Very interesting film. On my screen at the end of the film when Youtube shows other similar films was the same film on half a screen with a film of the same street taken a few days after the earthquake and fire, side by side. It was a very different looking city.
As to the traffic and people, this had to be long before traffic laws and marked pedestrian crossings. I think the film shows actions sped up a bit, as many old films do. Distances may have also been a bit foreshortened by the camera so actions were not quite as dangerous as some looked. Alice in Oregon ... raining again but next week is supposed to actually be dry. There's always hope. ----- Original Message ----- I loved it! I was especially struck by how much the people were constantly crossing and in the same path the cars and cable-cars were! What chaos! Clay On 4/14/2011 8:00 AM, Linda Walton wrote: > A friend sent me this link to one of the most amazing pieces of film > I've ever come across. It's best viewed full-screen; there is no > sound, of course. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDjmNNC9So > > Film footage of San Francisco's Market Street from a moving cable car, To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
