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UnknownSan Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 1 (1906)

Scenes of displaced people and damaged buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Original film is in need of repair, jumps and rolls out of frame.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Si, B&W
Keywords: San Francisco: Disasters; Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906; Fires and firefighting

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: malscott - - November 7, 2008
Subject: i like it.
i really like the slowness of the 360 degrees givs lots of time to take in the magnitude of the destruction. and also, a wonderful sence of the times. 103 years ago!!!!!

Reviewer: Julio J. Hernandez - - October 12, 2008
Subject: Horrible earthquake
Very interesting and instructive!
The defects are forgivable in such an old movie.

Reviewer: marianne333 - - April 7, 2007
Subject: well worth the look
fascinating.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - December 31, 2005
Subject: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
More earthquake footage, but this time, by gum, they decided to you know, move the camera around! So we see more! Hoo-ray! The film is desperately slow though, especially in the beginning, where it¡¯s like the slowest 360 degree pan seen anywhere. But still, there are some charming bits in the film..Like that line.. Like that explosion, and also it appears that some parts of SF were left untouched from the fire. The rather unfortunate part of this reel is of course, is that it¡¯s wonky. The screen rolls all over the place man! Oh well, that¡¯s what you have to put up with history I suppose.

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Pan along lines of displaced people in park waiting for relief
Pan of wrecked and burned buildings