Lost film 1906

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rick Shinta on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 12:38 am:

I found this but I cant name the cars , traffic is deadly ,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdvRNdGlgzY


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tony Bowker on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 01:01 am:

I think we have seen it before, I believe that it was identified as San Francisco just before the Great Fire. The traffic looks bad, but the speeds are quite low, people can walk as fast as most of the trams and even most of the cars.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 01:07 am:

Here is the full length version in a little better quality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEvB_ZIWtAg


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 01:11 am:

There's another version of that film with sound effects instead of music. This music is correct for the period, but the sound effects really bring the scene to life. If I remember correctly, this was shot four days before the quake. You can tell it's in the afternoon, because near the end, when you get to the Ferry Building, you see a man's beard blowing in the afternoon breeze.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rick Shinta on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 01:32 am:

Any ID on some of the cars ??

That's some serious jaywalking .


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By CharlesHebert on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:37 am:

Rick...I think this was shot a few days before the San Francisco Earthquake.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 11:03 am:

It was taken late afternoon.
The shadows are pointing east, the sun is from the southwest, slightly past Twin Peaks.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 11:32 am:

My paternal grandfather emigrated to the U.S. in 1913. After clearing Ellis Island, he came across the country by train and joined his two older brothers in San Francisco. The Ferry building was frequently mentioned when he'd speak of that period of his life. It's neat to see a period film like this one. Even though it was taken a few years prior to his arrival, it certainly conveys the flavor of a much different time.

Thanks to Rick and Jim for posting the links!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Gould on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 12:15 pm:

Thoughts. Surprisingly, you don't see much horse shit. The cars weren't driven at speeds much faster than a brisk walk. I notice how the guage of the trolley tracks are the same as the buggy in front of the camera.
Always a nostalgic, sobering experience watching this.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clayton Paddison (Vancouver Washington) on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 01:43 pm:

The First car to pass in front of the Camera at 0:32 looks like a 1906 White Model F...

It shows up again at 1:21.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ryan Glowacki on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 03:00 pm:

Saw quite a few steam-powered cars. There seemed to be boys hanging off of almost every car/wagon! What a cool film!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ryan Glowacki on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 03:33 pm:

Just for fun, open up 2 You-tube windows side-by-side.

Start this video at 4min45sec:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z01hhmGnIU

Start this video at 5min35sec:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEvB_ZIWtAg

both cameras are on the exact same cablecar at the same spot on the same street. One before the earthquake and one after.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 04:24 pm:

The link below shows many states speed and traffic laws for 1906. While horsepower was increasing, speed limits were quite slow by our standards. I see quite a few fines for speeding in my old paper searches, and the fines were significant:





36 states speed and traffic laws, 1906:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b514dnkhmuz6o41/1906%20traffic%20laws.pdf


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Gould on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 04:38 pm:

Very interesting Ryan and Rob. Great finds!
Watching Dave's Model F running around his property at low speed someone brought me back in time. Everything just fit right seeing that.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 05:35 pm:

Richard, your welcome. You didn't want to speed in Missouri. 9 miles per hour speed limit, and $10 to $100 fine, with 30 days to six months jail time possible. According to this inflation calculator, $10 in 1906 would be worth $263 today.


http://www.davemanuel.com/inflation-calculator.php


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Randy Glowacki on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 10:33 pm:

What a great film ! It's sobering to realize that every person shown in the movie has passed on. It does seem to be that they were much better dressed back then.
Randy Glowacki, Parsippany, NJ


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kevin Holland, Utah on Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 02:40 pm:

I bought the whole DVD from Market Street Railway. www.streetcar.org. When I started to see exerts on TV, I just wanted it. It is real cool. The car seen in the flick is the same car in most of the clip. A camera was affixed to the front of a cable car.


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