1906 San Francisco

[stayAU]

No smoke inhilation there people just burned alive, gad that is just horrible to even think of.

[kodachromefilm]

Fantastic choice of pics.

[TheKarrina09]

awsome video gave me great info for my assigment

:)

[tio1tony]

John Barry R.I.P.....

[TheKarrina09]

R.I.P

[KScarlett777]

Well done!

[spactick]

Both my grand and great grand parents lived through the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Although they called it The Fire. They said that the earthquake itself was not that bad, but the fire was unbelievable. It could not be stopped. They slept in Golden Gate Park where ALOT of babies were conceived. They said it was the greatest experience of their lives. They felt special having lived through it. But said that The City was never the same afterwards. The Old City was even more beautiful.

[shinesthrudarain]

i remember this i laughed at my horse cuz he was scared

[Agentcapture]

San Fransisco is the political fault line...

[luap123311]

Incredible Disaster struck that morning --- everybody needed help to recover. Today the United States could be struck with similar disaster as San Francisco is the fault line.

[kodachromefilm]

@luap123311 I would look at Juan de Fuca plate. That will probally be the next. That plate will effect the Pacific Northwest badly and can set of the San Andreas again.

[Nina1849]

А что это было, землетрясение?

[48alfaone]

Sadly look 100 years later at Haiti. Looking at these photo's, this may one day soon be Seattle, Vancouver BC or San Fran again! Everyone thinks we are earthquake ready today, not even close folks!

[TheSteverino1]

Hope it never happens again...but it will

[thedieingrosedrop1]

true, true

[Uncledonny]

My great grandmother died in that

[angelsbeatlesfan]

@Uncledonny I am sorry to hear about your great grandmother. :(

[Uncledonny]

Thank you so much, I keep her photo and all her family on my end table, I wish I could have met her

[stayAU]

@Uncledonny sorry your grandfather grew up without his mother -_- ....all seven of you.

The pictures remind me of 9/11 and Atlanta after the Civil War.

Riveting just leaves you speechless. Unfathomable

[Camnun]

Very touching just to think the nightmere of thoso who lost everything in these fire...

[fugifilms]

Just to think, I knew some people who lived through this and the Titanic. Just to think?

[YaahMuleGiddyUp]

Nah this city's destruction and rebuild is nothing compared to Stalingrad

[booopdooop]

John Barry, the man who gave the world real music.

[JDProductions2]

I like everything he's done.

[MrDaiseymay]

@booopdooop REST IN PEACE JOHN.

[Kimberleg]

Love the image at the beginning with the road ripped in half. The power of Mother Nature is fascinating and yet terrifying to witness.

Love the music too - very haunting. Have been searching for it for ages!

[JDProductions2]

Many of the newer buildings, like the hotels were touted as being "Earthquake-proof"... unfortunately, they were not "Fire-proof."

[snowmountain2007]

Isn't amazing how they were able to rebuild after that terrible earthquake. What I mean is...it wasn't impossible...it's just that they didn't have the technology like we have today. I wonder how long it took for them to rebuild everything???

[JDProductions2]

Actually, they rebuilt it a little too quickly. The Pan American Exposition was scheduled to open there in 1915 and the City Council ignored most building codes just to get the city rebuilt before then. Many of the structures built at that time are still in use today, but would never be approved by today's codes.

[mcdonchris]

I agree with you....these people had to virtually clean up and rebuild the city by their own hands....Like you said they certainly didn't have the tech we have today.

[kodachromefilm]

@snowmountain2007 Three years with the help of the municipal bond market. The bond market is where they got the cash.

[thiinkpiink4]

excellent footage!

[JDProductions2]

Thanks! These are all glass plates from the San Francisco Museum.