@adauto3000 actually Vancouver is relatively mild compared to other parts of Canada, its only below zero celsius 4 or 5 times a year. And in May (when this clip was taken) it would have been about 20 degrees. Still pretty cold compared to Brazil though :p
I liked so much... The People against the cold! But I am a Brasilian Tropical man... I would like to understand how is to live the year most part of the bellow zero celsius!!! So cold and this People, so active!!! Thanks for share!!
This was filmed on May 7th, 1907. The filmaker perished in the Titanic disaster 5 years later. Cars went over to the right hand side of the road in B.C. on New Year's Day, 1923.
@skippy3860 I wonder if they had any collisions at first from people forgetting what sdide of the road to drive on? I remember reading that Canada used to drive on the left at one time as well, but switched over because of the US driving on the right.
Traffic rules were crazy. Trams always drive on the left side of the road. However on certain streets carriages were going on the right side, and on the other on the left. Weird :)
By the way...I cant shutup can I...the man who filmed this Wiilam Harbeck,,i think his name was..went over to fim the Titanic..and was killed in the sinking...pretty mental eh.
to the person that wants a Hi Re version of this..you can buy the dvd from the vancouver historical sociaty..i think,,,check it out..it would be so worth it!!!
What would these people think about Vancouver today?!!?: the Olympics? Expo '86, and instead of transit on the ground, an UNMANNED SKY TRAIN!?!?, and the BC Place!??!?!!?
I dont think they are jaywalking . I think they are playing CHICKEN with the streetcars. There had to have been a lot of accidents or near misses back then.
At 1:01 you see a bunch of school kids cross the street. Right after that though it is hard to see, was the only motorcar in the film, at the extreme right.
I believe around 1930, up until then Canada was the same as Great Britain driving on the left side, but of course since the US was closer, Canada switched sides. And most NA cars produced had steering wheel on the left.
That was a great old vid. of Vancouver in the early days. Love the music too because it goes well with this vintage clip. I was born in Vancouver, but many years after this was shot, lol
I like it, this is great! The music makes it funny & fun, too.....Heading for the rabbit hole: It's neat to think how all of this & so much more, of course, existed before I was born into this world. Where was I then? Before I could ever possibly know the meaning of: credit card, mortgage, holiday, roller-coaster, french toast or beer or cheese, heartbreak, sushi, sci-fi or rain drops....What was I doing or being? Without needing an answer I feel super-innocent & expansive. (o:
Music gave me a searing headache... Overall amazing video though! Thats really awesome know that you've driven down those streets a century later, although the place is completely unrecognizable, I mean were are the druggies!!!
lovely old film i like videos like this spesioly when theres so many peaple in the coments to tell you wre things are if your not from there and how they have changed over the years one thing i did notice the peaple looked to be wearing less clothes to stay warm than they would today they must have been made out of sturner stuff in them days any way nice video
no i know that but it does look bloody cold though haha i know it getts colder over there than it does here in england thats all i was saying i love these old films of places i would most likely never see dont you
any were is warmer than england right now its ment to be summer and it does nothing but rain and its always cold im looking forwerd to global warmig kicking in haha
Have you ever seen how many palm trees they grow in Vancouver? The south of UK has lots of Palm trees to due to the Gulf Stream Current. Vancouver is mild in the winter and just perfect in the Summer.
I agree. Most people don't realize how mild Vancouver really is in the winter. Lots of Palm trees growing along the beach in the west end of the city. Vancouver has a great climate.
makes you want to hang around Sweeney Barrels at the foot of the old connaught bridge (now cambie bridge) and they narrowly voted to replace the old deathtrap. thank christ for some visionarys on city council.
This film was discovered a few years ago in the basement of a soon-to-be-demolished building in Australia. This remarkable footage was shot by William Harbeck, a pioneering filmmaker hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Department of Colonization ' to put Western Canada on the motion picture screen.'
I think vancouver changed over to the other side because there were so many americans coming up, also the rest of canada was on the other side as well, it happened around 1919.
I wish there where more of these in the BC records.
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Robson Street: 2:06 - 2:35 Robson was a residential street until downtown businesses began spreading out along the streetcar line
Davie Street: 2:35 - end. Davie Street became a "fashionable" neighbourhood for wealthy professionals in the 1890s with many large houses and mansions. Naturally, the street had a streetcar line to connect residents to downtown. Before the automobile, Davie Street was the boonies since it was so far from town.
you know whats so scary is all those people you see are long since dead there great grand kids are seniors now good god so many people and how times and people changes
@pum84 Yeah I would agree with you,I was thinking the same thing as I watched...Everyone in this video has lived and died,had kids,whove prolly died as well,ect ect
Also it was a tough and cruel old days.People weren't that tolerant and receptive as day.Discrimination and class prejudice is a social norm in those days.
Yes. Four months after this film: September 7, 1907.
There was an economic recession in 1907 and ethnic tensions that existed for more than 20 years exploded into the "anti-Oriental" riots. Since the majority of the railway work was completed by this time, many Asians began settling in Vancouver. This concerned many in the dominant British-Canadian population. With job losses and fear amongst the working class, it was easy to blame the ethnic non-Canadians.
They didn't have to worry about high gas prices then, since automobiles were not yet mass produced. Horsepower and trolleys and bicycles were the main modes of transport.
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vancouver is grow because of immigrant moving here working like slaves, pay TAX and white Canadian most of them are living in Vancouver island like king lazy canadian go get job?
Everyone pays tax buddy, if you're here working legally then you have nothing to bitch about. If you're that jealous then move to the island:) It's not that hard, hop on the tsawwassen ferry (runs on odd hours) and take the #75 to Victoria. Have fun. See why we don't all live there! If you still don't like it then move back to where you came from and stop complaining
lol and I totally don't mean that in a bad way it's just the way things are. I have a buddy that's been in Canada illegaly for 4 years and he got paid shit for the first little while so I know how hard it can be but he stuck with it and now he's legal and owns a succesfull reno company. It's like that anywhere you go in the world
Begins: It starts on Granville and Georgia streets. They proceeds north on Granville towards Hastings. Then right on Hastings-passing streets like Homer, Cambie, Columbia (Woodwards on the left), then it ends on Carrall looking towards Main. The scene then begins on Carrall looking south approaching Cordova.
That is the Manhattan Apartments on Thurlow. Yup, much has changed from carriages to Starbucks. I'm not sure of the final 2 scenes...but I'm pretty sure that it is Davie street heading south from Denman. As it goes up the hill you can see a mansion.I believe it is the mansion known as the Macaroni Grill. Enjoy everybody!
It then turns onto Cordova -heading west (towards the infamous Cambie Pub). It then makes a turn to the left onto Cambie towards Hastings (just as the scene ends, you can see Victory Square to the right) which at that time sat the first provincial court house. Then the scene opens on Robson street heading west towards Thurlow (I know it it hard to believe!) If you look carefully...there is a slightly tall structure on the right side near an intersection.
The film begins on Granville St. and heads toward the old hotel (no longer there), turning right onto Hastings. At 1:00 you can see the bend left at Cambie. That's all I know.
Boy, people really moved fast back then. They must have been on speed or something that was legal back then. Or just had more physical energy because there was no global warming.
Yaletown in 1907 was just a bunch of small houses where railroad workers lived. It became a warehouse district later. The nearest streetcar track was Granville and Davie Streets.
I read about this in the paper, they're going to film the same route today, then put both on dvd for sale in the fall. The paper said it was a 6 minute film though, did you speed it up?
Are you offended by what I said or something. Oh and it is a grammar error, not a spelling error. Also I doubt ALL those people can spell better then me. =/
I watched this youtube about a month ago and out of nowhere today this fucking song came into my head again and kept playing
sbaketown 1 week ago
@adauto3000 actually Vancouver is relatively mild compared to other parts of Canada, its only below zero celsius 4 or 5 times a year. And in May (when this clip was taken) it would have been about 20 degrees. Still pretty cold compared to Brazil though :p
DALEKEXTERMINATORS 3 weeks ago
I liked so much... The People against the cold! But I am a Brasilian Tropical man... I would like to understand how is to live the year most part of the bellow zero celsius!!! So cold and this People, so active!!! Thanks for share!!
adauto3000 1 month ago
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Rockboy0503 1 month ago
Do you happen to know who shot this and when exactly? And if it has any specific title?
Shademanuel 3 months ago
Wow, a Vancouver with little to none Asians or Indians!
JillnRe 6 months ago
sooo many j-walkers LOL
homophied 6 months ago
This was filmed on May 7th, 1907. The filmaker perished in the Titanic disaster 5 years later. Cars went over to the right hand side of the road in B.C. on New Year's Day, 1923.
skippy3860 8 months ago
@skippy3860 I wonder if they had any collisions at first from people forgetting what sdide of the road to drive on? I remember reading that Canada used to drive on the left at one time as well, but switched over because of the US driving on the right.
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omg, worst music EVER...
Yarbo420 9 months ago
omg, worse music EVER...
Yarbo420 9 months ago
Looks like most of the cars back then only had two horse power.
justmks 9 months ago
Traffic rules were crazy. Trams always drive on the left side of the road. However on certain streets carriages were going on the right side, and on the other on the left. Weird :)
igorbabichev 9 months ago
how many horses were run over in this video???
urariotalice 10 months ago
Quick bit of research it's called the birks clock, not a steam clock
mmbyrner 11 months ago
You can see the clock sticking over the wall at the top of Granville and Hastings, the new steamclock was based on it
mmbyrner 11 months ago
Hey, that's pretty funky music!
protelboy 11 months ago
music sucks
MartiniGurlie 11 months ago
That was the day before the development of the super rich Shaughnessy area.Before the summit (38th and Granville) can be reached by vehicle.
canman5060 1 year ago
@0:09 the Canadian "Thank You" wave is born for yielding the right of way (watch the woman crossing the tracks).
fathersweek 1 year ago
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fathersweek 1 year ago
hey look white people
zeshfashad 1 year ago
What does this area look like today..?? How about a Then & Now video :)
JollyRodders 1 year ago
I know what it's like to find appropriate music for a video and I think you did a fine job.
Thanks so much for sharing...
John Mitchell
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BCghostTownsDOTcom 1 year ago
Wow, that was great, got any video of the Central Park Line? Thanks!
48alfaone 1 year ago
By the way...I cant shutup can I...the man who filmed this Wiilam Harbeck,,i think his name was..went over to fim the Titanic..and was killed in the sinking...pretty mental eh.
joeblowthehot 1 year ago
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And probably had film coverage of the ship going down,
awaldegrave 1 year ago
@awaldegrave ya! poor guy..poor people!!
joeblowthehot 1 year ago
to the person that wants a Hi Re version of this..you can buy the dvd from the vancouver historical sociaty..i think,,,check it out..it would be so worth it!!!
joeblowthehot 1 year ago
Id say use some old cyliner tunes something period ...you know..thanks for the vid for sure..
joeblowthehot 1 year ago
I tried to find silent picture music at the time. What would you use Eminem , Beyonce. You can't make everyone happy. Thanx for the support.
kabiam 1 year ago 6
why would you put this music with this?
damM3 1 year ago
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i wonder what it was like back then?
briantravelman 1 year ago
Where can one find a high res version of this?
kinghajo 1 year ago
interesting video... where did you find the original footage? Is there more such footage? curious.
telfmaharg 1 year ago
where's starbucks?
khunopie 1 year ago
@khunopie same place the olympic village, seabus terminal, and the B.C. Place is.
Sambucacat 1 year ago
What would these people think about Vancouver today?!!?: the Olympics? Expo '86, and instead of transit on the ground, an UNMANNED SKY TRAIN!?!?, and the BC Place!??!?!!?
Sambucacat 1 year ago
and Vancity police gives US tickets for jaywalking!?!!?!!!?!?!?!?!?
Sambucacat 1 year ago 3
@Sambucacat lol
FortyOzSwilla 1 year ago
@Sambucacat lol meby some of them are still alive :D :)
shehan117 1 year ago
1:34 that dude on the lefts got a death wish lol
theawesome6842 1 year ago
I love the music dammit
JohnBasedowYoda 2 years ago
I dont think they are jaywalking . I think they are playing CHICKEN with the streetcars. There had to have been a lot of accidents or near misses back then.
sereneles 2 years ago
hooray for the bestest city EVER!
MissSaraa08 2 years ago
I dont
googybuzzy 2 years ago
At 1:01 you see a bunch of school kids cross the street. Right after that though it is hard to see, was the only motorcar in the film, at the extreme right.
I have a copy of this.
vancouver1907 2 years ago
i LOVE the music.
they all wore suits back in the olden days.
garycalgary 2 years ago
Like today, pedestrians don't use crosswalks in Vancouver
kewlmynd99 2 years ago
The trolley cars are driving on the left side of the road! I had no idea... When did they switch to the right side then?
infernovideo 2 years ago
I believe around 1930, up until then Canada was the same as Great Britain driving on the left side, but of course since the US was closer, Canada switched sides. And most NA cars produced had steering wheel on the left.
excitationzzz 2 years ago
1915 WAS THE YEAR ,DRIVE ON RIGHT SIDE
awaldegrave 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this, I think they actually play this video at a local museum in Vancouver - it's pretty cool :)
Presca1 2 years ago
That was a great old vid. of Vancouver in the early days. Love the music too because it goes well with this vintage clip. I was born in Vancouver, but many years after this was shot, lol
bj616 2 years ago
so thats the skytrain.
worldofheadaches 2 years ago 14
@worldofheadaches More like skyhorse lol
SeaCadet263 2 weeks ago
I like it, this is great! The music makes it funny & fun, too.....Heading for the rabbit hole: It's neat to think how all of this & so much more, of course, existed before I was born into this world. Where was I then? Before I could ever possibly know the meaning of: credit card, mortgage, holiday, roller-coaster, french toast or beer or cheese, heartbreak, sushi, sci-fi or rain drops....What was I doing or being? Without needing an answer I feel super-innocent & expansive. (o:
11moonelf 2 years ago
Music gave me a searing headache... Overall amazing video though! Thats really awesome know that you've driven down those streets a century later, although the place is completely unrecognizable, I mean were are the druggies!!!
kevojy 2 years ago
this music really suits me
jflomann 2 years ago
no way is this vancouver... wow
SARAsGotBack00 2 years ago
Are we there yet??
truefaithtv 2 years ago
Was Gassy Jack around then?
truefaithtv 2 years ago
It's amazing how much Vancouver has changed since 1907! You'd hardly recognize the place!
One thing hasn't changed: the people are still everywhere!
ForgetfulCollector 2 years ago
A Burnaby subdivision called, "East Vancouver Heights," was opened in 1907. Today this community is called, "The Heights."
vancouver1907 2 years ago
What no junkies???
Where are the used needles?
That ain't Vancouver!
jblackrupert 2 years ago
lovely old film i like videos like this spesioly when theres so many peaple in the coments to tell you wre things are if your not from there and how they have changed over the years one thing i did notice the peaple looked to be wearing less clothes to stay warm than they would today they must have been made out of sturner stuff in them days any way nice video
dean11081988 2 years ago
Ummm...what do you mean "less clothes to stay warm"? Have you ever been to Vancouver? It's not exactly the arctic you know.
Twiggy76 2 years ago
no i know that but it does look bloody cold though haha i know it getts colder over there than it does here in england thats all i was saying i love these old films of places i would most likely never see dont you
dean11081988 2 years ago
its actually warmer than england...believe it or not
jflomann 2 years ago
any were is warmer than england right now its ment to be summer and it does nothing but rain and its always cold im looking forwerd to global warmig kicking in haha
dean11081988 2 years ago
Have you ever seen how many palm trees they grow in Vancouver? The south of UK has lots of Palm trees to due to the Gulf Stream Current. Vancouver is mild in the winter and just perfect in the Summer.
bj616 2 years ago
I agree. Most people don't realize how mild Vancouver really is in the winter. Lots of Palm trees growing along the beach in the west end of the city. Vancouver has a great climate.
bj616 2 years ago
the houses are kinda big.
dddproject 2 years ago
Vancouver in 1907 looked like a very lively place!
darylfn 2 years ago
Amazing to see how few vehicular traffic there is. It's mostly people on the streets
thibaulthalpern 2 years ago
Purdy's Chocolates started in 1907.
East Vancouver Heights was established in 1907.
East Vancouver Heights is now known in Burnaby as The Heights.
vancouver1907 2 years ago
My favourite part in this video is around, 1:09 and 1:10.
I have a copy of this video, and the part I specified shows the only car in the film. You see a person running towards it on the right.
vancouver1907 3 years ago
Music sample : Ulead Systems\Ulead VideoStudio 8.0\Samples\Audio\A01.mp3
kabiam 3 years ago
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xxxtonyday5xxx 3 years ago
Canadians are mean. I had a Canadian teacher for a lesson and she told me to sit that Hymie down!
trippendale742 3 years ago
doesnt that mean your teacher was mean?
i mean my coworker is British, but that doesnt mean every British person sucks at analyzing database performance delays statistics.
jackng 2 years ago
Cool video but what's up with that music. Muted was the only way I could watch it.
jeepin99999 3 years ago 2
Same ............lol :-)
fordxg 3 years ago
notice the huge clumps ppl are avoiding...
notice all the horses....hmmmm 1+1 = pooo
what a wafting fragrance .....
ahhh the good old days...
makes you want to hang around Sweeney Barrels at the foot of the old connaught bridge (now cambie bridge) and they narrowly voted to replace the old deathtrap. thank christ for some visionarys on city council.
rknrne 3 years ago
amazing vide'o'... but the music has to g'o'.
respect
excitationzzz 3 years ago
This film was discovered a few years ago in the basement of a soon-to-be-demolished building in Australia. This remarkable footage was shot by William Harbeck, a pioneering filmmaker hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Department of Colonization ' to put Western Canada on the motion picture screen.'
adevoli 3 years ago
how did it end up in Australia?
benabz 3 years ago 2
The Kangaroos stole it ha jk I dunno. I had to a report on Vancouver for college and I found that somewhere online.
adevoli 3 years ago
this music is so dope...
sethnuva 3 years ago
Its crazy how people dart in and out and in front on the trolleys. What a fun video!
rachaelpachelcamera 3 years ago
I don't know if anybody noticed but traffic flow is on the left hand side.
mlinwl 3 years ago
I think vancouver changed over to the other side because there were so many americans coming up, also the rest of canada was on the other side as well, it happened around 1919.
I wish there where more of these in the BC records.
excitationzzz 3 years ago
was this made by time machine?
inuitninja 3 years ago
u can see vancouver hotel at the beginning
dddproject 3 years ago
Just barely. It's on the extreme left edge until 0:05.
blizzy63 2 years ago
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unispherical 3 years ago
Davie starts at 2.24
kabiam 3 years ago
1:33-1:59, what street is it? Robson.
from 2:00-2:05, what street?
When on Davie, is it traveling away from Denman street? PLEASE HELP!!
breakurbones 3 years ago
Robson Street: 2:06 - 2:35 Robson was a residential street until downtown businesses began spreading out along the streetcar line
Davie Street: 2:35 - end. Davie Street became a "fashionable" neighbourhood for wealthy professionals in the 1890s with many large houses and mansions. Naturally, the street had a streetcar line to connect residents to downtown. Before the automobile, Davie Street was the boonies since it was so far from town.
blizzy63 2 years ago
you know whats so scary is all those people you see are long since dead there great grand kids are seniors now good god so many people and how times and people changes
pum84 3 years ago 9
the music is also scary
because it is so horrible *shivers*
rabidzebu32 3 years ago
LOL...agreed. :)
SenhordoBonfim 3 years ago 2
@pum84 Yeah I would agree with you,I was thinking the same thing as I watched...Everyone in this video has lived and died,had kids,whove prolly died as well,ect ect
rebaskins 8 months ago
Haha the streets are anarchy, and yet the system works quite well.
Awesome footage though, much more interesting then photos.
Finger2212 3 years ago 2
lol sometimes the streets still are anarchy
MattChing1252 3 years ago
With gas prices going through the roof, horses and carriages will soon return - and not be laughed at.
gordyt99 3 years ago
Music sample : Ulead Systems\Ulead VideoStudio 8.0\Samples\Audio\A01.mp3
kabiam 3 years ago
man these people live by the term "close call" look how close some of them come! BTW whats the song? i like it
deora2dude 3 years ago 2
Also it was a tough and cruel old days.People weren't that tolerant and receptive as day.Discrimination and class prejudice is a social norm in those days.
canman5060 4 years ago
I think it was taken shortly before the riots broke out in Chinatown and Japantown in a mass anti asian demonstration .
canman5060 4 years ago
Yes. Four months after this film: September 7, 1907.
There was an economic recession in 1907 and ethnic tensions that existed for more than 20 years exploded into the "anti-Oriental" riots. Since the majority of the railway work was completed by this time, many Asians began settling in Vancouver. This concerned many in the dominant British-Canadian population. With job losses and fear amongst the working class, it was easy to blame the ethnic non-Canadians.
blizzy63 2 years ago
nice film :D
svartsaft 4 years ago
where's charlie chaplin?
atcalabaz 4 years ago
He as still in London England !
canman5060 4 years ago
hey, did u guys see the starbucks?? and the future shop (granville robson) lol, hey where's chinatown?
*_*
betoxjwin 4 years ago
A few months later chinatown suffered a very serve blow with a massive anti asian demonstration ahortly after this film.
canman5060 4 years ago
where?
howells1235 3 years ago
when would be a good time to cross? the trolly is coming, yes now seems a good time to cross.. geuss thats why they upgraded to the skytrain.
wolfincognito 4 years ago
They didn't have to worry about high gas prices then, since automobiles were not yet mass produced. Horsepower and trolleys and bicycles were the main modes of transport.
spectrum10 4 years ago
This is a great video! Nice to see how Vancouver looked in the older days.
I wonder how primative our modern lifestyle will look to Vancouver in 100 years from now? lol
rbruce11 4 years ago 2
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vancouver is grow because of immigrant moving here working like slaves, pay TAX and white Canadian most of them are living in Vancouver island like king lazy canadian go get job?
suckscanada 4 years ago
Everyone pays tax buddy, if you're here working legally then you have nothing to bitch about. If you're that jealous then move to the island:) It's not that hard, hop on the tsawwassen ferry (runs on odd hours) and take the #75 to Victoria. Have fun. See why we don't all live there! If you still don't like it then move back to where you came from and stop complaining
atomixed 4 years ago
I agree...most newcomers underappreciate our history and our ways of life. So, like you said...move on out of here-if you don't like it!
pescitheman 4 years ago
lol and I totally don't mean that in a bad way it's just the way things are. I have a buddy that's been in Canada illegaly for 4 years and he got paid shit for the first little while so I know how hard it can be but he stuck with it and now he's legal and owns a succesfull reno company. It's like that anywhere you go in the world
atomixed 4 years ago
If you are in the Vancouver B.C. area you can get the original DVD from the public library. Original video Vancouver Streetscape by William Harbeck
kabiam 4 years ago
Thanks...but anything that you can see on the web?
horgyhorgy 4 years ago
Can it be edited at half speed and reposted?
shure8 4 years ago
Is there a site were we could see more of this?
horgyhorgy 4 years ago
so awesome
pleasetighten 4 years ago
People sure moved fast in those days.
shithead486 4 years ago
oh the good ole days
aceon51 4 years ago
does anyone know what streetcar line this is taken from? I'm guessing it goes down Granville with all the single family houses at the end of the vid
iflycanadian 4 years ago
i wish vancouver still had street cars
iflycanadian 4 years ago
Ya, then the automobile and oil companies came in, bought them out, then removed them for replacement with cars.
pr0stsh0cker 4 years ago
I wonder if one or two of those people made it over 100? Might still be alive today.
brwhizz 4 years ago
Begins: It starts on Granville and Georgia streets. They proceeds north on Granville towards Hastings. Then right on Hastings-passing streets like Homer, Cambie, Columbia (Woodwards on the left), then it ends on Carrall looking towards Main. The scene then begins on Carrall looking south approaching Cordova.
pescitheman 4 years ago 2
That is the Manhattan Apartments on Thurlow. Yup, much has changed from carriages to Starbucks. I'm not sure of the final 2 scenes...but I'm pretty sure that it is Davie street heading south from Denman. As it goes up the hill you can see a mansion.I believe it is the mansion known as the Macaroni Grill. Enjoy everybody!
pescitheman 4 years ago 2
It then turns onto Cordova -heading west (towards the infamous Cambie Pub). It then makes a turn to the left onto Cambie towards Hastings (just as the scene ends, you can see Victory Square to the right) which at that time sat the first provincial court house. Then the scene opens on Robson street heading west towards Thurlow (I know it it hard to believe!) If you look carefully...there is a slightly tall structure on the right side near an intersection.
pescitheman 4 years ago 2
Thanks for your posts. Very cool video.
deathmark1 3 years ago
There are still a couple near that little park in the West End, on the southeast corner. They're dark brown with yellow.
Wantabanana 4 years ago
lol! the colour is definately right.
lackthereof0 4 years ago
can any one name the streets and the time they appear in the video?
rpolicastro 4 years ago
The film begins on Granville St. and heads toward the old hotel (no longer there), turning right onto Hastings. At 1:00 you can see the bend left at Cambie. That's all I know.
lackthereof0 4 years ago
I have heard that Vancouver had the street cars before San Fransisco, so let's get them back & bring them back in to our history!
Ron
rbruce11 4 years ago
wooow amazing...i cant believe that ive walked these ways
erimtuna 4 years ago
Boy, people really moved fast back then. They must have been on speed or something that was legal back then. Or just had more physical energy because there was no global warming.
SouthernRebeler 4 years ago
Great film. Where did you find this old footage. Would like to see more!!!
thunderbird66613 4 years ago
fucking brilliant, although the music makes me want to burn my eardrums out with hot blazing pokers.
frickinmuck 4 years ago
Right! This music would work better than heavy metal and Manuel Noriaga!!
hegemony888 4 years ago
No cars!
Geostars 4 years ago
apparently there is one car, parked , somewhere
northman01 4 years ago
Are the trolleys electric or on a pulley system? Look at all those bikes! Back to the future.
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marrileesmallnymphcp 4 years ago
holy shit thats amazing
sabbath994 4 years ago
I LOVE THIS
armyhernandez 4 years ago
It's like a time machine set to -100 years...Cool!
kritterkrazy 4 years ago
Much different then today! lol
moomoo1999 4 years ago
Don't forget to charge the Chinese Head Tax!
loun80 4 years ago
this is amazing thanks for adding this! I showed this to my sister explaing what a slient 1900's black and white film was.
tinabobina14 4 years ago
thats too ILL! i wanna ride that transit bus thingy!
Jaimes420187 4 years ago
wow this is AMAZING footage
jflomann 4 years ago
Wonder how many of them are in hell? =D
Josh3455 4 years ago
lol
fordxg 4 years ago
keep us posted josh
rknrne 3 years ago
Very dangerous to ride a train. Too many almost accidents.
Karencorpse 4 years ago
that was neat
cinepie 4 years ago
No Yaletown?
Photoguy77 4 years ago
Yaletown in 1907 was just a bunch of small houses where railroad workers lived. It became a warehouse district later. The nearest streetcar track was Granville and Davie Streets.
blizzy63 2 years ago
the guy who filmed this went down on the titanic, he was hired to film life on board.
northman01 4 years ago
really? i did not know that.
ideapark 4 years ago
I read about this in the paper, they're going to film the same route today, then put both on dvd for sale in the fall. The paper said it was a 6 minute film though, did you speed it up?
northman01 4 years ago
wonderful,my home town..always
mikemcquarrie 4 years ago
nice music!
apetechnology 4 years ago
Hustle and Bustle of a growing city...what else is new. Make your way to the Cambie Pub.
kabiam 4 years ago
Wow...it's incredible to see how everything was back in the day
ch28 4 years ago
Vancouver public library original film by William Harbeck
kabiam 4 years ago
HA HA! There all dead!
Josh3455 4 years ago
Ha Ha! They may be dead but they can still spell better than you (it's "they're", not "there", you imbicile.
vermillion303 4 years ago
Are you offended by what I said or something. Oh and it is a grammar error, not a spelling error. Also I doubt ALL those people can spell better then me. =/
Josh3455 4 years ago
don't sweat, you'll find out the answer soon when you are there.
hansioux 4 years ago
Yeah your right =)
Josh3455 4 years ago