[78-L] It was staged - 1906 film of a cable car ride

[DanKj]

 This film has been on the American Memory pages of the Library of Congress for at least 12 years, and the description 
includes : "a careful tracking of automobile traffic shows that almost all of the autos seen circle around the camera/cable 
car many times (one ten times). This traffic was apparently staged by the producer to give Market Street the appearance of a 
prosperous modern boulevard with many automobiles. "

http://tinyurl.com/4bp3rk2

 That doesn't mean that the pedestrians or other drivers knew about it - there are some disappointed faces when the 
streetcar fails to stop to pick up passengers.


 The newsboys at the end sure knew what a movie camera looked like, with all their waving & smiling - but that's mostly 
AFTER the end of the LoC copy - it is cut short.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:17 PM
Subject: [78-L] It was staged - 1906 film of a cable car ride


> Here's an interesting article shedding light on much of the mystery around the film.
>
> http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2010/10/17/historic-1906-marketstreet-film/
>
> Film historian David Kiehn was able to identify several license plates and discover the dates and to whom they were 
> registered.
>
> Somewhere I've read that many of the cars appear over and over again, suggesting that they circled the trolley throughout 
> the film to give the impression of heavy traffic.
>
> Sammy Jones
>
> Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> I agree with Craig. The logistics of staging such a scenario would be ridiculous to do even today. There were too many 
> people looking too natural for it to be phony. That would have taken all of the charm out of the scene anyway, so if it's 
> true, I refuse to believe it. Is there evidence that this was staged?
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:47:28 -0500
>> From: craigventresco at gmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] It was staged - 1906 film of a cable car ride
>>
>> I don't think it was staged. I like near that street and people still
>> stumble around there like they're in a  haze!
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Andrew Homzy <homzy at vax2.concordia.ca>wrote:
>>
>> > Danger didn't register because it was a staged scene -
>> >
>> > At least, that's what I think. Notice how all the u-turns look exactly the
>> > same arc - they even seem to occur at regular intervals.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Andrew
>
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