Sunday 23 March 2008

Sudden ruin

This five-minute film edits together silent footage of two tramcar journeys along San Francisco's Market Street, the first in 1905 (the year before the earthquake), the second in 1906:

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Awful lot of people liked to risk life and limb dogging amongst the traffic.

KEITH TOLSTOY said...

Yes indeed. How decorous Leith Walk seems in comparison. "Thou hast conquered, O pale Health & Safety! The streets have grown grey from thy breath…"

(Am assuming "dogging" was a misprint for "dodging". If not, I need new glasses.)

Unknown said...

Freudian slip, however it has led to some seriously good ideas regarding new uses for Leith walk.