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

[Cary Ginell]

Fascinating to watch, not just because of its proximity to the devastating earthquake 4 days later, but look at all the traffic violations! Jaywalkers, vehicles cutting in and out, near collisions, no signaling. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:22:47 -0400
> From: thatcher at mediaguide.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] fwd: 1906 film of a cable car ride
> 
> The link for the complete version is here: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oubsaFBUcTc
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/22/2011 6:06 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >>          RIDE ON THE CABLE CAR IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1906
> >>
> >>
> >>          */105 YEAR OLD FILM CLIP/*
> >>
> >>          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.
> >>
> >>          *You feel as if you're really there, standing at the front looking down
> >>          the street. *
> >>
> >>          *The clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf
> >>          is still there.*
> >>
> >>          *
> >>          Great historical film!
> >>          *_
> >>          _*http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k*
> >>
> >>
> >>          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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