San Francisco before and after Earthquake

[@beckyroy6519]

Incredible footage. The first thing I noticed is we don’t drive much better now than we did then.

[@sodoffbaldrick3038]

Thanks for this- my great-grandfather was an electrical engineer in San Francisco at this time and would have had to walk down Market Street daily on his commute to work. I love to think that one of the people in this video is him. My beloved grandmother was his oldest child, 8 years old at the time of the great quake. The entire family survived.

[@marybranicki2859]

Ruth Presti ......... ❤️❤️ wonderful story......

[@sharonalbert4305]

Great story indeed.

[@annat.4282]

Ruth Presti Thank you for sharing.

[@lindastanley2521]

My grandparents were 13 and 15 year olds in SF when this occurred. My grandfather's large family was force to move to Oakland to reopen their "Denver Bakery" (bread). Brick buildings which were not "secured" to foundations caused buildings to collapse, then the fire took care of more buildings. Goldenrath and Rothenstein families.

[@2degucitas]

Linda Stanley My grandparents survived this quake also. 10 and 14 yrs of age.

[@bluebird5361]

Absolutely fascinating. Good thing traffic moved slowly cos they all just went wherever they chose. Extraordinary.

[@Krautmaster86]

still better footage than by an iphone x

[@darrellsadler2848]

I love this but I can imagine all of the accidents, deaths, etc... that occured while trying to get from point A to point B back then, even without any natural disasters.

[@mjt2231]

The world's first dash cam?

[@zzz11666]

I love watching the people and how they dressed in 1906. Wished people took care of themselves nowadays. I thought there was footage of the actual quake on KZbin somewhere. My great grandfather was in this quake but I didn't get a chance to hear much about it because he died when I was young.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

There is. Look above at where the vids are listed or try googling it.

[@ZacatecanoEl]

I love the soundtrack on this video. I've been blasting it the whole day.

[@cortezmauricio8099]

ZacatecanoEl this has a better beat.. then all rap music these days

[@Oakleaf700]

Really uber fast drumming...drummer must be on speed.

[@greenidguy9292]

Relentless machine gun fire...

[@jamesboaz4787]

ZacatecanoEl that's to bad. It's fake. Watch close kzbin.info/www/bejne/boKYf6ioa5lleLc

[@11pmeade]

ZacatecanoEl Funniest thing I've read all day. 😂. I'm still watching and laughing. Well, not laughing now cause it's sad now. Smiling now.

[@williamcrovo6452]

I believe, if you do some background check on this film, The footage of before the quake was taken in April of 1906. It was filmed about a week prior to the quake. The film had to be sent to New York to be developed. The photographer sent it out the afternoon prior to the quake.

[@Elvisultimatefanchannel]

Correct

[@donaldwolpert6356]

There was a "60-Minutes" spot about the pre-earthquake footage, and found that the sequence was filmed by the Miles Bros. Studio and the footage took place at early April 1906. The footage was processed, copied and sent eastbound by train just days before the quake.

[@louberano5602]

Zero traffic safety lol. Awesome! Great video.

[@taurus-astrobike104]

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME priceless footage WOOOW Y'ALL !! Thankyou Soooooooooooo VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS AWESOME AMAZING FABULOUS classics...👍👍

[@anitap696]

Very Sad but still Beautiful ❤

[@zzz11666]

The cable cars are just as iconic as the red double-decker buses in London. Unfortunately, London has become a sewer since I last visited, and S.F. had already gained that title.

[@donnaleeclubb119]

@rob yohn It would be great if those disasters would get rid of the vermin of the population. The trouble is illness and disasters are not particular when it takes people from this earth. Sweet, good, productive people and heroes are taken also. That is the sad part.

[@dfcvda]

i love the way they just did what they wanted, in terms of traffic control 1:13 for example.

[@ja-uh9gz]

Looked like every man, horse, car and trolley for themselves. Keep moving any way you can..

[@sumghai777]

What kind of weird earthquake brought down huge masonry structures, yet left the light rail tracks intact? And all the attires, everyone in tailor fit clothing with hats and canes. Was it really an earthquake or a demolition?

[@gymnasmic7425]

It's CRAZY the lack of road laws they have. People just walking across the street as they please, weaving through carriages and cars.

[@mathewpasalskyj782]

It was in April of 1906 the great San Francisco quake hit and the before footage was recorded one week before the catastrophic event.Dont believe me?research it then.Peace

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

According to documentary I watched, soon after this disaster, a group of Italian- American businessmen founded The Bank of America to help rebuild...I think this is the same bank we know today.

[@abrahamminner7569]

Rebecca Quartieri your exactly right

[@Imkpopmom]

What gets me it’s how many people got run over just on a regular day.

[@frisco415ization]

Love my beautiful city❤

[@jimmystreet525]

Wendy lopez northern California state think their shit don't stink. L A with its beach a hollywood out rank this shithole

[@zzz11666]

Wendy...Why do you and everyone that lives in S.F. always says "My" City? Quit bragging. I see comments like this on KZbin all the time. My City....pfffft. It smells like piss all over, homelessness is rampant, and the air smells like a sewer by the Bay. I live an hour away. I see it and smell it all the time.

[@zzz11666]

Jimmy....I agree. I live near there. They really do think their shit don't stink and they brag about a city that smells like a sewer and there's urine on every corner with bums sitting in it. LA is that way too, but it has much more beautiful areas like Rancho Palos Verdes, Newport Beach, Laguna Niguel...much more appealing than the Bay Area.

[@Ahlisvh]

R.I.P. the horses

[@ursulasmith6402]

That looked like an air raid, like a war zone, wow.

[@richardnunez3474]

Woe amazing footage. Thank you.

[@almadevarla.3572]

Que vida tranquila essas Pessoas tinham em suas rotinas e trabalhos. - Extraordinário documentário... excepcional!!!

[@gaynor1721]

Can anybody tell me why there wasn't an official body count? It's estimated between 700 - 3,000+ were killed. Where were the dead buried?

[@Jen-fr4sd]

☹💖💖💖 Thank you and God bless the departed.

[@sacowzer]

People jaywalked in the City just as much then as they do today.

[@HalfKort]

This traffic gives me anxiety

[@sonnydean3187]

What the earthquake didn't destroy, the subsequent fires obliterated. Seattle suffered a similar fate.

[@seananon4893]

5:58 Can anyone make out what this sign says? I see the image is reversed, but I can only make out the last "electricity power and gas".. Almost like it says "Journal of Electricity Power and Gas".... Kinda interesting.

[@dennisandry1632]

Yeah, Barney Fife would b going crazy with all those jaywalkers !! Lol

[@mikejones-qk2ou]

Notice the reckless driving by some!

[@aguy7848]

Why is there a mouse firing a tommy gun in the background?

[@jonathanjames471]

Cable cars on Market Street ....After the earthquake they were replaced with regular streetcars ...

[@caseybailey1628]

Wonder why they kept Powell/Hyde line to the Wharf then since rebuilding or maintaining Market Street seems easier being mostly flat.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

"when the midnight bells make you tremble for your combustible town" ~Nathaniel Hawthorne "A Rill from the Town Pump"

[@tomaszchodorowski]

before 1905 after 1906 can you see that?

[@logorithm]

People still dressed nicely with their headgears.

[@Handiman544]

NO rules of the road back then.LOLOL. You just drove where ever you wanted to, left side, right side, didn't matter. Even the steering wheels were on the right side, like England.

[@animatedparadise4321]

He went back in time

[@urszulagromadzka6417]

Was war da bevor waren die zwei kriger?

[@tomsdottir]

There you go: right hand drive cars before 1908 before they introduced the Model T. That was when the rot set in.

[@Danno1983]

We still av right hand drives in uk

[@ALEXEIS]

Everyone was well dressed.

[@chasbro777]

What the hell? 15 dislikes?

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

It's now Oct of 2018 & up to 35 dislikes. I don't understand why ! I think this video is fantastic.

[@jimmystreet525]

And history will repeat itself agzin

[@markhodgson2348]

Jimmy loveboat yes when your wonderful president trump drops the bomb ☢

[@elliesmith2324]

Mark Hodgson President Trump isn’t the one who’s made San Francisco a literal 💩 - hole!!!! Democrats and their leadership is #RecallGavinNewsom

[@luisbonilla275]

The earthquake hit in 1906 and reached a 7.8 on the richer scale

[@dadankilluminati1430]

Thank you google

[@dondressel4802]

Love all the traffic lights lol

[@LloydMacDuff]

This what we call a Pic of the past

[@whatarticartic646]

it took 3 days until the earthquake stopper

[@cortezmauricio8099]

SynYun RBLX dam

[@kaibutsu6100]

not true lol. the longest earthquake was 10 minutes and it wasn't this one.

[@toppertruthio]

is that an orb @4:08 ?

[@missyglittervlogs3543]

toppertruthio I think that’s the sun!

[@eyani121]

Poor horses

[@JohnHeiman]

Great video for its time. Was thinking if it would be as dramatic or more so if shot in today's 4K. Yeah, too much time on my hands. Try to re-imagine it with CNN style coverage.

[@disrespectfulbirb720]

Shit,scary

[@homefront3162]

At what point did the Turd-Burglars take over this City?

[@Handiman544]

I hate to say this but I think San Francisco needs another "housecleaning."

[@gregmarbury9432]

Maybe it was retribution for all the blatant jaywalking.

[@mohammedislam3362]

WHAT ON EARTH 24 DISLIKES

[@anthonymccully6136]

Stop for a train my ass !!!!

[@urszulagromadzka6417]

Marketing streit

[@urszulagromadzka6417]

Frank prague? Frank sprach cue

[@marilynbirzer2963]

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