I received this from a cousin who is also on NORCAL. I have not verified if it really is a "lost" film but it is certainly interesting. George This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever. It was taken by camera mounted on the front of a cable car The amount of automobiles is staggering for 1906. Absolutely amazing! The clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf is still there. (I'm also wondering ... How many "street cleaning" people were employed to pick up after the horses? Talk about going green!) Great historical film worth watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k
It actually came from a large collection available from the Library of Congress. It's 1905. Not lost. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture Enter San Francisco in the search box. There are 72 items that pertain including this one. Jim -- James R. Smith Author/Speaker/Researcher Author: San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks California Snatch Racket, June 2010 San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, Nov 2010 www.HistorySmith.com George Patterson wrote: > I received this from a cousin who is also on NORCAL. I have not verified if > it really is a "lost" film but it is certainly interesting. > > George > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever. It was > taken by camera mounted on the front of a cable car > The amount of automobiles is staggering for 1906. Absolutely amazing! The > clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf is still > there. (I'm also wondering ... How many "street cleaning" people were > employed to pick up after the horses? Talk about going green!) > Great historical film worth watching. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >
George I had seen this before, but every time I view it I see something new. I think I see a 1905 Thomas Flyer (40 HP) zipping across the tracks at one point. I looked it up and found that it sold for $3,000 in 1905. That is a whopping $75,500 in 2009 dollars using the CPI. Obviously, there were some very wealthy people in SF at this time. I wonder how many of those cars survived the Fire! Paul On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:14 AM, George Patterson < georgepatterson@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I received this from a cousin who is also on NORCAL. I have not verified if > it really is a "lost" film but it is certainly interesting. > > George > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever. It > was > taken by camera mounted on the front of a cable car > The amount of automobiles is staggering for 1906. Absolutely amazing! The > clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf is still > there. (I'm also wondering ... How many "street cleaning" people were > employed to pick up after the horses? Talk about going green!) > Great historical film worth watching. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >