A film made more than a hundred years ago on Market Street, San Francisco's main thoroughfare, shows in fascinating detail how people lived and traveled and dressed.

The film is from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco, four days before the big earthquake/fire that destroyed the area.

More than a century after San Francisco's deadly 1906 earthquake, a film reel with nine minutes of footage capturing the city two weeks after the devastation surfaced at a flea market.

A long-lost film reel with nine minutes of footage capturing San Francisco two weeks after the deadly 1906 earthquake surfaced at a flea market in the city.

A can of old film sold out of the trunk of a car turned out to contain long lost footage. The film shows some of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

The San Francisco Film Festival will be screening nine minutes of rare, startlingly clear footage of San Francisco in ruins two weeks after the 1906 earthquake.

Trolley Employes Hold Up Traffic by Demand for Higher Wages. Aug. 27, 1906 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from August 27, 1906, Page 1 Buy Reprints View on ...

A can of old film sold out of the trunk of a car turned out to contain long lost footage. The film shows some of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.