LEADER 00000ngma 2200445Ka 4500 001 71758004 005 20060926 TAPE OCLC0926: 0404 007 mr ba--dnnarannac------ 008 060927s1905 xxu008 mleng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 060927 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080603 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)8427 035 GLADN152145435 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 090 |b1604-01-756 245 02 [A trip down Market Street before the fire]|h[motion picture] 257 United States. 260 United States :|b[s.n.,|c1905]. 300 1 reel of 1 (8 min.) (262 ft.) :|bsi., b&w ;|c16 mm. |3print. 500 Title taken from Library of Congress catalogue. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CUY. 520 "This film, shot from the front window of a moving Market Street cable car, is a rare record of San Francisco's principal thoroughfare and downtown area before their destruction in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The filmed ride covers 1.55 miles at an average speed of nearly 10 miles per hour. While there is no production or copyright information on the film, the state of completion of the Flood Building and the Monadnock Building indicate that the year is 1905. Also, the apparent position of the sun in relation to the time visible on the Ferry Building clock point to early September as the month. Market Street, graded through sand dunes in the 1850s, is 120 feet wide, and nearly 3.5 miles long. The street runs northeast from the foot of Twin Peaks to the Ferry Building. Different street grids, diagonal on the northwest side and parallel on the southeast side, create several awkward diagonal intersections along Market Street, contributing to the chaotic traffic situation that is evident in the film. San Francisco's cable cars, which first began operations in 1873, have no power of their own, and operate by "gripping" a moving cable beneath a slot in the street. This is the origin of the name "south of the slot" for the South-of-Market Street district. The 520 Market Street lines, dating from 1883, merged in 1902 to form the United Railroads of San Francisco. Dark cars served westerly neighborhood lines extending along McAllister, Hayes and Haight streets, light cars served southwesterly neighborhoods, with the lines extending along Valencia and Castro streets. The Market Street section of the lines ended at the Ferry Building, where passengers boarded ferries for Oakland, Alameda, or Berkeley, across San Francisco Bay. East of Sutter Street, horse cars ran along Market Street. Independently owned, they ran on side tracks to the Ferry Building. A few electric streetcars, dating from 1892, are seen in the film crossing Market Street. Market Street itself reverted to electric streetcars in 1906, following the earthquake and fire. In all, the film shows some thirty cable cars, four horse cars and four streetcars. An interesting feature of the film is the apparent abundance of automobiles. However, a careful tracking of automobile traffic shows that almost all of the autos seen circle around the camera/cable car many times (one ten times). This traffic was apparently staged by the producer to give Market Street the appearance of a prosperous modern boulevard with many automobiles. In fact, in 1905 the automobile was 520 rket Street lines, dating from 1883, merged in 1902 to form the United Railroads of San Francisco. Dark cars served westerly neighborhood lines extending along McAllister, Hayes and Haight streets, light cars served southwesterly neighborhoods, with the lines extending along Valencia and Castro streets. The Market Street section of the lines ended at the Ferry Building, where passengers boarded ferries for Oakland, Alameda, or Berkeley, across San Francisco Bay. East of Sutter Street, horse cars ran along Market Street. Independently owned, they ran on side tracks to the Ferr 546 Silent with no intertitles. 590 PFA 1604-01-756. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/09/ 26 Lacks titles and credits. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/09/07; Very good condition; light scratches; slightly warped; perf and edge repairs 650 0 Streets|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Commercial buildings|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Vehicles|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Local transit|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Street-railroads|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Horse-drawn vehicles|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Pedestrians|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Automobiles|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 650 0 Bicycles|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco. 651 0 San Francisco (Calif.) 655 7 Actualities.|2mim 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 690 0 Silent films. 935 GLADN152145435 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 961 PFA 1604-01-756. 400 ft. reel|bStored on reels. 994 02|bCUY