San Franciso Time Machine Movie
This footage was supposedly shot in 1906, just a few days before the huge earthquake & fire that flattened San Francisco. I can't quite put my finger on it, but this footage is mesmerizing to me; and the music selection puts an even stranger spin on it.
I love the long, continuous shot; and no Hollywood movie or movie director could ever stage something this big or this interesting with only one camera and no editing. The natural interplay of the people on camera is amazing; They're either trying to get out of the way of the streetcar, ignoring the streetcar, barely jumping out of the way of carriages and cars - it's hard not to watch.
It's probably a pretty safe bet that every living creature in the video is long dead, which makes it eery; it's also fascinating to watch the horses almost outnumbering the cars, and all the bustle in downtown San Fran. And not one of them knew how their lives would change (or end) just a few days later...
I love the long, continuous shot; and no Hollywood movie or movie director could ever stage something this big or this interesting with only one camera and no editing. The natural interplay of the people on camera is amazing; They're either trying to get out of the way of the streetcar, ignoring the streetcar, barely jumping out of the way of carriages and cars - it's hard not to watch.
It's probably a pretty safe bet that every living creature in the video is long dead, which makes it eery; it's also fascinating to watch the horses almost outnumbering the cars, and all the bustle in downtown San Fran. And not one of them knew how their lives would change (or end) just a few days later...
