Time Machine - A Ride Through San Francisco April 1906 a week before the great earthquak

A historical ride (camera mounted on the front of a cable car) down Market Street in San Francisco in 1906. It was one of the first 35mm films ever taken. The clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf is still there. The film was originally thought to be from 1905 until David Kiehn, with the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, figured out exactly when it was shot. New York trade papers announced the film showing the wet streets from recent heavy rainfall. Shadows indicated the time of year and actual weather conditions on the historical record. The records even provided when the autos were registered and who owned them according to the issued plates. Supposedly, the street scenario was filmed only four days before the quake, and the film shipped by train to NY for processing.

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• 1906
• san
• francisco
• earthquake
• market
• street
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[Arick2000]

how do I watch this in hi def?

[clayguy1]

@Arick2000 Go back in time and take a HD camera... lol... Sorry, all I could do is put the film on with the quality provided. It would of been cool though in HD

[DasIstMeinKampyCouch]

Makes us realize how relatively infantile our nation is, maybe we still need some more time to grow into our ambitions and ideals.

[clayguy1]

@DasIstMeinKampyCouch @DasIstMeinKampyCouch Infantile is, I beg to say, the wrong word. We've achieve great things in a little over 200 years.. We've dealt with a lot of things older countries still struggle with. I think we're doing just fine. We need a change in course occassionaly and we have to watch out for those who want to control what you say and do... and take away that freedom from you.. we need to change that a bit.. But I'm thinking we still have a bright future.. Hope you do to. :)

[dontbelivewhatyourea]

Thank you for posting this.



[clayguy1]

@dontbelivewhatyourea your very welcome.. thank you for your comment.

[wieyabuggaman]

...just checking the footage for anyone talking on a mobile phone...

[VicMehta]

everyone in this video is now deceased. most of the landmarks and structures in the video are no longer remaining. makes you appreciate the mortality we must all face...here one day and gone the next, but captured in film until that too is lost

[BestSanFranciscoBusi]

Beautiful San Francisco!

[marleenow]

A lot of the buildings you see here, as well as the people. Would experience one of the worst earthquakes in US history 1 week after this was shot. Destroying almost the entire city and taking thousands of lives. This truly is a time capsule.

[reppan67]

All so note that the steering wheel is on the right hand side of all or most of the cars. I wonder when it changed to the left.

[paulmrussell12]

@clayguy1 or tweeting pehaps!