Air - La Femme D'Argent

[ZMOONCHILD]

I can't watch this video anymore.

A message comes up now that says:

"This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

I can still leave comments, but I'm not allowed to watch it. That sucks.

It's a great video, by the way.

[cvg1099]

Now fast-forward 106 years and see where human greed has taken us.

[centralbpm]

There was no Coca Cola at the time :)

[rogervize]

If asked when they would rather have lived on this planet...many would say 1905 ...and many will disagree.

I think they are all right....the time is now...enjoy it! 

[johann428]

if only those people knew that we would watch this 106 years later

[tuump]

I`m so high

[PatienceMelissa]

Wow!! This is really great!  I didn't realize that films were made over 100 years ago. This is so neat to see... Like stepping back in time. Thank you for sharing this.

[crazydiamomd]

French music and cinema is very different! - Dadaist / surrealist!

[freudastaire]

Oh, how i miss the old days. 1905? I was 15 years old at the time of this footage. Air keeps me alive

[ih1dch8]

@freudastaire You were born in 1890? Meaning you're 111 years old?



[littledarling731]

@ih1dch8

learn to math brah :P

[spicygaga]

perfect

[FSMNoodlyAppendage]

What an odd pairing of video and song. Even more odd is that it's perfect.

[manishah487]

This video shows Peace...love....satisfaction and great nostalgia for the past ............

[ralphsrec]

This just amazes me. I've watched it several times. As much like a time machine as you'll ever see. Perfect music, too...

[craphWORKS]

thank you Pat Moran for the suggestion. i watched it twice. it might take a day or two (or a life or two) to compute. but so far i'm thinking this was harmony and that will stay for a while, i am thinking right now. Peace and Love Brothers and Sisters of this partially Grand existence.

[perchpike1]

1905--when the life expectancy was 50. Generally, the old days were pretty bad.

I don't think the film was flipped (right hand drive on some cars) because text in the signs reads correctly.

[Bdiddly1]

a mate had this on his f-book page,its really cool(video)&the music is mega chilld!

[cheshirepat30]

This is the coolest video on YouTube!

[luckypianocat1]

Love this video. But I just noticed that it is printed backwards.

American cars have always had the drivers wheel on the left.

Unless everyone was driving english cars??

[gpssempilha]

Wonderful video, a wonderful music.

[scrount1]

I was only born in the 90s but I still weirdly get sad and nostalgic when looking so far into the past. I wish I had a time machine.

[devinlamb]

Am I the only one that hears that ultra high pitch tone throughout the entire video?

[CorneliusMcGee]

@devinlamb Yea sounds like a TV is on. 

[MrKomotionmusic]

Sounds like I'm playing Sim City

[vinsimjos]

AWESOME MUSIC .100% !!

[TheCaleyman]

Somehow this 1906 film suits the music better than Air's official video.

[kr44g]

tripping with Air is simply wonderful.

[effigymotion]

Wow! Really enjoyed watching this. I bet the original filmmaker was mocked for 'making a boring film' at some point but hey, what a window onto the past and OP who chose to mix it with Air's Femme d'Argent is a genius.

A subtle mix of touching human curiosity, frenetic activity and well-ordered chaos - made all the more poignant by the earthquake that would shatter the city a few days later. Not to mention the ups and downs that the next century would bring with it.

[effigymotion]

Wow! Really enjoyed watching this. I bet the original filmmaker was mocked for 'making a boring film' at some point but hey, what a window onto the past and OP who chose to mix it with Air's Femme d'Argent is a genius.

A subtle mix of touching human curiosity, frenetic activity and well-ordered chaos - made all the more poignant by the earthquake that would shatter the city a few days later. Not to mention the ups and downs that the next century would bring with it.

[dgl1962]

Everyone in this vid is dead at the latest 30 years ago.

[dgl1962]

Fantastic!

If we ever get hit with an EMP we''l live like this again, simple & down to earth.

I can only hope.

[KDanagger]

1905 - people were free. No IRS, no Federal Reserve. No inflation. No parasites. Real money. The prosperity was incredible. Imagine the kind of world we'd live in today with this kind of freedom and all of the multiplicative benefits of technology.

A marvelous future awaits mankind if we can shake off the shackles of superstition and tyranny.

[framanis]

@KDanagger

Could not have said it better myself!! At least someone else is awake in america! I was beginning to lose faith! Cheers!!

[SkatoholicVideo]

@KDanagger sooo well said

[CorneliusMcGee]

@KDanagger 1905 sucked if you weren't white. Just sayin.

[GanonTheCanon]

@KDanagger

Yeah. REAL racism. REAL child labor. No unemployment offices. No social security. No medicare, no medicaid. Just bliss, right?

[cheshirepat30]

@GanonTheCanon That time period was a time of paradox. Incredibly modern and incredibly barbaric. Industrial revolution, yet squalid working conditions, WWI had a mounted calvary, but also chemical weapons and aerial warfare...etc.

[Mayra705]

@KDanagger

what about free from racism, sexism, and all the other issues, are we still free? were we ever free?

[pravdonietz]

@KDanagger The good ol' days...they were terrible.

[Ciupicaa]

@KDanagger I agree but that's what lead to today.



[Fodder44]

@KDanagger

Yeah, sweatshops, people dying in industrial accidents for lack of any oversight. unsafe food, pollution so bad rivers burned and then that party we know as the Great Depression. The good ol' days indeed.

[philhalffool]

@KDanagger and many of them died in the earthquake. there is no utopia, its a myth/ not a bad myth but still . . . work within or without the system, it's still progress. We, as a species, are not disappearing soon. Peace

[dozza06]

@KDanagger no traffic either- i'd go back just for the traffic :[

[thestranger4812]

@KDanagger

What freedom did the lower classes have back them? Social stratification was even greater then than it is now. Millions lived in squalor and disease, and they were constantly restricted by their economic situation. I'd rather kill myself than live in 1906 as a member of the working class.

[RiskyMinority73]

Nobody was texting.  Awesome.

[vmgyorkos]

And I thought riding in a car in downtown Paris was risky!

This is pretty cool footage, I'll say!

[myopicseer]

I wouldn't want to live back then in a world with no color.... when was dye and paint invented?

[Kazoo4U]

Fuck traffic law.

[0Stein0]

Ive got a beamer with a screen of 2 by 3 meters. Gonna watch it on M ;) probably gonna make a timetravel :P

[jojopuppyfish]

Everyone this video is strutting to Air -La Femme D'Argent

That was cool of them to do 100 years before the song was written

[TheCaleyman]

@raggamuffinmcgee I'd actually like somebody to colourize this, though I still love this original version.

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[methoxyroxy]

well conceived vid :)

[raggamuffinmcgee]

To us this video is black and white, but to the people in the video if they could watch it...their memory could fill in the colors...like a child coloring in a coloringbook

[syphlect]

You know that this is one of the oldest videos ever to exist in our modern world. This video is a 105 years old. Sadly, everyone in that video and in the city is dead but who would have thought that after so many years, internet would make such a huge innovation in our everyday life. I love seeing this video as you see the style is different, the buildings were freshly made, and the mentality? Boy! don't make me start talking about that! such a beautiful song and amazing video!

[jack201066]

relaxing.....



[jack201066]

great song.

[AzaxFAN]

beautifull :)

[KodamaAustralis]

Everyone is on the street...running or walking....beautiful...

[razertyie]

This man devised The travelling! In 1905... People Would Make the same route today to compare the two times. :')

[Westend10vier]

keine verkehrsregeln! keine einzige frau zu sehen!

[yakidk89]

No fat people.

[despair2ko]

@yakidk89 The cop at 0:42 is pretty large.

[PereMarquette1225]

@despair2ko Market Street must have had good donuts.

[KodamaAustralis]

@yakidk89 Only the cop : )

[BradJohnson612]

What makes this "video" particularly haunting is that it was shot only four days before the Great Earthquake. So sad to see all the people blithely going about their business, not realizing what was in store for them. Many would meet their demise within the week.

[TheSouthernPlanter]

Gotta love deregulated roads....thats how rush hour is done^^ :P

[msa0709]

Mens Warehouse must have made a killing back then. I guarantee it.

[HarryStone322]

This is so surreal and haunting, contrbuted by the great musical backing; apart from it's period in history, it could be people shopping and going about their everyday business in any town or city today! Amazing piece of film; it would be interesting to visit that high street (freeway) today, but after the earthquake its likely that few, if any of the buidings still remain. The large building at the end of the high street (T junction) looked interesting in the misty distance. Harry, Brighton

[Auriam]

Congratulations - this video has the highest like / dislike ratio of any video (with over 100 views) I've ever seen on Youtube!

[fossegrim91]

inredibly beautiful

[H22A7]

Wow, right hand drive cars! I thought you American guys had been left hand drive since stage coaches?

[GreatUnwashedMass]

wait -- what part of San Francisco is flat? Not the part I saw !! SHENANIGANS!

[MastaEss]

for 7:10 nothing else really matters

[wobler]

Someone should do a 2011 update of this.

[BohemianAsh]

Lol @ the guy at 4:37... playing chicken or something with the tram coming down the street and running in circles. What a clown :P

[ChowHallCommando]

@BohemianAsh Yup,that was old Fred Flapper. He was a real silly goose most of his life. He was runover by a trolley car in Cleveland 5 yesars later.

[barisaxkid]

Also, everyone is wearing a hat. I'd be happy if someone could tell me otherwise.

[luckypianocat1]

I understand that this is the first 35mm ever taken. (1906) Amazing! I t certainly put a fine point on the transience for our own lives.

[Rustler883]

Now, we're all time travelers......

[tenagliac]

The wind is from the south. The sky is clear to hazy. It's about 11am to noon. Heading west toward that tower. To stop/go lights or signs. Speed limit about 5 or so.

[JeffyDaddyBear]

@tenagliac that tower is the Ferry Building, and the camera is heading east toward it.

This film was apparently taken just days before the 1906 earthquake, not in 1905 as the description says.

There is a 2005 retracing of the route on here. Look up video Vqcz_tllnwM

[RiaSophie2277]

Che meraviglia!!! Siete grandiosi!!

[qwerty6801]

i wish i could drive like this today

[Lumpyone]

Looks like they had the same problem back then with assholes that just HAVE to cross in front of the streetcar....

[Shinybiscuit]

@nasoszeppos Yeah, fuck the music industry, how dare people who work hard creating music for us all to enjoy demand to be paid for it. Oh wait.

[nefasest]

coolest fucking film ever - hollywood, et al., eat a dick

[nasoszeppos]

"The video is CC no rights reserved"

this is how fucking stupid western civilization is. imagine the producer/director/operator's relatives claim rights after 100+ years! fuck rights! give it all for fucking free. torrent ftw! fuck music industry and everything that uses DRM and copyright shit! all hail Free Software Foundation (FSF) and RMS (Richard Stallman)

[TheCaleyman]

Yes but a silvery haired (or bald) old person of 105 this year, and anyway, anyone here would have been lucky to survive the forthcoming earth quake.

[TheCaleyman]

Cameo role for Alfred Hitchcock crossing road at 5' 50". ( Google him if you don't know)

[skibbli]

duuuude GOOD video.....

[redghost105]

1:54 OMG THATS ME!! WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD

[ilgrecoxxx]

Have you seen the one in Ferrari? ^_^

[Mrvincentvega70]

I could watch this video for hours....

[jamestfloyd]

Glory days!!

[watch123456]

Where's Alex Jones' response telling us this footage is fake.

[mumbarrhaven]

Where the women at? Jeez!

[wasp9]

@mumbarrhaven There's actually a few in this video.

[TheCaleyman]

At least the guy with the cell phone wasn't driving!

[mrnocaed]

thumbs up if you just

LOVE THIS SONG

[planetmooney]

The guy crossing the road shouldn't be on his cell phone, it's dangerous. 00:48

[3martijns]

LOVE IT !!!

[TheCaleyman]

Blake953, I guess you'll have to do the old fashioned thing as I did and buy theCD. The strange thing is, I didn't even like this track, and usually avoided playing it but now I can hardly stop playing this video for both the old film and the music !

[Blake953]

I searched Airs Moon Safari on itunes and could not find this song. Got that name from the description above: "The first track from Airs' Moon Safari album..... ' Maybe it's not own itunes. Anyone know where I could get this track? Thank-you.

[Mooninaut]

It's interesting (and kind of saddening) to note that back then, you could stand in the middle of the street, have a conversation, ride a bicycle, walk around without worrying about being struck by a car going 50 MPH. Technological progress has transformed cities from places for humans into thousands of tiny islands of human habitation in a sea of cars.

[ILikeProgressive]

Seriously. How could you dislike this?

[mastacholi59]

delightful song and video! thank you!

[TheCaleyman]

The cable car is actually travelling North Eastwards towards the Ferry building. Check Google Earth maps or photos.

[ukyfug]

45 people are eerrrrmmm shit



[LegoMasterChief11]

AIR is just so great the music just makes u want to lie down and chill.

[DecimatedPlague99]

@mdcombs... why are you posting religious comments? This has nothing to do with heaven jesus boy! Go preach somewhere else.

[toeg1]

This is moving West down Market Street towards the Ferry Building. Such wonderful scenery.

[toeg1]

@toeg1

Sorry, I meant East. It's moving East down Market Street. Can anyone guess Where the Fillmore West comes into view? It's when the tram passes Van Ness.

[fibsus]

...wunderschön!!!!!!

[atimekeeper1]

How could anyone NOT like this historical masterpiece?

[barisaxkid]

Everyone in this video is dead...

[ObstacleDone]

@barisaxkid weird, that's the first thought that went through my mind when I started watching this. total mind-blow

[CBAtheBboy]

@barisaxkid lol :P



[HenryTheHoover32]

@barisaxkid Not very appropriate given the Earthquake the next year and all...

[eltrovar]

@barisaxkid

Not necessarily. You may see a pregnant woman on this vid, which gave life to a now alive silvery hair old person....

[GreatUnwashedMass]

@barisaxkid Yeah but there was a lot of sexing before they died apparently.

[spitfirez89]

@barisaxkid everyone watching this video is alive

[barisaxkid]

@spitfirez89 We are a great top comment pair.

[spitfirez89]

@barisaxkid haha touche

[SH1974]

@barisaxkid but good music will remain forever.

[SH1974]

@barisaxkid also a lot of the buildings and vehicles didn't exist anymore.

[danymalta]

@barisaxkid its true, fantastic experience.

[AStateOfProgressive]

@barisaxkid Everyone in this video is just really old...

[pete200669]

@barisaxkid after all there are more dead than living people...

[Luhv2xlr8]

waiting for someone to get run over by something

[RightWay2012]

April 6, 1906 - four days before the great earthquake.

[jcmgdl]

This is from 1910 or little after but not before 1906, as I can see in the vehicles types

[Bugstomper2]

Wow! I'm surprised that the film footage is this good! AND who filmed it? The filming equipment must have been way expensive!

[mrnocaed]

AIR.... are one of the best chilled out music artists.... thanks

[TheSzeder]

road safety?:D

[Sorrythatnam]

So where was this found? And how did you get it onto the computer?

[TheCaleyman]

Kjsikora007A Please read my last 2 comments, and checkout for yourself Historic Film : Market Street 1906 on You Tube. There you will hear and see experts on the history of the film on a CBS 60 Minutes programme.

[Kjsikora007A]

Sorry guys, there were no cars in 1906. Ford didn't start making and selling the model T (first production auto) until 1908. To have this many cars on the road this would be well after that and likely later than 1910.

[mexijoe10]

@Kjsikora007A Well you need to get your facts straight because these buildings were all the same buildings destroyed in the Earthquake, historically recorded in 1906. Nor where they ever rebuilt the same way. So this video would have had to have been in 1906 or earlier.

[SeeYouNextFall]

@Kjsikora007A

Ford didn't invent the car, they just mass produced it,

There were many smaller car makers before ford's model T went into production.

[carakara]

@Kjsikora007A Actually, if you look at the post-earthquake footage on youtube, you'll see these same cars riding along. The debris and wreckage should be sufficient proof that the video was shot just shortly after the earthquake in 1906.

[lotusblossomed]

All that kept running thru my mind was "death by misadventure!"

[TheCaleyman]

Thanks acechadwick, have you checked out my source? " Historic Film : Market Street 1906" on You Tube? If not I hope like me you find it interesting.

[obdami]

It's like a time machine portal. Way cool....

[firebal777]

If you think about , that all people are no longer living on this video , you feel the finiteness of life in your own!

How I am pleased about God´s precaution.

[TheCaleyman]

Just found out from Historic Film : Market Street 1906 date of film was one week before the earthquake on 18 April 1906 . Many if not most of the people seen here, had only days to live and most of the buildings seen here were destroyed

. Thank you Air and cleaverb for getting me into all this about Market Street S F 1906 in the first place. I only went on You Tube looking for another track by Air and accidentally found this marvel !

[acechadwick]

@TheCaleyman

This vid blew me away. And now you mention that it was just a week before the earthquake it resonates even more.

How fragile is life.

All those cliched lines start flying about "Dust in the wind" "etc...... but look at these people....all are echoing in eternity...

[zivjax]

Yea, no traffic rules. You the individual are responsible for watching were you were going and not stepping out in front of a trolly or an auto, or horse.

I notice how autos were transport for those who could afford it. Deliveries were still done by horse and wagon.

[PompeyDane]

No traffic rules in 1905.

[TheBigee92]

if only we could have everything in the world be as simple and beautiful as is this music :)

[jackalec2]

why is this on the starfucker's mix??

[TheCaleyman]

LOOK , NO FAT AMERICANS IN PRE JUNK FOOD 1905!

Fantastic video.

[lean0717]

44 people are not from argentina

[oxygeninduced]

@lean0717

And you're retarded.

[lean0717]

@oxygeninduced ok i wasdrunk when i said that,i told to my ex girlfriend that i´d like to lick her armpit as well.

[oxygeninduced]

@lean0717

I love you.

[Zbiech]

Real time machine with great music :)

[freaker1990]

44 PEOPLE HAVE A TARDIS

[hanno21664]

this was amazing!!! thank you real history right here! man that police officer and his club! wow talk about back in the day. that is a 26 inch club too! could you imagine police carring a club like that today. all hell would break loose. and it would not be politcally correct at all.

my high school history classes are going to love this big time.

thank you again.

[jamesha175]

@hanno21664 modern police nightsticks are equally brutal, if not even more so.

[aztecrobowalk]

@hanno21664 the SFPD still uses giant wooden nightsticks to this day.

[hanno21664]

@aztecrobowalk hello friend how are you, that i did not know either way it is pure excitment to see something right out of history like this, plus my high school students loved it as well when i showed them.

thank you again my friend.

take care

[thebassguy4u]

most of these folks perished, i believe in the Earthquake days later... very sad.

[shosh90001]

wilson unborn



[anjundoobies89]

btw, so glad someone documented this awesome scene of everyday life in the early 1900s. Its amazing to see how people went about their business. so interesting! wish so bad i could live in different time periods.

[anjundoobies89]

@0:31 fool doesnt give a FUCK

[timatlightbox]

The HD version is found here: archive.org/details/TripDownMa­rketStreetrBeforeTheFire It's way better quality than this version.

[spaziototale]

El film en 35 m/m más antiguo del mundo; rodado en San Francisco USA con una cámera montada en el frente de un tranvía, en 1906, pocos meses antes del gran terremoto que destruyó virtualmente toda la ciudad!

Las personas son perfectas para la inspiración de un cuadro de Henri Toulouse Lautrec, mostrando sus trajes con los bombines inseparables de la cabeza pero todos y todas iban tocados, curioso! . Documento inédito