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Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on July 12, 2011, 10:49 AM:

Did anybody catch the segment on 60 minutes sunday that showed a film from 1906 it was attached to a cable car and traveled down market street this was days before the city was hit from the 1906 earthquake, very interesting segment here is the link it shows the whole 11 minute film in HD restored.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20075062-10391709.html?tag=contentBody; listingLeadStories

Posted by Bryan Chernick (Member # 1998) on July 12, 2011, 11:38 AM:

That was amazing. Just watching the interaction of pedestrians, horses, horse drawn carts, bicycles, cable cars, etc is mesmerizing. It almost seems choreographed.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on July 12, 2011, 01:44 PM:

I saw that rebroadcast too. What amazes is that they shipped out by train the film the very night before the earthquake struck, and no doubt many of the people you see in the film only had but hours to live ...

... and yet, frozen, alive, in time, on celluloid!

Posted by Gerald Santana (Member # 2362) on July 12, 2011, 01:49 PM:

A companion piece to this film should be Blackhawk's 'The Destruction of San Francisco', it's a silent 400' reel that shows the aftermath of the earthquake. I have it and it's a good documentary, some of it shot with Edison's cameras.

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on July 12, 2011, 02:54 PM:

Think I might have that on 'Film Firsts' or some documentary collection, Shorty

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on July 12, 2011, 07:01 PM:

Jim

That was great. Thanks for posting the link. I love the "U" turns the cars made any time they wanted to. [Eek!]

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on July 13, 2011, 03:02 PM:

Now I definitley have this on film

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on July 14, 2011, 10:25 AM:

I was quite struck by just how good this ancient film looked on 60 minutes. I'd like to watch the complete restored version.

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on July 14, 2011, 09:20 PM:

joe does your copy look as good?
osi i believe that link showed the whole clip in restored hd shape.

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on July 16, 2011, 09:10 AM:

FILM FIRSTS? Yes, Top-Condition

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