1906 San Francisco Earthquake Film Collection

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Description

This collection consists of twenty-six films of San Francisco from before and after the Great Earthquake and Fire, 1897-1916. Seventeen of the films depict San Francisco and its environs before the 1906 disaster. Seven films describe the great earthquake and fire. The two later films include a 1915 travelogue that shows scenes of the rebuilt city and a tour of the Panama Pacific Exposition and a 1916 propaganda film. The collection is silent and has a run time of 1 hour 42 minutes.

Here are the 26 films in this collection.

  • Army pack train bringing supplies
  • Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.
  • Birds-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon
  • Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g
  • Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal
  • Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa"
  • Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, Cal.
  • Market Street before parade
  • Mount Tamalpaid R.R., no. 2
  • Over route of Roosevelt parade in an automobile
  • Panorama of beach and Cliff House
  • Panorama, Union Square, San Francisco
  • Panoramic view of the Golden Gate
  • The President's carriage
  • San Francisco Chinese funeral
  • San Francisco disaster
  • San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906
  • San Francisco's future
  • Scenes in San Francisco [no. 1] & [no. 2]
  • TR in San Francisco, 1903
  • A trip down Market Street before the fire
  • A trip to Berkeley, Ca.
  • Troops embarking at San Francisco
  • [Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906]
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    Barcode: 
    GVLIB105402
    Location: 
    B586