytime.
Aerial shot of the Oakland switching yard. Many rails overlapping; freight and passenger trains. Direct aerial of freight boxes.
MS of a near-complete public building project with cranes and a man in a hard hat in frame.
Aerial shot of Downtown Oakland and the top of the Tribune Building.
Shots of pedestrians. Retail street signs. CU of a cop watching people walk through Downtown Oakland. MS of a woman in front of an upholstery store.
Zoom on a sign "Oakland: We're getting it together." MS of front of Providence Hospital. MS of Peralta Hospital. Woman on the street entering a pharmacy. Chinese children play in the street. Cop watches people walking by. CU on his gun. Cop arguing with old man; speaks into his radio. Shots of a reporter interviewing a clothing store employee (or owner). Shots of the store from outside. MS of people convening and talking outside a convenience store.
LS of the Oakland Coliseum from the parking lot. MS of the marina. CU of some boats in the harbor. CU of sign that describes Jack London Square. MS of roundabout in Jack London Square with a large white Christmas tree. MS of signage at Jack London square: street signs, the "Boatel Motor Lodge" and the "Bow Bell Restaurant." MS of KTVU 2 building. MS of JC Penny in Downtown Oakland.
MS of a demolished structure in a lot, backgrounded by Tribune Building. MS of Lake Merrit BART. Shots of buildings. Shots of a sign that reads "City Center" at 12th Street BART. CU's of a tractor and construction work in a downtown lot. Exterior of JC Penny, shown adjacent to lot. CU (and pan out) of men in an unfinished structure, doing work on the scaffolding. Shots of an outdoor (construction) elevator; Washington and 13th. CU of a sign proposing a community center adjacent to Downtown Oakland. Shots of a building and a "For Lease" sign. Shots of a large condominium complex next to Lake Merritt.
Aerials of large Piedmont homes; downtown Oakland. Aerials of freeways near Coliseum and Arena. CU's of baseball diamond. Shots of the Oakland Air Museum. Construction near the Tribune building.
Pedestrians downtown. CU's of construction machines and men. LS of pedestrians from a tall building. CU of a map-proposal for "preservation park," to surround City Hall and neighboring commercial buildings.