# Freaky new insight into that old Market Street video

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 27, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-new-insight-into-that-old-market-street-video/558461 "2010-10-27T00:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-new-insight-into-that-old-market-street-video/558461/1 "2010-10-27T00:04:54Z")

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[Story](http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localsfo/20101020/ts_yblog_localsfo/historian-discovers-truth-about-iconic-sf-film)

It seems evidence indicates that it was filmed within a week of the 1906 quake. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-new-insight-into-that-old-market-street-video/558461/2 "2010-10-27T01:55:22Z")

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Interesting piece by 60 Minutes.

[Earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551361).