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: Check this out: the first 35mm film ever shot.
: It's a film that's 104 years old that was
: shot in San Fran only four days before the
: Great Earthquake of April 8, 1906, then
: shipped by train to New York for processing.
: In this film, check out the bicycle rider
: who is about to cross the rails at a long
: angle, then sets up his line to cross the
: rails more perpendicularly so he doesn't
: cross-rut and get his front end taken out
: right in front of the cable car upon which
: the camera is attached. Toward the end,
: check out the horse-drawn carriage
: cross-rutting on the cable car's rails.
:
: This comes from the time when there were
: already motorcycle jumpers and bicycle
: jumpers, such as The Great Michaels and a
: female jumper whose name escapes me right
: now.
:
: Here's what it said in the e-mail I
: received.
:
: "
: "You are there for a cable car ride in
: San Francisco"
:
: No wonder there had to be laws created to
: regulate driving habits. This is insane.
: Good thing they couldn't go very fast.
:
: Check out the old cars and helter-skelter
: traffic.
:
: This is a fascinating movie. A camera on the
: front of a street car 104 years ago. I
: watched it a couple of times. Look at the
: hats the ladies were wearing and the long
: dresses. Some of the cars had the steering
: wheels on the right side, I wonder when
: they standardized on the left? Sure was
: still a lot of horse drawn vehicles in use.
: Mass transit looked like the way to get
: around. Looks like everybody had the right
: of way.
:
: Perhaps the oldest “home movie” that you
: will ever see!
:
: 104 YEAR OLD FILM CLIP
:
: 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 number of automobiles is staggering for
: 1906. Absolutely amazing! The clock tower
: at the end of Market Street at the
: Embarcadero wharf is still there. ... How
: many "street cleaning" people were
: employed to pick up after the horses? Talk
: about going green!
:
: Great historical film!
:
: 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 Great California
: Earthquake of April 18th 1906 and shipped
: by train to NY for processing. Amazing, but
: true!
: "
:
: Video of a cable car ride in 1906
:
: JA
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