You MUST ABSOLUTELY see this...not chess, but...

[Brian McBain]

San Fran 1905

"It should be noted that the driver of the car with the license plate 4867 at 3:14 is more likely Harry Miles of the Miles Bros, who shot this film. He would be one of the first film makers to place himself annonymously in his own movies similar to the way Hitchcock did. Unfortunately, the earthquake and fire devastated all the equipment, plans and photos of his studio"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxz ... r_embedded

100 years later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqcz_tll ... re=related

[Fernando]

The film was shot in San Francisco, 1906, 4 days before the earthquake

[Fernando]

taken in 35 mm in San Francisco, 1906, 4 days before the erathquake

[DaveD]

I wonder what the incidence of vehicular accidents was back then. Some of those cars/carts/people passed really close to each other! Amazing video.

I noticed that also. But remember vehicular speed was slow, not like today.

[slobo]

Although slowly, we are going ahead. Let it be slowly then.

[LiquidNitrogen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k

Looks like you could get run over by:

A car
A horse and buggy
A trolley
A streetcar
A bus
A paperboy!

And, did you notice the whole time, NOT A SINGLE TRAFFIC LIGHT!

[mariaclara]

Geeee..........

you guys really miss your younger days , huh ?!!

Wow. !

So you guys must be really , errrrrrrrrrrrrrr, "mature"

(ehem ! ehem! ehem ! )

[Jeremy Bernstein]

Geeee..........

you guys really miss your younger days , huh ?!!

Wow. !

So you guys must be really , errrrrrrrrrrrrrr, "mature"

(ehem ! ehem! ehem ! )

No smilies? I'm !

Welcome Maria Clara, nice to see you here.

[John Blake]

Amazing piece of film, great Air track too

You actually feel your there...

Thanks

It looks like some of it was planed, look at the few gents at the side...

[orgfert]

When the film is done, there is another film like it in the screen links at the bottom. Click it and see a similar film from a devastated city.