Fairly faint footage that features the aftermath of the quake and fire in San Fransisco in 1906. Fairly surreal of course is that this film is almost exactly 100 years old, and here I am, watching it now! Anyways, a heck of a lot doesn’t really happen in this, just a lot of people wandering around. What’s left of the buildings looks eerily like Ground Zero in 2001. Only a fire.. keep moving. 2 Spuzz 2005-12-17 03:20:06 2005-12-17 03:20:06 Despite the faint, black and white, silent footage, this tiny piece of history is one of the earliest motion captures of the aftermath of a natural disaster. The Library of Congress has seen fit to add the "San Francisco Earthquake and Fire April 18, 1906" to the National Film Registry (http://www.loc.gov/film/nfr2005.html), though I'm not sure if the footage here is the same as that included in the Registry. historical footage... 5 david gunnells 2005-12-29 15:57:06 2005-12-29 15:57:06 Although black and white its good Super 5 cyberhacker665 2006-08-09 16:11:02 2006-08-09 16:11:02 It is somehow impressive to be able to watch moving pictures from 1906. Nothing but impressive. impressive 5 nolight 2006-08-21 19:45:51 2006-08-21 19:45:51 Fascinating. How often do you get fuzzy, no sound included footage that is of such historical import. Of interest: the horses who do not appear the least bit stressed out; just standing there doing their job, waiting for their carts to be loaded. It only loses points for how poor the quality is, but maybe that's not fair. Fuzzy, but historically worth it 3 eliannaj 2006-09-15 19:31:11 2006-09-15 19:31:11 i found the quality of the print to be much better than I expected. I was impressed by the decent cinematography (the simple panning seemed appropriate), and you defitinely get a sense of the unbelievable destruction you'd never get from still pictures. This is a historical keeper, not least of all to the rather skilled director... fascinating 5 rrrrob 2006-11-16 04:53:51 2006-11-16 04:53:51 Very interesting older documentary of cleanup and post-earthquake 1906 San Francisco. It's impressive how bad the city looks, and the video also gives you a bit of a window into life at the time. There is no sound, and the quality was not great, but it is better than I would have expected. Very interesting from a historical perspective. San Francisco Earthquake aftermath - fascinating fact film 4 apenny13 2006-12-29 16:54:57 2006-12-29 16:54:57 Just a note on a film relating to this. The 1936 b/w film "San Francisco" with Clark Gable had a one channel optical soundtrack that incorporated into it the actual seismograph of the 1906 earthquake so the rumbling that shook the theatre was the same rumbling that shook SanFran. This in contrast to the 1974 film "Earthquake" that merely had the soundtrack 'trigger' a device that produced pseudo-quake rumbling. regarding the 1936 film, aside from one theatre showing it in the mid 1970s which i was involved with, it was only shown at it's premiere in 1936 with a sound system that would reproduce the low frequency 'quake'. hope this is appropriate addition here. SanFranEarthquake 5 wizard100 2007-01-24 01:37:20 2007-01-24 01:37:20 Amazing on several levels. The destruction was so complete. I wonder what that earthquake would have measured on the Richter scale. Of course, most of the buildings then were bricks and mortar, hence all the rubble. What a privilege to see this footage. Filmed by Edison himself? The quality is excellent for its time and still stands up. San Francisco Earthquake Ceecat 2007-03-01 14:19:50 2007-03-01 14:19:50 5 9 4.33