Perhaps the oldest “home movie” that you will ever see!

104 YEAR OLD FILM CLIP

"you are there" for a cable car ride in San Francisco "

This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever. It was taken by a 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!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k

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!

I received that link in an E=mail, too. Loved it!!!

Thanks.

Were there no 'rules of the road' or stop signs? It was amusing watching all the guys trying to hitch a ride on the back of the car. Oh my, the womens hats!

I kept flinching thinking they were going to clip a horse, or a buggy. The womens dresses were facinating! TONS of fabric. I cant believe how many pedestrians almost got clipped by cars as well. There were no lanes, or clear directions for which side of the road you were supposed to be on, nor any protections for those animals! sheesh!

Chaos! Anarchy! Gotta love it!

Tom