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Old 10-18-2010, 01:56 PM
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Last night, "60 Minutes" had a segment showing the 1906 film of a ride down Market Street in San Francisco, evidently done just a four days prior to the catastrophic earthquake and fire that destroyed much of the city. The old film is remarkably clear. For those who have not yet seen it, it runs about 9 minutes and shows the people, cars, cable cars, horses and buggies that populated that street over a hundred years ago. Unfortunately, the "60 Minutes" segment only showed a few clips from the original film. The ride ends right up on the building that still stands at the end of Market Street near the bay. All the people wore hats. One wonders which ones perished in the quake shortly after the filming. Undoubtedly, not one of the people shown in the film is alive today.

I have found what is probably the clearest copy of this film on the internet, fully restored, and complete in its 9 minutes time span. If you haven't seen this yet, treat yourself to some uncanny and genuine time travel here. It's totally fascinating.

It was done on April 18, 1906. It was allegedly the first 35mm movie film ever shot. Shot by the Miles Brothers, the film wound up in New York City about the time the quake struck. Several copies were made; this video is from a very clear one.

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Old 10-18-2010, 02:02 PM
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Judging from the shape the city is in today, I would hazard a guess that all the hard working God fearing people were in their offices during the quake and perished....leaving the descendants of what runs that town now.
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One thing is for sure, the drivers and pedestrians seen in the clip that survived the quake, went forth and multiplied.
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My next door neighbor just celebrated her 105th birthday. Her family owned property where China town is now and they lost their home to fire. Fortunately they also had a farm across the bay where they lived until her father was able to rebuild their city home. She remembers living in a tent until she was four. I think that she is only one of less than four or five remaining survivors of the 1906 quake.
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Many of those driving tactics are still seen in my town today. I don't think they had stoplights then, I believe they were invented in 1920 in Detroit.
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Cool video! It's interesting though to see that certain driving habits don't change...
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What...no crosswalks, no signal lights, no speed limit signs or even lines painted on the road! What insanity...there must have been hundreds of people killed everyday. How did anyone survive such chaos??
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WOW. As stated above I see the driving habits have not changed.
I am really surprised that no one was killed during the filming of the video.
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