Great footage from San Francisco 1905

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Hi all,

Thought you might like this: it's the first 35mm film ever made, a cameraman sitting on the front of a cable car in San Francisco in 1905, going down Market Street not long before the earthquake of 1906 devastated the area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k&feature=player_embedded

Nicole

 

[Jonathan]

That is amazing footage!

 

[Vinclothes]

Thank you for sharing

I lived in San Francisco and drove over those cable car tracks many times. It is so exciting to see them in original action. I loved the apparent lack of traffic rules and so many kinds of vehicles and horses.

Marian
http://www.vintagevanitiesclothing.com/

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Nicole, Oh that is SO amazing! I was thrilled. And of course, I checked out every woman and her hat. It is beyond rare to see what people actually wore, not just what was:kiss2: shown in magazines.

Wow...thank you 100 times.

Barbara:kiss2:

 

[bartondoll]

LOVED it!

Amazing to see these people going about their daily routine in footage like this. Also amazing to witness what appears to be some traffic near-misses that don't seem to cause anyone to
bat an eye.

Incredible! Thanks so much!

Sue

 

[Jonathan]

According to AAA, the highways act of 1896 set a national speed limit of 20 mph, which was kept until 1930! And some cities had lower limits of 10 mph!

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

That certainly explains it Jonathan - I love how chaotic it all is, with people going all over the place and yet it all just fits in together. It's odd that there aren't many women but like Barbara, I look note of them all, and what they're wearing.

The whole pace of life would be much different in such a world - I can't help thinking that they all must have been a lot more relaxed and calm than we are! It's relaxing just watching that scene, even with all it's action all over the place...

Nicole