Restored film of San Francisco’s Market Street version of a film shot on April 14, 1906, four days before the Great Earthquake, and the attempt to colorize and sharpen the video-converted film.

Oh wow that’s incredible

I love the guys at the end who are all like “Oh hey look, there’s a camera! Hello camera!”

I’ve seen these restored films going around, but without credit. The original 13-minute film is A Trip Down Market Street, which was shot and produced by the Miles Brothers. It was preserved in the Library of Congress and Prelinger Archives, and in 2018,  Adrianne Finelli scanned and uploaded the footage for the Internet Archive. Now in 2020, Denis Shiryaev restored, upscaled and colorized the film. Shiryaev’s channel has even more restored footage, so check it out if you’re interested.

Remember to source and credit works that are not your own and respect the process and people that gave us this literal glimpse back in time.

THANK YOU.

This is spectacular work.

I liked the part where the old fella’s beard suddenly blew sideways.