[78-L] fwd: 1906 film of a cable car ride

[David Lennick]

Nobody knew from stop signs in 1906, I guess..try this on Queen Street in 
Toronto and there'd be miles of roadkill. Great stuff.

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>         RIDE ON THE CABLE CAR IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1906
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>         */105 YEAR OLD FILM CLIP/*
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>         This film was lost for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever that
>         has come to light. It was taken by camera mounted on the front of a
>         cable car as it’s travelling down the street.
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>         *You feel as if you're really there, standing at the front looking down
>         the street. *
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>         *The clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf
>         is still there.*
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>         *
>         Great historical film!
>         *_
>         _*http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k*
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>         This 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. 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.
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