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Footage of San Francisco shot the year before the Quake!

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#1

Sent to me by a friend and I thought worth sharing.

Footage of San Francisco shot the year before the Quake! It appears that it may have been projected on a screen, then copied with a video camera. The projector would have been an aged one – int those days the movie cameras and projectors operated at 24 fps, unlike more recent film cameras/projectors that operate at 30 fps.

I wonder how many – if any – of those buildings survived, and how many of those people.

Click on this link for a great look back in time…with music!

http://www.flixxy.com/san-francisco-1905-historical-footage.htm

#2

thats cool Ric. I see the way people drive out here has not changed alot from then to now.

#3

They just had a program on the History Channel about the the San Francisco earthquake. Interesting!

#4

I felt The World Series Quake, as I was stationed at Travis AFB, Calif at the time…

#5
Ric Golding said:
I wonder how many -- if any -- of those buildings survived, and how many of those people.
Probably not many except Keith Richards
#6

Cool film! Two things that strike me:

  1. The chaos! People wandering around in the road, kids intentionally running back and forth in front of the cable car, people dodging trolleys, autos and wagons, etc.

  2. I’m really surprised how many autos were on the roads in 1906!

#7
Ric Golding said:
I wonder how many -- if any -- of those buildings survived, and how many of those people.
According to the program I saw on the History Channel, the city government downplayed the tragedy and only listed about 700 deaths in order to attract east coast investors with help in rebuilding the city. There is one lady who works for the Historical Society in San Francisco now who is researching the quake and the actual totals. Her count is in the thousands. Many of them were just scooped up with the rubble and dumped into the Bay in what is now known as the "Marina District". That area was hard it during the last quake.
#8

My grandfather was born in San Francisco and would have been 12 years old when this was taken. His family and he survived the quake and he became a manufacturer in Los Angeles-owned a drop forging plant until his death in 1960. Fascinating film. I would love to see more.