San Francisco: Century of Transportation 1905-2009

[margot9230]

A trip to the past and your computer is your time machine............

[alejandrovargasmelo]

Congratulations for you video

[mayhem001boats]

Interesting, the most modern part is the worst quality images!

[qwerty6801]

if you took all the cars and ppl out of the 1941 video, it would look the same as it does today

[trainmaster5000]

fantastic video mix. didn't know SF has streetcars during the 40s - did these lines become apart of the MUNI network?

[SteadiOneVideos]

The first film here is actually 1906 and not 1905! 4 days before the quake!

[Vamphaery]

Geez. The 40s video footage could almost be from today except for aesthetic differences.

[the1texasmccoy]

Very cool video. I love how you made the music match the era. LOL @ 1:57 - 2:00. The camera operator's hand goes into the picture on the right side, he was probably shooing the little boys out of the way that kept chasing the trolley... I can just hear it... "get off the track you darn kids!"

[mattratt512]

great video but the song you choose for 1981 came out in 87. what you should have done was find a song that was around that time. anything from 1978 to early 81 would have worked. sorry for being a nerd.

[murcielago06gt]

5:30 YES!!!!!

[Valadez89]

haha

[skating0813]

we're going to have flying cars... I'm serious..

[GregSidelnikov]

@skating0813 We are not going to have flying cars.

[skating0813]

@GregSidelnikov Why not?

[GregSidelnikov]

@skating0813 Wait a second first. First, tell me why you think we will have flying cars.

[skating0813]

@GregSidelnikov really, idk it just seems possible to me, just the the types of technology advancements we've had in the past decades are crazy. I mean do you think people back then ever thought that we would have the power to comunicate visually with people across the world right in your own living room? :3

[TheExposingthelies]

A prime example of how the technological evolution of man doesn't always mean improvement.

[sporto10101010]

Time just keeps marching on. Wonder what Market St. will look like in 2109? May be under water by then..who knows??!!

[coyotebreath]

This video was just discussed on 60 minute

It was made only a WEEK before the great quake.

[187SicknesS]

wow, foolz had some nutz back then! dodging in and out of traffic like that...its a trip how everyone is all over the place, going somewhere.

[santoro2020]

You know, this was proven to that this footage was taken in 1906, because many car plates were registered in 1906 and the rain puddles were from a Spring 1906 rain storm, and was a week before the 1906 earthquake. I just heard of this from 60 minutes and really am interested in it.

[santoro2020]

@santoro2020 Well, the first part...

[zingerbatter]

Great video, but the last part of the video could not possibly have been 2009, because those older electric muni skodas were replaced at least 5 or 6 years ago, ie 2004 or 2005. Great video though!

[butring]

why is everyone wearing black?

[kaskostl]

@butring In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the basic uniform for working class men and the universal one for boys was black in color. Historical novelists have struggled with this circumstance. I imagine that lighter clothes show dirt more clearly.

[DaftStrings]

At 5:28, it's the real Pizza Planet truck!!

[Sadyechester]

@DaftStrings I was amazed to see that too.

[jste77]

first ever attempted carjacking at 2:01

[sumstuff46]

Laughed my ass off, funny one hehehehehehehe, the tears came after i saw that :):)

[NobHillBorn]

Actually, I think that this is a pretty good compilation of how SF transit has changed over time mentioned in the video. I like that he has matched the film to music of the period. Also it is not meant to compare San Francisco to any ohter city.

[cancontrl]

loved it

[cancontrl]

the music for 2009, hmmm...didnt love much

[denny906]

That's nothing. Our train system in New York is hundreds of times better than the one out in Frisco.

[KAISERKRAUT]

Uhh......yeah.......you missed the whole point.