You may have seen this movie before but the detail in this digital version is remarkable.

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Best Version Yet of Iconic 1906 Movie
By Rick Laubscher on Apr 16, 2019 10:35 am

In 1906, it didn’t get more high tech than this iconic 12-minute movie, filmed from the front of a cable car headed down Market Street. If you’re a San Francisco history buff (or transit buff), you’ve probably seen it before, but not like this. A new digital transfer by the noted film archivist Rick Prelinger breathes more life into it, sharper and wider-screen. (Back then, the image was captured to the edges of the film, even between the sprocket holes;… — Read More
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