Es un fílm de 35mm. rodado en San Francisco (USA) en 1906. La cámara está montada en frente de un tranvía que recorre una gran avenida de la ciudad (la calle Market) a unos 15 km. por hora. Como documento es fascinante por dos motivos, uno que hacía tan sólo 11 años que los hermanos Lumière habían patentado su cinematógrafo y habían rodado su primera película ("Salida de los obreros de la fábrica Lumière en Lyon Monplaisir"). Dos, porque las imágenes muestran una ciudad que cuatro días después sería arrasada por el famoso terremoto y posterior incendio del 18 de abril (1906).
Es curioso observar la vida de una gran urbe de principo de siglo XX: la implantación de la electricidad en las infraestructuras urbanas, el discurrir de los tranvías, coches de caballos y modernos automóviles entre los transeúntes en un completo caos (no hay zonas delimitadas para cada vehículo, pero todos se cruzan en un equilibrio no exento de peligro), los trajes masculinos (chaqueta, chaleco, corbata fina, camisa con cuello rígido, sombrero) y femeninos (vestidos largos con bulleré, sombreros enormes de plumas, corsés...). Niños trabajando y corriendo ante la cámara.
Como ya comenté en este post, me fascina observar fotografías antiguas y vídeos del pasado. No puedo evitar pensar que ese momento nunca volverá, que esas personas fueron captadas por la cámara y ahora ya no están. Siempre acabo pensando en la fugacidad de la vida. Es asombroso observar a alguien sonreir hace un siglo, alguien que jamás pensó que sería observado por mí, ya que entonces ni siquiera existía... paradojas del destino.
Hace 107 años que fue filmado...y ahora lo vemos como si se tratase de una máquina del tiempo, una ventana al pasado.
¿Cómo nos verán a nosotros dentro de 107 años? ¿alguien encontrará alguna fotografía nuestra y se preguntará quienes éramos? ¿se habrán perdido para siempre todas esas imágenes que coleccionamos en nuestras memorias virtuales?.
A continuación aparece otro film realizando el mismo recorrido, pero esta vez tras el terremoto. Si queréis ver los vídeos completos podéis pinchar aquí y aquí.
This is a 35mm film. It was shot in San Francisco (USA) in 1906. The camera was mounted on a tram that runs along a street (Market Street) at a speed of about 15km per hour. This is a fascinating document for two reasons. First, because only 11 years had pass since Lumière brothers patented their cinematographer and shot their first film ("Leaving the Lumière factory workers in Lyon Monplaisir"). Second, because the images show a city that four days later would be devastated by the famous earthquake and fire of April 18 (1906).
It is interesting to observe the life of a large city at the beggining of the twentieth century: the introduction of electricity, the passing trams, carriages and cars among the crowds in a complete chaos (no demarcated areas for the vehicles, people and cars in a fragile equilibrium), men's suits (jacket, vest, thin ties, stiff collared shirts, hats) and female dresses (gowns with bulleré, huge feathered hats, corsets. ..). Children working and running right in front of the camera.
As I mentiones before, I love old pictures and videos of the past. I cannot help thinking that this moment
will never return, that these people were captured by the camera and now no longer exist. I always end up thinking
about the fleeting life, how amazing it is to watch someone smile a century ago, someone that never thought
would be seen by me, and that didn't even exist then ... paradoxes of fate.
This was filmed 107 years ago ... and now we see it as if it were a time machine, a window to the past, a time bubble. How will we be seen in 107 years? Will anyone find a pictures of us and wonder who we were? Will all these pictures we collect be forever lost in our virtual memories?.
The second video is the same route after the earthquake.
If you want to see the full videos you can click here and here.
A continuación aparece otro film realizando el mismo recorrido, pero esta vez tras el terremoto. Si queréis ver los vídeos completos podéis pinchar aquí y aquí.
This is a 35mm film. It was shot in San Francisco (USA) in 1906. The camera was mounted on a tram that runs along a street (Market Street) at a speed of about 15km per hour. This is a fascinating document for two reasons. First, because only 11 years had pass since Lumière brothers patented their cinematographer and shot their first film ("Leaving the Lumière factory workers in Lyon Monplaisir"). Second, because the images show a city that four days later would be devastated by the famous earthquake and fire of April 18 (1906).
It is interesting to observe the life of a large city at the beggining of the twentieth century: the introduction of electricity, the passing trams, carriages and cars among the crowds in a complete chaos (no demarcated areas for the vehicles, people and cars in a fragile equilibrium), men's suits (jacket, vest, thin ties, stiff collared shirts, hats) and female dresses (gowns with bulleré, huge feathered hats, corsets. ..). Children working and running right in front of the camera.
As I mentiones before, I love old pictures and videos of the past. I cannot help thinking that this moment
will never return, that these people were captured by the camera and now no longer exist. I always end up thinking
about the fleeting life, how amazing it is to watch someone smile a century ago, someone that never thought
would be seen by me, and that didn't even exist then ... paradoxes of fate.
This was filmed 107 years ago ... and now we see it as if it were a time machine, a window to the past, a time bubble. How will we be seen in 107 years? Will anyone find a pictures of us and wonder who we were? Will all these pictures we collect be forever lost in our virtual memories?.
The second video is the same route after the earthquake.
If you want to see the full videos you can click here and here.
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