tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33825131217256115.post1039363804331297268..comments2023-07-19T09:18:00.774+01:00Comments on Ye Olde Blogge: What a difference 100 years makesDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33825131217256115.post-31724840635167828522011-04-01T09:30:55.980+01:002011-04-01T09:30:55.980+01:00A friend of a friend was sufficiently interested b...A friend of a friend was sufficiently interested by this video to send the following email to historian@nilesfilmmuseum.org:<br /><br /><em>Dear Sirs,<br /><br />Having just watched the remarkable film clip from April 1906 on YouTube, the discussion between us followed the line, 'But is it real ...?'. We would love to believe it to be real, having visited San Fransisco and loved the city.<br /><br />Do you have more information about the source, the history and rediscovery of the piece? And warmest congratulations on your astounding detective work!</em><br /><br />And they subsequently received the following in reply:<br /><br /><em>Hello,<br /><br />Yes, it's real, a film shot just before the San Francisco earthquake by the Miles Brothers, a film company based in San Francisco and New York.<br /><br />The film has been available since it was released in 1906, but the<br />circumstances as to its making were forgotten over the years. I was able to find newspaper references, more information in the New York Clipper, a theatrical trade magazine, and I identified car license registrations at the California State Archives. The work has been documented in a 60 Minutes television show with Morley Safer that can also be seen on YouTube.<br /><br />David Kiehn<br />historian, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum</em><br /><br />...Which was nice...DPhttp://barondayne.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33825131217256115.post-31203107912441425102011-03-31T23:01:16.502+01:002011-03-31T23:01:16.502+01:00Neat film, thanks for sharing.Neat film, thanks for sharing.dnarbyhttp://www.TheTailDoesNotWagTheDog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com