The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => History Section => Topic started by: Kor on February 17, 2014, 10:59:19 PM
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I was on another forum this morning and in one of their threads they had a 9:15 minute silent movie made in San Francisco. After someone did research he was able to figure out that it was shot 4 days before the 1906 earthquake. I find it interesting since you can see what the early 20th century was like in a major city. I thought some here may be interested in seeing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...d&v=oubsaFBUcTc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oubsaFBUcTc)
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Wow. I saw that same clip a few years ago in another forum that I frequent and I remember it being dated to around 1905 at that time. With this new information it adds a whole new context to the entire scene. It is kind of creepy realizing that many, if not most, of the buildings in that film were destroyed mere days after it was created.
Thanks for the fascinating video. :yes
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Loved seeing this! I find it funny how rules of the road basically didn't exist in that time, but that's not really surprising, as cars were brand new in that era.
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Wow. I saw that same clip a few years ago in another forum that I frequent and I remember it being dated to around 1905 at that time. With this new information it adds a whole new context to the entire scene. It is kind of creepy realizing that many, if not most, of the buildings in that film were destroyed mere days after it was created.
Thanks for the fascinating video. :yes
Someone, I forgot his name, did research. I think he looked at weather records, and the license plate of a car, or maybe more then one, finding out it was registered early in 1906 and I guess some other stuff to determine the date. I also read the film was moved a day or 2 before the earthquake hit or it would have been lost in the disaster that happened.
Found an 11:30 minute version you can easily download at on the Internet Archive site:
https://archive.org/details/TripDownMarketS...trBeforeTheFire (https://archive.org/details/TripDownMarketStreetrBeforeTheFire)
Wikipedia article about the film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_Down_Market_Street (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_Down_Market_Street)
13 minute version that is not fixed (has various problems, vertical hold, film roll, ect): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKRbTF5afSE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKRbTF5afSE)