104 YEAR OLD FILM CLIP
"you are there" for a cable car
ride in San Francisco"
This film was "lost"
for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever.
It was
taken by camera mounted on the front of a cable car.
The number of automobiles is
staggering for 1906. Absolutely
amazing! The clock tower at
the end of Market Street at the
Embarcadero wharf is still
there.
How many "street cleaning" people were employed
to
pick up after the horses? Talk about going
green!
Great historical film!
Watch the scampering
as Joe Public race away from autos, horses, cable cars and bicycles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k
This film, originally
thought to be from 1905 until David Kiehn
with the Niles Essanay
Silent Film Museum
figured out exactly
when it was shot. From New
York trade papers announcing
the film showing to the wet
streets from recent heavy rainfall &
shadows indicating time of year
& actual weather and conditions
on historical record, even when
the cars were registered
(he even knows who owned them and when the
plates were issued!)..
It was filmed only four days before the
Great California
Earthquake of
April 18th 1906 and shipped
by train to NY for processing.
Amazing, but
true!***
