A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - 4k, Colorized, 60fps

[@PenitentiaryTalk]

Whoever had the sense to do this , was a genius

[@totalimpact5725]

Go film your city and over 100 years you will be a genius if the end of the world will not be soon

[@fighterflight]

@@totalimpact5725 in this day and age everyone has a camera so it’s a bit different. back then this was an extremely pricey endeavor and could not be done by just anyone.

[@catrashoo]

@@totalimpact5725 Sounds like you believe to what QAnon says 🤔

[@totalimpact5725]

@@catrashoo I don't know what says qAnon, I know what the bible said, and look now, without a covid pass you can't do nothing, in the future peoples will have their covid pass marked on their right hand or head- the mark of the beast

[@lucretialain8534]

@@totalimpact5725 lmao, stop whining that a global pandemic once every 100 years isn't gonna be over from one day to another and everything be fine again. Just think your god tests you or smth if you have to, don't complain about practical ways to smother the pandemic out before more strains develop cuz of idiots like you giving it more chances to develop. It's like you want millions more to die, maybe check your forehead or hand or wherever that mark of that beast likes to appear. Oh wait, I forgot that lucifer dude wasn't the one genociding almost everyone including children and all species because he had differences with humans in the story, an omnipotent being that literally can do everything, knew that would happen and/or that had the power not to do it, but instead just drowns almost everyone like some toddler lacking empathy, playing with ants cuz they don't stroke his ego like he wanted them to. But yeah, covid passes are eeeevillll~ buuuuhuuuuuuu~

[@WinslowLeach1974]

It's hilarious how everyone just seems to get in each others way, cars, people, horse-drivens just zooming cross-street to and fro without a worry. Lots of funny close calls, and no road rage at all.

[@MrAquinas1]

Imagine showing up in a Corvette?

[@GuerreraTemplaria88]

This people still alive in 2021?

[@philipwilliams5808]

@@GuerreraTemplaria88 The youngest baby in the film would be about 115 now

[@GuerreraTemplaria88]

@@philipwilliams5808 yeah and adult 130 years lol xD

[@jonathanbray3075]

@@philipwilliams5808 Yeah!...Dead or alive they all voted for BIDEN!!!

[@elgalan718]

Is amazing how this video was filmed April 14, 1906, just four days before the horrible earthquake (April 18) that killed so many people and totally destroyed San Francisco, and became one of the worst earthquakes in America. Great Video. Thank You Mike Upchurch for posting.

[@iosifstalin3394]

Ты как знаешь?

[@advil2270]

Ele sabe porquê está na descrição do vídeo.

[@lance8515]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIDCYnSajrd6jZo this video shows this same clip but also at the end the aftermath of the earthquake

[@reviademir85]

When watching such old videos I realize how short life is…very short!

[@Moremover]

and 4 days later ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEqZaOm7iqmqc

[@mywifesboyfriend5741]

Time is the enemy.

[@user-qh5br9ol5f]

Enjoy every moment of life

[@ruskyalmond1977]

@@zhara. I think that's the whole point. When you're 80 years old everyone is gonna think "What the fuck literally just happened? This 'life' was wild wtf".

[@Blackadder75]

They had a lot more cars than I expected in 1906

[@mj8275]

Talk about busy streets.... geesh😳

[@quicksilver2510]

True, even before the model T

[@TheWillowview]

I’ve read that the filmmaker wanted to make that impression so he had the same cars dart in front of the street car more than once.

[@josefalero9850]

@@TheWillowview true

[@gurcharansingh9108]

@@mj8275 4q4q2q2

[@gabriellimeiralima4519]

what makes this footage unique is that it's the first and last footage of old San Francisco before the great earthquake of 1906

[@antoniomercado6174]

exactly!!!

[@barbaraepley7032]

Actually, there is another video of it a few days before the earthquake hit. It was of one of the streetcars going down the main street. It was rather long.

[@gabriellimeiralima4519]

@@barbaraepley7032 where can i find the other video?

[@lance8515]

There is actually film of the aftermath of the earthquake that is also colorized

[@lance8515]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIDCYnSajrd6jZo it shows a little bit of the aftermath right at the end of the video

[@Berlinbear58]

I’ve watched this twice now and am completely mesmerized. As close as it gets to time travel. The detail is stunning. The added sound makes it even more fascinating.

[@epasternak4206]

What else is incredible, all these people have passed away. This is an amazing video

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

It(the sound)makes it more "real". Unbelievable that we can see these people, still, after all these years. Simply fascinating. Too bad cameras weren't a thing in the medieval times. Time travel, like the internet, would be an amazing and horrible invention. ✌🏼

[@twodogzdogue8710]

@Ryan T haha shed be sick of getting birthday cards from the Queen...or King, whatever the case may be. But fair suck of the sauce bottle mate, I can't say I believe that tall story!

[@twodogzdogue8710]

@@Dirtbag-Hyena what about paradoxes in time travel, running into our old selves & changing history.. no one these days can stay off the street during a Lockdown let alone control themselves not to mess around with the past for any reason. What a shitstorm the future will be if TT is invented... won't be pretty! Just thinking about all them parallel universes... would they collide. Lots of things seem to collide. I collide all the time 😉

[@bdog0212]

Oh yeah, want to know a secret? Those are all electric vehicle's. Thank me later.

[@m90rider65]

This stuff never gets old. Absolutely love history.

[@jwalker7277]

Real talk and nuff respect to cameras...they never lie!!!!!!!

[@claudeanurudha7907]

Just amazing.

[@spazdaangrymf3541]

EXACTLY

[@veen9667]

It is old though.

[@Moremover]

... and 4 days later ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEqZaOm7iqmqc

[@stevenr.2534]

Don’t know whether I’m more amazed how dressed up everyone is or that nobody got run over.

[@kb9788]

Here it is, they were a tougher breed then. Period.

[@mikehernandezsr.8136]

4 days before the great earthquake that took 3000 lives.

[@stevejennex4309]

That comment made me laugh right out loud

[@Vodka2389]

Some almost did 5:08

[@spoon9488]

No phones to distract people

[@justme8837]

This is so amazing to watch. I love the chaos of the cars, wagons, street cars and pedestrians. Everyone running around the vehicles and I love how the boys grab onto the back of the cars and wagons to hitch a ride. I also liked how at the end when he turned around the kids were waving, just like it would be today. Thank you for sharing this snippet of life in 1906, it is almost like we were able to time travel back to that moment in history.

[@markmaloney8154]

Yeah, the guy driving the car with plate #4867 seems confused, reappearing in the video about five times. Maybe he lost his mind and was looking for it?...

[@lazurm]

@@markmaloney8154 He was asked to do this to give the "future" viewers an artificially induced notion of San Francisco's modernity/wealth.

[@influencefreedom]

It was great how we acted without gov't demanding how to act. It is a thing of beauty

[@jeffreyknight3884]

I felt the same, kids are kids.

[@fredtello]

look at all the racists

[@shadesofmist9214]

Everyone who had a car was rich, today everyone has a car and whoever has a horse is rich

[@lilibarrerafashionart]

This comment deserves many more likes 👍👍👍

[@shadesofmist9214]

@@lilibarrerafashionart thank you , i subs you :)

[@alisonlyons4691]

So true, more people should like your comment.

[@AlternateKek]

Horse isnt that expensive also owning land isnt that expensive. You can get both for less than the price of a average car.

[@3Dgamespot]

You copy this comment from others stop copying okay

[@karisgranger6013]

Every time a horse and carriage passes by, I feel as if I am really on the street next to it. I had this amazing moment of feeling like I really did travel back in time and what it could have been like to live in this era. I got goosebumps! Amazing quality to this video.

[@Moremover]

and 4 days later ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEqZaOm7iqmqc

[@phantomwarrior8686]

It's kind creepy imagine that 4 days later the San Francisco would be completely destroyed. I wanted to travel back in time and at least try to advise someone important about this happening.

[@stacyritter4527]

Thank you..made me feel like a time traveler.

[@bobbybird4985]

but the children's laughter was timeless, crazy to believe this was a time when our grandparents parents were living

[@evie5631]

@@bobbybird4985 not grandparents lol, maybe great grandparents

[@ChelseaForeverFan]

Same here.

[@cleander97]

Are you a ghost?

[@valeriekrueger91]

I wonder what the accident rate was ? Like a big free-for-all, people, horses, cyclists wandering across the road willy-nilly. Mind you it was probably alot slower than we think. Road hogs all over the place - nothing changes !

[@annmiller5603]

My father was 15 in 1906 and lived south of Market. He didn't have a driver's license but told me he drove someone's car down the Middle of Market St. Every time I see pictures like this I expect to see him😊

[@keytosuccess5634]

May I ask how old are you now?

[@annmiller5603]

@@keytosuccess5634 84

[@scoliosisdiva]

@@annmiller5603 damn, so your father was born in 1891. he got to see the 19th century! thats so cool! did he tell you any stories about his tennage years or his ancestors? i'd absolutely love to read them :)

[@kaylaearley1742]

Please tell us more! That is insanely fascinating

[@amariaplays]

wow thats so cool

[@hanzfranz7739]

People dont realize how their "everyday life" will be interesting to watch for people in 50, 100 and 200 years.

[@karakoima]

Seeing clips from the 70`s, when I was a Scandinavian teenager is hilarious enough. One think that not much changes but, well it does.

[@kingofenglandthethir]

Our awfully modern world will one day appear quaint.

[@cheryldahl9192]

I realize this :)

[@maxamillion2140]

what's amazing for future generations is that peoples ordinary lives are documented daily all around the world and have been for over a decade now. If in 2050 you want to look at what life was like in paris in 2014, you can find it. That is what's most intriguing about our time to me, and i wish we could do that more with the past.

[@hadeseye2297]

O! Polskie nazwisko.

[@sterlingstauffer2915]

“Honey, I’m home from my trip downtown! I only had 34 close calls today unlike yesterday when I had 56.”

[@gerardopinto3052]

Exactly my thoughts, I'm wondering of they had insurance back then?

[@skylilly1]

LOL I was rooting for all of those pedestrians crossing the so called road. Especially the man holding the child. I'm like "oh my word!" Cars weaving and cutting others off. What a riot!

[@ashiqahamed7740]

Still like that here in India

[@lanek2177]

Gerardo Pinto I can only imagine how many deaths occurred. So many tragedies because of modern ingenuity.

[@5jr.racing982]

Lol....the whole thing made me anxious! It's just crazy....5 mile an hour mayhem!

[@TheClassyArchitect]

This is stupendous. It’s really interesting to see that hitchhiking was apparently just a normal thing. The combination of pedestrians, horses, horse-drawn carriages, horse-drawn trolleys, automobiles, and trolleys is really neat. And man does the embarcadero look good. Such a valuable historic film, and even more so that it was recorded just days before the great earthquake.

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

Don't forget cyclists in the traffic mayhem mix! LOL!

[@quxantipe]

@@MichelleVisageOnlyFans no bike lanes back than, and no road rage because one went outside of the bike lane.

[@alfredoalvarez3401]

They left us their looks, their daily life, a bit o their time, more 100 years ago. I wish you all had beatiful lives. Blessings and thanks for posting such a glorious memory.

[@phantomwarrior8686]

Life was very difficult and disheartening 120 years ago.

[@johnnyp5913]

Police officer, after a crash: "OK sir, now which lane were you in?" Driver: "Yes."

[@mspraggins]

Police officer, after a crash: "OK sir, now which lane were you in?" Driver: "All of them."

[@A.Martin]

at least they had already invented driving on one side of the road, although they didn't always keep to it.

[@phantomwarrior8686]

Crash happened every time back in this day.

[@tommyj0059]

This is too brilliant for the words that I have to express my gratitude to all involved; other than a grateful thank you. My father was a 3 year old in 1906. I am overwhelmed with joy. You took me into a little bit of my grandparents lives.

[@pinklady7184]

My late grandfather was 23 in that year. Imagine what people in the next century say about us in this century.

[@Krawn_]

@@pinklady7184 Most of the Humans will be dead on Earth

[@laquerisma]

My one grandmother was a few months old and the other, months from being born.

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

So you're part of the generation that fkd everything up, for the human spirit at least.. Although I do like to praise our era for the fact that we've managed to get this incredible looking back capability. Anyway, back to sleep

[@drunolan5656]

My dad was 7 years old, lived on Washington Street in Pacific Heights, big old double Victorian house survived.

[@matthewdavenport2490]

Near the end of the video, there is a considerable amount of standing water on Market Street near the Ferry Building. There had been, according to all three main city newspapers and the local weather bureau, no measurable rainfall in the city since April 1, 1906 (which was .01 inches). There had been 7 days of rain in the last 10 days of March, but I find it unlikely it would still have been standing in puddles two weeks later. It's possible that either (1) this was the result of a heavy spray-down of that portion of Market Street (since puddles really don't appear elsewhere), or (2) this was not April 14 but actually earlier.

[@gizzyguzzi]

That would be a Saturday. Is it possible they had an open market along Market Street? I remember being in cities ( Paris in the 1980s and Boston recently) where vendors have produce and meat in the morning, and then hose all the crap out into the streets when they close down for the day. Assuming they had plumbing at the time. The other thought was sewers draining into the streets from adjacent buildings?

[@eee11112]

I must say, the added sound in this video is top notch. A lot of attention was given to it. Very good job!

[@snaker9er]

True, at first it didn't even occur to me there wouldn't have been any sound recording with the original

[@234dilligaf]

I agree. Excellent work. Almost convincing.

[@chriscruz9825]

Everyone wore a hat, men and women alike

[@Galidorquest]

@@chriscruz9825 There's parts of the world where everyone still wears head coverings.

[@patrickcharles7190]

I was compelled to watch the entire video. Literally everybody was dressed nicely. Knowing that the earthquake hit that same week is a heartbreaker. The world was sooooo different.

[@patrickcharles7190]

@Big Man Definitely not off the rack.

[@patrickcharles7190]

@Big Man Actually, the rack was just becoming a thing in the post-Victorian era. Most women knew how to sew and buying the latest patterns for their families was the version of "off the rack". Women were all striving to have the Gibson girl look. Trying to achieve piled up hair, a thin waist, and a frumpy dress is how they measured fashion. Just like today...no...today is growing a fat ass and twerking in a thong. Anyway, some worked harder than others at keeping the closet full of clean clothes-albeit bland colors for men. Just like today, however, this was a whole lot easier for the wealthy. It would have been easier to sew a pair of shorts or wear flip flops or any of the informal garb we choose theses days...but they chose to be dressed to the nines. No decent mother and wife would send their loved ones out any other way.

[@patrickcharles7190]

@Big Man Lol. The bigger the better

[@ryohn5468]

People did have deodorant then and hygiene products. Dresses were tailor made as well as shipped from Chicago via Sears. People didn't always smell bad. Summer clothes were lighter in color as Spring fashions were both dark and light. Bustles were out of style since 1889/90. Not all could afford the latest styles but adapted their own. Class/Caste had their set of rules. Back then things took longer because of no airplanes and no modern technology. Highways weren't advanced yet. Boats and ships and trains. The few cars didn't go too far. People were less populated because of no modern transportation and everything was local. If you ordered something from Europe it took a month to get to San Francisco. A week from Chicago. New York about 10 days. News was telegraphed. That's how the world knew about the 1906 Earthquake was by telegraph.

[@SpicyReplays]

It looks like CGI. Everyone looks like there all perfectly moving in a synchronized pattern. People seem to wonder around like lemmings, all fixated on the camera. They all jump onto random horse carriages like they can all get a free rides and one cares. This all looks very artificial to me. They all have the exact same facial expressions, they all look daze or confused and some what mildly happy running around like headless chickens. To me they look like a bunch of pigeons moving around like programmed non playing characters you would see in a computer game.

[@kingofenglandthethir]

Jumping on to lorries was something we still did as kids n the 50s. I remember seeing the cobbled streets getting their first layer of tarmac. Horses were becoming rarer but still an everyday sight. This work of upgrading film must require a lot of patience and an eye for detail. Every frame is sepia masterpiece. Thanks for the journey into a past that still teachers the eye.

[@thenoid5131]

Amazing to think that that baby shown in dads arms @ 1:50 is now over 100 years old 😳 our time here is short so live in peace and in it’s fullest

[@superelectic45]

The baby he's holding is likely to have been dust for some years now.

[@jonathanlife5304]

Unless it died four days later from the quake :(

[@deboradeby7808]

The baby is now 115 years old.

[@lynnberkery9939]

@@freewaygodzilla6024 lol? You are looking at a scene of lively street life of over 100 years ago, where we know many of these people and animals will be dead within a few days after the filming of this scene. It's actually pretty sobering, and in a way this film is beautiful homage to those lost lives.

[@xboxgamer7453]

@@davehart7943 i was filming it...I remember it like yesterday....

[@webbtrekker534]

What a marvelous slice of history.

[@charleyarchuleta4932]

Wow!!!! Didn’t expect that. I was so drawn in. Love this video. Does anyone else wonder what the most insignificant person was thinking at that moment, where they lived? What they ate for breakfast? Where the ride Theo bike home too? I’m weird that way. I can stare at old photos endlessly. This could tie me up for weeks. It’s like a time machine. I look at their expressions and it challenges me.

[@vickiehadd4324]

THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT HOW MODERN THINGS WERE

[@BraulioMontelongo]

I am the exact same way, its like I'm drawn to the past in a time I never existed in and yet I feel like its like a previous life or something

[@Marcello3364]

Incredibly, in that chaos that was the traffic of cars, wagons and pedestrians, no accidents were recorded during the entire film. There was no sign of any kind, but it seemed that everyone understood each other very well. I am amazed on this trip to a remote past.

[@selrahcnotyalc7757]

What makes it crazy is that I bet no one took a driving test to learn how to drive

[@Mmdmade]

Probably helped no one went over 20 mph 🤣

[@selrahcnotyalc7757]

@@Mmdmade its like riding a hoverboard or electric scooter it beats walking in those hard soul 👞s u can have it ill take one of each

[@mn1801]

Traffic like in modern day Beirut, Lebanon

[@isaaclara2485]

They all occurred behind the camera

[@disarray3714]

I didn't think I was going to stick with this for 12 minutes, but it was packed with interest, tension, and suspense 😱. Amazing work! Thanks to all for your commitment to this project🙏

[@gangoffour6690]

I love watching the old restored and enhanced videos. I sit and watch while being transfixed in wonderment. The juxtaposition of the horse and buggy and the coming of the new age of transportation and technology. Thank you for your presentation.

[@ericvigen]

Incredible quality for the upscaled version of an old footage !

[@ActiveDuke]

So nice to time travel back to these old amazing days.. thanks all of you who make us see things like this !!!

[@calvinjackson8110]

If somebody has done one of these for 1900 or the late 1800s such as 1890 I would be most interested in seeing them. I could sit and watch this for hours! You are actually looking at the real past!

[@GreebleClown]

Someone did a modern version of this exact scene for 2020. :)

[@davidh9844]

Pretty amazing! A continent away in New York City, my future grandfather had just turned 8, and had been living in America for five years. His future wife lived a few blocks away, and had just turned 2 the day before this picture was made. It wasn't a great marriage, they would divorce in about 50 years. My other grandfather on that day was hanging out somewhere outside of Kiev, learning how to craft silver. He was 16. He would be heading to Philadelphia, with a younger sister, later that year. And naturally, the apocalypse would strike San Francisco before the week was out. Like I said, pretty amazing footage.

[@SteveAbatangle]

Fun note: that clock tower you see, the one the camera is aimed at for most of the trip, is still there-and it looks exactly the same. It's one of the few things that managed to survive the '06 quake.

[@4486xxdawson]

It amazes me how all that traffic and all different modes of transportation and nobodys freaking out or bumbing or hogging the road , just smooth as butter WOW its almost romantically inviting

[@AsherIsbrucker]

I watch these century-old prints and wonder where everybody was going, and what they were doing with their day. The guy at 2:50 who jogs to catch the streetcar - was he late for something? Did he have an appointment? At 2:57, that kid who jumps off the back of the horse-drawn-carriage - was he maybe running into a shop across the street to pick up a parcel? At 4:18, two men are carrying building supplies, it looks like. What were they doing with them? Did they make something that's still around today? Those kids running in front of the camera and grabbing onto the back of the car at 7:09 - do they remember the time they saw the motion picture camera on Market Street? What did they grow up to do? That's what I love about these videos so much. Also, notice how there are really no traffic laws yet. People just weave in and out as they please.

[@ClearDresss]

Bravo

[@timdella92]

Right? Makes you wonder. Now, I kind of feel warm inside just thinking about it.

[@christinenadeau6371]

Considering the horrible earthquake just four days later, whatever those men built probably didn't stand long.

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

@@christinenadeau6371 im wheezing💀💀your not wrong though

[@Ryzler13]

That car with reg 2867 who wants to show off his car doing a U turn in front of cam 3+ times

[@vincentaurelius2390]

Pretty cool how everything moves at roughly the same speed; cars, carriages, trolleys, bicycles, horses, pedestrians. Amazing video. Every time I watch it I spot something new.

[@markpeters7466]

Its interesting how relaxed people were when someone walked or drove in front of someone no one yelled and wanted confront someone they just let things flow no anger or road rage.

[@phantomwarrior8686]

But it was very dangerous to say. I usually imagine the amount of hit-and-run that occurred at that time...

[@orsmo7]

This was only two generations ago for me and I'm 39: My grandpa was 3 and lived a few blocks away from Market Street in 1906. Their house burned down and the family spent a month or so living in tents in Golden Gate Park.

[@apo5895]

Was it due to the earthquake and fire of San francisco

[@phattx5148]

😎

[@corycg9624]

You’re parents must of had you later in life if you’re only 39 years old and your Grandfather was born before 1906

[@Moremover]

... and 4 days later ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEqZaOm7iqmqc

[@billjones642]

3 generations for me, I'm 19. My great grandfather was 2 and great grandmother, 4.

[@MarkWhich]

I love the mix between horse carriages and automobiles.

[@cherish78748]

And those horses must've had strong constitutions. I don't know of a horse today you could drive that close to or cut in front of without making them veer off or behave dangerously

[@havingagr8time]

And cable cars!

[@HenrikHovhannisyan]

The cars just were new inventions at that time, but the horse carriages existed from the 100 BC i think, while watching i can even imagine how was the life many centuries ago, just imagine the same video without the cars and electric wagons.

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

...and pedestrians

[@laurieg6756]

As a native SFranciscan, this film feels eerie to me. I've walked or riden down that very street so many times and the corner where Justin Herman plaza now stands looks nothing like it did. Still had so much of the Barbary Coast feel to it in this film. I love It! And for those saying how "decent" people looked, I suggest you learn a bit about SF Barbary Coast history... there were bordellos galore *gasp*.

[@cynthiacook1646]

As a native also, there was still some Shanghaiing going on.

[@karakoima]

Whats that buildig at the end of the street? A railway station?

[@SmartK8]

The cops are walking around like: "Good day, so far no traffic violations today." Meanwhile around: *mayhem*

[@buanabundolo]

Yeah! I saw that cop alone in the middle of that nightmare! lmao!

[@A.Martin]

@@buanabundolo kinda like modern times, nothing he can do about it, too much bad driving to deal with :P

[@RealRicheyRich]

Or yesterday , Or the day before that seem like

[@IIVVBlues]

I was familiar with Market Street a quarter of a century ago. I often took the same cable car route to the Embarcadero. I had an office for a while in Embarcadero II. I left California 21 years ago and this was a fascinating window to the past. Thanks for posting it.

[@goodshepherd3438]

I am a French Canadian lady a 77years old. My dad was born in year 1916. His mom at 9 kids and my dad older sister was born year 1905. WOW WOW WOW!!!! It's unbelievable to see that's what her days look like. Those days everything seam simple. I really enjoy the video. I see the way they manoeuvre no accident. From Canada 🇨🇦❤

[@Firebrand55]

This was the Age of Trust....no signs needed, no policeman, no traffic lights, no road markings etc. This was the daily hustle and bustle of Market street, which, I guess, soon became normal. Just look at how smoothly people and traffic move about. The colourization here is great; not too much, not too little and brings the original black and whiteto life. Great Job.

[@truthteller4442]

Yup. That’s because they knew there were no primitive psychos almost eager to kill them. Say what you will, but homogeneous societies are foster more trust. Despite all the chaos, everyone is still relaxed in demeanor. Cautious but relaxed. If this was NYC, today, there would be 25 dead, hourly.

[@Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha]

there were policemen

[@caelidhg6261]

And people died. Folks think everything was OK... But folks died and horses died and it was dangerous...

[@Foxyoso]

Try seeing this after "Mary Jane" i was speechless the whole time. Just too many comparisons. I thank the man filming, his strength in cranking that camera all that way..lol. Kudos! EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!!!

[@hamdifouzai4713]

Great video of that nice city Thank you for upload And thank you for the man in the past that film it

[@7daze432]

the traffic is like everyman for himself...."I'll just walk in front of this jolly ol train car and hope I don't die"..

[@shellys7660]

I know, I was getting nervous each time a car crossed over so quickly and thought 'omg they're going to freakin' kill somebody'

[@menifo4334]

To me, the most amazing thing about this processed scan is the adding and synching of sound.

[@keurikeuri7851]

It's amazing how much chaotic the road is and yet there is no accidents for the whole 12 mins of the video.

[@chunk1978]

It's strange to think how every single person in this movie, including the infants and children, have all passed away.

[@quicksilver2510]

Hester Ford (the oldest living American currently alive) was about 8 months old when this footage was taken, but to be fair, it's highly unlikely she was there at the time 😄

[@buyerofsorts]

@@quicksilver2510 Of course she was there! Who do you think took the footage!?

[@johnjay599]

Nancy Pelosi is still alive.

[@buyerofsorts]

@@johnjay599 Nah, she's a corpse filled with formaldehyde with puppet strings attached to make her move around. Very realistic but close up you can see she's been dead for quite some time now.

[@lisahumphries3898]

That’s the funny thing about earth... no one gets out of here alive. Old saying. Haha.

[@FS02012]

Back when we had trains cars pedestrians and horses altogether on the streets with no traffic lights

[@mrmjb1960]

The film survives because while the quake occured the film was being processed in New York City!

[@servabo_fidem1449]

This was wonderful to watch. I love all the old architecture, the ladies' dresses and hats, the buggies and autos intermingled.

[@Shaverboy516]

This is incredible, people looked like they were either going to get trampled by a horse or flattened by a trolley, but somehow just manage to avoid it.

[@gwtwvivien]

I love San Francisco. Im not from USA but I have been in S F five times. This film its a Gem!!!! A perfect restoration of an historical and lost moment. Four days later..most of the buildings were lost. I feel very pitty for those horses too....and the people there..so happy. But its glorious to see them here. A treasure. Congrats!!!!. ❤

[@TheLucreziia]

The complete randomness of the traffic and people looks so strange to us time travelers.

[@philipe7937]

OMG, that’s beautiful. It makes you feel like you’re there.

[@patriciageorge9648]

Terrific historic footage to be treasured! Thank you so much! I sent it on to other to appreciate!

[@bateli9733]

Truly amazing. Feels like traveling back in time.

[@marieclaire4935]

Omg! Would love to experience this live in person for even 5 minutes

[@rhasaansimmons645]

Right!!

[@alyssajones4368]

Not a single ounce of road rage. Love it! Everyone is cool calm, and collected just going about their day.

[@pp3k3jamail]

Unfortunately 4 days later a lot of these people in this video will die because of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 which destroyed like more than half the city

[@alyssajones4368]

@@pp3k3jamail Yeah. I read about that in History. Very heartbreaking

[@bobturnley2787]

Amazing how the horses seem unfazed by all the traffic going all directions. Olds, Ramblers, Cadillacs, Fords and Studebakers had only been in mass production for about 5 years.

[@workplacewarriordoctorpepp203]

kudos for taking the time , expense and detail in colorizing this film. great post !

[@m8trxd]

1906: “Who is gonna clean up all this horse poop?” 2021: Who is gonna clean up all this human poop?

[@oreally8605]

Lol okay?

[@crazykong1967]

Sad but true, Hilarious!

[@sgt7512]

Hell, the 1906 streets looked cleaner

[@mikeimpressionsreviews]

@@oreally8605 yep check out the tenderloin area of SF.....

[@crazykong1967]

@Eidelmania Actually no. My opinion is strictly from a Conservative Democrat.

[@pressstart1490]

Incredible how much the humanity and society changed and developed in just 100 years (1900-2000)

[@Moremover]

and 4 days later ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEqZaOm7iqmqc

[@kellyspann9845]

And it's still going to crap today !

[@1956paterson]

This is a film record of San Francisco just before the earthquake.

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

I said the same thing when I first turn this video on.

[@Mrbfgray]

3000 killed seems way low.

[@GypsyFairy85]

@@Mrbfgray The population of SF was nowhere near to what it is now.

[@PLS.54]

This film was sent to their NY studios just one day before the great quake occurred, saving it from destruction by the brothers who filmed this. They later filmed the devastation after the quake, down this very street.

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

4 days before the great earthquake. 4 days.

[@lindak1965]

I actually find this soothing as asmr I really enjoy this. So glad I found this channel

[@CasperLCat]

If that title card is correct the great 1906 earthquake and fire was only 4 days away. I only hope some of those cheerful young newsboys survived to tell their own grandchildren...

[@drunolan5656]

My grandfathers shoe business burned down in the fire. And his brothers shoe company too.

[@haihengh]

there was a video doing the same shot right after the earthquake, same downtown same street.

[@Bombersman]

The video was recorded on a Sunday, though the last Sunday before the earthquake is April 15 1906

[@robjohnson8392]

Incredible that this film should survive after these images were captured just days before the San Fran earthquake and fire.

[@DeborahE7]

The center building at the end was built in 1896. So it's only 10 years old in this video. It fascinates me how grand the construction was when they only had horses and railroads for transportation during the time that it was built. Could it be linked of the lost history of Tartaria?

[@Прекрасноепутешествие]

Deborah E - ... there is no doubt about Tartary. There are materials by Pavel Karelin on KZbin on this score. I recommend that you definitely look at and familiarize yourself with interesting materials. There is no smoke without fire. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX2odJ-rg9mSrsU

[@gold_bookworm]

Here's more about that building: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Ferry_Building

[@DeborahE7]

@@gold_bookworm Never rely on Wikipedia for real unadulterated history. It’s only what the mainstream news had decided as “truth”. Real truth doesn’t change every 100 years. Only 100 years ago all children were taught in American schools that the earth was flat. Think about that.

[@judjudersawn2596]

Hester Ford of North Carolina (115 years old) is the only American still with us who lived when this was filmed.

[@ciclon00nz96]

The work on sounds is stunning

[@RafaelHernandez-et6vv]

I don’t know why but when I watch this video I want to cry. I can’t explain it. I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I get real emotional

[@thomasbusciglio5239]

And to think that the city would be completely destroyed by an earthquake...just four days after this film was made!

[@claysavage8047]

Interesting

[@WinslowLeach1974]

And the same guys made another film down the same route after the quake....unbelievable

[@sadiasuleman1102]

Oh really ?

[@robwayne8322]

@@WinslowLeach1974 where is that?

[@bobblowhard8823]

Actually, the city was not completely destroyed.

[@neilbain8736]

The amount of work in reproducing this is amazing!

[@paddle_shift]

I'm shocked at the number of cars in 1906. Also, that they had no concept of left lane or right lane or pulling into traffic safely. It's all chaotic, yet perfectly imperfect.

[@elias7748]

So many cars. But I think there are "so many" because many of the same cars keep showing up. Probably to put the impression they had many cars there.

[@paddle_shift]

@@elias7748 Haha! You are so right! I didn't catch that they were doing u turns and coming back around! Hilarious... Probably got together beforehand and planed this so they could screw with KZbinrs 115 years later. Guiness Book of World Record for longest setup.

[@melodi996]

@@paddle_shift yup, it was planned, who knew that having a lot of cars would seem like a minus in the future.)

[@doYYY-gq1ox]

It's amazing how stable the camera work is and this is before the days of gimble stabilizers. And of course, four days later on April 18, the great earthquake of 1906 hit San Francisco.

[@MXedits_1]

Could it have been edited? Is it possible to stabilize a video from 1906 using today's technology?

[@mikimike]

Funny to think that even the baby the guy was carrying across the street would be over 100 years old now if still alive.

[@vsaedl]

Still is alive. Her name is Nancy Pelosi

[@ChelseaForeverFan]

@@vsaedl LOL ..

[@noahfb1]

114-115 yrs old by now (2021)...probably dead long time ago.

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

@@noahfb1 theres people alive born in 1903, 1904, 05 and 06. Not many but still.

[@padraiggillon]

@@grammaticalchainsaw7318 There are seven as of this writing. Seven known people on the planet who were alive when this was filmed. And by tomorrow, there will probably only be six...

[@bensuarez8688]

Wow.... A 1906 colorized with sound.... Amazing.....

[@ZeroChannelZero]

2021: There are no traffic lights. 1906: What are traffic lights? 2021: They tell you what lanes are allowed to go. 1906: What are lanes? 2021: It's where you drive so you don't get a ticket. 1906: What's a ticket? 2021: It's what you get when you violate a traffic ordinance. 1906: What's a traffic ordinance? 2021: It's an arbitrary rule usually set by states and local municipalities to control the population 1906: Oh you mean like Jim Crow laws. 2021: Whats jim crow laws

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

@Gormen Freeman No need to get into the race issue.. besides look, these people are so uncharacteristically white

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

Not sure about the US but in the UK there has been a recent trend to make kids do too many dumbass school tests over and over, but which are still demanding - it's a far cry from kids back then hitching rides on the back of cabs eh

[@ditto1958]

That seriously must have been nice to be able to travel on streets and highways without having to worry about being pulled over.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

And just one day later Caruso sang in the opera Carmen at the Grand Opera House.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Yeah, and he got caught in it, I think? He was lucky! Liszt pianist Reisenauer left quite safely around Feb. 10 headed for L.A. and Sdgo. He almost got tarred and feathered after standing-up the L.A. audience, and coming in drunk an hour late! The Palace Hotel also is where he'd stayed.

[@caracciologuanipa1786]

So much technical details in the description, resolve all of my questions about the video, i'm suscribed, keep that way

[@deefitzgerald2906]

I just Love this....My GOD between the CRAZY CAR driving then through in the HORSES and people trying to cross the street......All of the NOISES it is FABULOUS would LOVE to have been right there......

[@1956paterson]

Crossing the street was far more dangerous back then. There were apparently no rules of the road.

[@sanjanewmoonlife]

In this time people was more clever from this now generation . Now so many people and children died from accident car's, street . Can you see how they drive ,very slowly .

[@EmilyTienne]

Vehicles only moved along at 5-10 MPH tho.

[@haitianwarriorking8224]

@@EmilyTienne I hear some could have reached up to 30 M.P.H.

[@UnknownVentures]

People still do that in many countries.

[@Azstaria]

Yep, very dangerous back then - in 1912 my great-grandfather's sister was killed in the Bellevue part of NYC by a 14th Street crosstown car (which I think is a trolleylike vehicle) ! She was most likely trying to cross the street - she played the piano for silent films and was getting into acting at the time of her death.

[@FoggyBadger]

This is so wild to me! I go up and down Market Street every day and I never even think about it. Now I won't be able to not think about it when I'm there. Makes me happy to see the Ferry Building there. Market Street just wouldn't be the same without it sitting right there at the end. During December, the building is lit in green and red. I took a picture of it and it's the lock screen on my phone. This video makes me both happy and sad at the same time. I especially love how it doesn't just end, there's a little tribute.

[@Ffsdevgj]

As crazy as it may sound, this is the way people still drive in some parts of the world.

[@beverlyann111]

True

[@Legendaryguyhomie]

India

[@ChucksGhost01]

Not a tattoo in sight, or ankles for that matter. Ah, the good old days.

[@loraldinp2624]

It’s a beautiful video and a great glimpse into history before the earthquake, but wow you’re suppressed if that’s all you got out of it- ankles and tattoos.

[@ChucksGhost01]

@@loraldinp2624 Twas but a silly jest.

[@4icxx]

Not just that look how women’s used to dress 😍

[@Callatis]

Or face diapers.

[@ChucksGhost01]

@@Callatis Aye son, many a fair lass who's haved a babe faced a good plenty o' diapers in those days o' yore. Tiss no deffrn't n' now!

[@cratecruncher6687]

In four days you won't even recognize this place! What an amazing document considering the date. I'm surprised there isn't any horse manure on the streets. Those are some well mannered horses.

[@panwarpradeep7351]

One thing can be assume that there were no such specific traffic rules existed

[@Moremover]

and 4 days later ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIXEqZaOm7iqmqc

[@LineaDeus]

*Wow... A Hundred and fifteen years ago...* I felt like I just Time travelled. ..........It didn't need to hit us with the bad news at the end.

[@gwtwvivien]

Mike Upchurch... Congrats and thank you for this amazing piece of history. Perfect restoration!!!!

[@khaledosama1836]

It's sad that the city got destroyed 4 days after... but in this I feel a weird feeling of beauty.. how alive the city is. Its beautiful.

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

Simply astounding. I would love for someone to record this same route today, then play it in 4 quadrants. Quadrant 1 would be this video and sound. Quadrant 2 would be the modern video of the modern street. Quadrant 3 would be the two videos superimposed on each other, highlighting the common buildings that still stand today. Quadrant 4 would be a bird’s eye Google Map tracing the route as it happens.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Good idea! Someone DO it!

[@Voltomess]

No traffic lights no stop signs no rules just a pure chaos..........In case someone wondering what was the cost of a car back then they were for $2800 , the average wage in 1906 was 22 cents per hour. The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 a year, a dentist $2,500 a year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 a year, a mechanical engineer about $5,000 a year.

[@-starlight-8282]

Wow this is amazing ! Is feel like I’m travel back in time 👀❣️

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

This is an amazing video. Really surprised how well dressed most people were back in the day.

[@jonathanbray3075]

Yep!... They're all well dressed & READY! Just in case they had attend a funeral!.. Whether they may be the victim or someone else who DIES!!!... Most likely due to J- Walking.. Horse & Buggy... Vehicular Homicide or just your run of the mill FLU!!!

[@corygasparich]

One thing that always strikes me in this video is that many of these people are in the final week of their lives.

[@Novasterling]

Back when the poop in the street was horse poop .

[@DanJordan-k8y]

This was 4 days before the great San Francisco earthquake.

[@diamondfirst9956]

and now when humanity became so modern and so civilized, we have human poop on the street....

[@thethrillofpattaya8404]

***Pre crack pipe era!***

[@thethrillofpattaya8404]

@@diamondfirst9956 ***That's not from humans becoming "modern & civilized" ... It's from LYING HYPOCRITICAL DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS being voted into public office!***YES IT IS!***

[@Dubbadizzo86]

@@thethrillofpattaya8404 Dude, even if you're right, your use of caps and asterisks just make you look like a psycho conspiracy theorist. No one is going to take you seriously. Especially if it seems like you're yelling at them.