Here's a clip from 1957 offering a quick view of San Francisco as a fun, vibrant, quirky American city.

View of San Francisco from Sausalito area. Cars and cable cars rushing around and down hills. A postman walks down steps. Baby crawls up steep steps with mother's high heels in the shot. Overhead shot of large crowd of people crossing street at intersection. Overhead shot of cable car turnaround on Powell Street near Market Street. People walking on steep sidewalks and hills. POV shot of car racing through city streets. Buildings and architecture on hills. Cable car conductor ringing his bell, and US Navy sailors hanging on to the cable car.