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	Frame enlargement: courtesy The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.

Cast: (unknown)

Miles Brothers production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 14 April 1906, just four days before the 18 April 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film was entered in the National Film Registry in 2010.

Documentary: Actuality.

Survival status: Prints exist (3 total) including in the film holdings of Prelinger Archive [35mm nitrate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Street scenes - Transporation: Automobiles - USA: California: San Francisco: Market Street

Listing updated: 12 April 2023.

Home video: DVD.

60 Minutes segment on the film (CBS Television),
with Rick Prelinger and The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum’s David Kiehn.

Upscaled to 4K resolution at 60 frames per second and colorized, with added sound effects,
from the Prelinger Archive print with inserts from additional prints.