A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire

Overview

A Trip Down Market Street is a 13-minute actuality film recorded by placing a movie camera on the front of a cable car as it travels down San Francisco’s Market Street. A virtual time capsule from over 100 years ago, the film shows many details of daily life in a major American city, including the transportation, fashions and architecture of the era. The film begins at 8th Street and continues eastward to the cable car turntable, at The Embarcadero, in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building. It was produced by the four Miles brothers: Harry, Herbert, Earle and Joe. Harry J. Miles cranked the Bell & Howell camera during the filming.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 21, 1906

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Miles Brothers

Director

Harry Miles

Producer

Harry Miles

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0205480