Hollywood Outtakes: Trackside, Seventh Street, San Francisco

The following scenes were shot in San Francisco for the movie "Mr. Soft Touch" (1949). They appear in the opening scene in the film, where Glenn Ford is driving alongside some railroad tracks.
The filming location was along 7th Street, on the edge of the Mission Bay district. The shooting assignment was to film the street and a train going in the opposite direction. The following six takes were the result.
0:37 Take 1. The tracks belong to the Southern Pacific Railroad and lead to its depot at Third and Townsend Streets.
1:21 Take 2, this time looking out the back of the car. In the distance, we can see the Southern Pacific's Mission Bay roundhouse facilities. Watch for the backing locomotive at the very end of this take.
2:10 Take 3, looking ahead again. Most of the buildings seen here--Savage Transportation, Glidden Paints--are gone, but the Standard Oil of California building is still standing in 2022, even if its former tenant is long gone.
2:47 Take 4, looking back. At that time, Hubble and Irwin Streets extended across the tracks and the grade crossings there had watchmen with flags and hand-held stop signs.
3:25 Take 5, looking at an angle across the tracks. Mission Bay was originally wetlands that got filled in in the early years of the 20th century. It became a large commercial and industrial area, a good deal of it occupied by the Southern Pacific.
4:27 Take 6: No trains in this take, but instead we get a good look at some of the parked cars in the area. Studebakers, Packards and many more.
5:13 So this is what 7th Street looked like then--
5:19 --and this is what it looks like in 2022: a view dominated by elevated I-280.
Thanks to YouTuber Bruce Cronin for identifying the film these were taken for.

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