# Must See! Video taken from the front of a cable car in 1906 SF. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381 "2010-05-14T02:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/41 "2010-05-14T22:15:06Z")
I’m surprised by how many motor cars there are in that video. That was the year before the Model T came out, which was really what made car ownership widespread. I guess that Market Street was disproportionately frequented by the wealthy? ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/42 "2010-05-14T22:41:25Z")
Is that cable car/street car that crosses the tracks (at around 2:35) of the camera car on a track of its own? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/43 "2010-05-14T23:07:41Z")
From the comments. > [@](#): > > ypud: > _What gets me about this video is that everyone shown here is dead now which really highlighted to me the fleeting nature of life._ > [@](#): > > framusguitar: > _Watching 1906 footage from my laptop in 2010. Amazing in it self. We’ve came along way._ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/44 "2010-05-15T00:01:42Z")
My favorite part is when the cop crosses in front of the cable car, billy club in hand, as if he was in an old Mack Sennett comedy. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/45 "2010-05-15T00:35:30Z")
I like the two kids running around hanging onto the back of the one car. It pulls back into view of the camera two or three times. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/46 "2010-05-15T00:50:17Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Who said it was a streetcar? The video’s uploader on Youtube. From the video description; > [@](#): > > shot from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905 Fascinating perspective. The slightly slowed down pace gives it a real other-world air. It makes the place look even more relaxed than the slack road laws suggest. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/47 "2010-05-15T06:07:38Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Is that cable car/street car that crosses the tracks (at around 2:35) of the camera car on a track of its own? You can barely see the cross track because of the angle, but it’s there. There are two visible on the film and they’re streetcars. You can see the angled pole extending from the top of the car up to a trolley line. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/48 "2010-05-15T06:13:50Z")
At first I misread the title and thought it said 1960 instead of 1906. For a second I was thinking “wow, the '60s were way more primitive than I thought!” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381/49 "2010-05-15T07:19:42Z")
Well bust my buttons, that is an impressive piece of vintage vehicular video! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-video-taken-from-the-front-of-a-cable-car-in-1906-sf/539381.md?page=2)