Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joseph F. Hidzick motion picture films
- Dates:
- ca. 1930-1935
- Creators:
- Hidzick, Joseph F.
- Extent:
- 2 items
- Language:
- In English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P78-400 (SAFR 19445), Joseph F. Hidzick motion picture films, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Joseph F. Hidzick motion picture films (P78-400, SAFR 19445) consists of 8 reels of black-and-white, silent 35mm cellulose nitrate film of San Francisco fishing companies operations in Alaska and San Francisco Bay from circa 1930-1935.
Joseph F. Hidzick produced these films while superintendent of the Wood River Cannery for the San Francisco-based Alaska Salmon Company. The film Iced Kist Treasures shows salmon fishery and canning at the Wood River Cannery near Dillingham, Alaska. Joseph Hidzick was The film Codfish shows the San Francisco-based Union Fish Company codfish plant on Belvedere Island in San Francisco Bay. The films were photographed by Edward H. Kemp around 1930 to 1935.
The total run time is 01:21:42.
Digital video available on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/csfmm_00001 and digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP).
Note on original containers: Property of Joseph F. Hidzick. [Produced by Joesph F. Hidzick and [photographed] by Edward H. Kemp, specialist for the production of fine scenic and industrial films, San Francisco, Calif.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joseph F. Hidzick was superintendent of the Wood River Cannery for the San Francisco-based Alaska Salmon Company.
- Acquisition information:
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SAFR-00001
These motion picture films were donated by George M. Hidzick and Mrs. Helen E. Cresci to the San Francisco Maritime Museum (SFMM) on August 8, 1978 according to the SFMM photo-archives accession sheet. They were donated to Golden Gate National Recreation Area as part of blanket accession GOGA-00789 in 1985 and transferred to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park as part of blanket accession SAFR-00001 in 1988.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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The reels are arranged by film and projection sequence.
- Physical location:
- San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
- Physical description:
- .
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2015
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 9/30/2015 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
- Terms of access:
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Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P78-400 (SAFR 19445), Joseph F. Hidzick motion picture films, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Location of this collection:
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Building E, Fort MasonSan Francisco, CA 94123, US
- Contact:
- 415-561-7030