Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] 1906 San Francisco Street film

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A couple observations from watching this wonderful film!

Due to its length and camera viewpoint, of the normal-
everyday working-world, watching it IS like going back in time
and being there.

The movie's  theme music  is perfect, as it is surrealistic, and
has movement to it, not unlike watching a video game.

Too bad color film technology was not invented yet; sound
reproduction would be interesting, too, to determine what
the sound level of 'the street' was like.

The movie's playback is set at a normal speed, instead of at the
herky-jerky speed that was a feature of  the too slow
camera film recording of the day---that helps a LOT in
the experience of "being there".

NONE of the many  drivers who pass in front of the  trolley
(I suppose) pay any backwards glances toward it.

The film gives proof of the legitimacy for the creation of the Brooklyn
Dodger's name; they were the (Trolley-)Dodgers.

Thanks, Chris!

Neil Vedder




Chris Hullinger wrote:
> This reminds me of the video game, Frogger.  It's amazing someone 
> wasn't run over in the 7 minutes of this movie.
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> > *Date: *March 2, 2010 1:38:25 AM EST
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> > *Subject: **[FWDLK] 1906 San Francisco Street film*
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> > /Noticed most cars shown in this film were set-up for Right-hand 
> > drive.  Anyone know when the US went to left-hand drive?  Was the 
> > change to Left-hand drive federal or state-driven?  Not FL related, 
> > but certainly car history-related./
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> >     *Going back in time!*
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> >         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
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> >         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!)
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> >         Great historical film worth watching.
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> >         _http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k_
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> >          This film, originally thought to be from 1905 until David
> >         Kiehn with the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum figured out
> >         exactly when it was shot. From New York trade papers
> >         announcing the film showing to the wet streets from recent
> >         heavy rainfall & shadows indicating time of year & actual
> >         weather and conditions on historical record, even when the
> >         cars were registered (he even knows who owned them and when
> >         the plates were issued!).. *It was filmed only four days
> >         before the quake and shipped by train to NY for processing*.
> >         Amazing but true!
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