Calmul de dinaintea cutremurului..., San Francisco, 1906

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A video shot from a streetcar travelling down Market Street in San Francisco.
Pictures San Francisco's main thoroughfare as seen from the front window of a moving Market Street cable car, before the downtown area was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.
It was filmed only 4 days before the Great California Earthquake of April 18th 1906 and shipped by train to NY for processing.
This unusual record has been called the first "structural film" because it follows exactly the externally imposed structure of the car ride.
Remarkable footage of the turn of the century lifestyles in California.
(music: the first track from Airs' Moon Safari album...)