Pre-earthquake living in the historic city straight from the MGM back lot. I grew up in Culver City (about 1/2 mile from MGM), and we regularly went on school field trips to those very same SF sets...pretty cool (although far from historical).
The resolution of the clip on 60 minutes is breath-taking. Compare with the LC clip that's been around for ages: http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/lcmp003/01142s1.mpg gary > Neat—and what a coincidence! I just watched the terrific 1936 Clark > Gable/Jeanette MacDonald film SAN FRANCISCO last night, in which you get > to > sample about 90 minutes of pre-earthquake living in the historic city > before > disaster strikes. > > > _________________ > Alex O. Williams > Institutional Sales > > AFD / Typecast Films > Seattle, WA . USA > ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 > > arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Laura Fu > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> **Pardon cross-postings** >> >> Here’s a great news piece on the power of libraries and newspaper >> archives. >> >> >> >> http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6966797n&tag=related;photovideo >> >> >> >> Morley Safer reports on a mystery that was solved about a 100-year-old >> film >> that we now know was made on San Francisco's Market Street just days >> before >> the 1906 earthquake. >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> *AnswersMedia* >> >> Laura Fu >> >> Video Assets Manager >> >> >> >> 400 W. Erie >> >> Chicago, IL 60654 >> >> P: 312.421.0113 ext.5160 >> >> F: 312.421.1457 >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> *www.answersmediainc.com* >> >> *www.answerstv.com* >> >> >> >> P *Before printing, please think about the environment* >> >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries >> and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an >> effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >> >> > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
