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[Joel Was Right]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k

Just remarkable. I would love to see the face of the camera man and those behind the idea capturing this footage that people would be watching it 105 years in the future. "Hi, I saw your video and thought it was great. By the way, I saw it in the year 2010. Thank you"

What's really fascinating about this is seeing the people...just walking. I don't know but my idea of the past are those really old black and white movies that seem to record at 10 fps where people move like a poorly animated cartoon character and you know the static and lines in the picture...yet look at some of these guys doing the same thing people do nowdays on roads (j-walk) and one of the most inexplicable acts (that we've all done), trying to cross a road only when you see a car, and then think about running for it and just decide to withdraw back. :lol

This is 105 years ago and yet it looks like another downtown street. You don't feel out of place watching it all. Kinda makes you realise how lucky we are. 500 years from now, people will have ways to look and experience history like we never imagined. Instead of studying paintings, poetry, literature - they can just watch us

 

[threenote]

This is why I adore film. Just incredible, Thanks Menus.

 

[Calamachino]

That same ferry building still sits at the end of Market Street today.

Great video.

 

[MCX]

My, how the times have changed. That was an interesting look at another era; thanks for posting.

Edit: I love how everybody jaywalks and just goes wherever they please and don't mind the cars and trolleys.

 

[ATF487]

Great use of Air

I like how people go wherever they damn please, there aren't any silly cross walks

 

[Feep]

Awesome. My thanks, OP.

 

[Forsete]

Fantastic video.

No traffic rules?

 

[Community Forum]

Wow, this is totally amazing.

 

[RBH]

Whoa. :O

 

[water_wendi]

i dont think i saw one bare-headed man in the entire video. Hats need to come back in style. Same with coats and semi-formal dress. Awesome find.

 

[slit]

Awesome video!!
People used to drive crazy back then, but, I guess that is because the automobile was new.

 

[trinest]

i dont think i saw one bare-headed man in the entire video. Hats need to come back in style. Same with coats and semi-formal dress. Awesome find.

Hats are horrible, and suits would be alright but more casual then before sort of thing.

 

[wenis]

Looking at this video with the music it just makes it seem like this long forgotten city. That whatever existed then definitely isn't part of this city anymore..

 

[water_wendi]

Hats are horrible, and suits would be alright but more casual then before sort of thing.

No hats are awesome. The "hats" people wear today though.. baseball caps and shit, are just awful. Like something a clown would wear.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Looking at this video with the music it just makes it seem like this long forgotten city. That whatever existed then definitely isn't part of this city anymore..

Well, a large percentage of those buildings were destroyed a year later.

 

[Woodsy]

Awesome video!!
People used to drive crazy back then, but, I guess that is because the automobile was new.

Two trolley cars coming down the street 15 feet apart? No problem, make room for my horse!

 

[numble]

This video is full of hipsters.

 

[Rorschach]

Awesome.

 

[Empty]

Amazing, i sat there transfixed by it. I love how everything seems to be going more slowly, and the almost chaos of the street with no traffic rules, as cars are forced to drive in front of the trams to avoid a group standing in the middle of the road having a conversation, kids playing around by running in front of the trams, and horses canter straight across the middle of main road with no hesitation, yet as you never feel like anyone is in danger there is a weird order to it. The style is cool too, love the hats.

Thanks for posting.

 

[sublime085]

Awesome song. I need to listen to more Air.

 

[Zapages]

Amazing, i sat there transfixed by it. I love how everything seems to be going more slowly, and the almost chaos of the street with no traffic rules, as cars are forced to drive in front of the trams to avoid a group standing in the middle of the road having a conversation, kids playing around by running in front of the trams, and horses canter straight across the middle of main road with no hesitation, yet as you never feel like anyone is in danger there is a weird order to it. The style is cool too, love the hats.

Thanks for posting.

Yeah I noticed that too.

Really cool video thanks.

 

[slit]

Two trolley cars coming down the street 15 feet apart? No problem, make room for my horse!

 

[wenis]

Well, a large percentage of those buildings were destroyed a year later.

Not necessarily that it's the excitement or just the busy-ness of it all. They actually look happy :lol

 

[ezekial45]

Jesus, the drivers back then were reckless. :lol

 

[Ballistik]

Wow, I'd think it be chaos with cars and people going in every direction, but everything seems so peaceful. Haha at the guy running in front of the camera around the 5 min mark. This is a very cool video.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

I always think it's strange to think that all of these people in this video are dead. Everything they were thinking about, worried about, planning to do, it's all meaningless now just a century later.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I always think it's strange to think that all of these people in this video are dead. Everything they were thinking about, worried about, planning to do, it's all meaningless now just a century later.

Once again, a large percentage of them died just a year later anyways.

 

[slit]

I always think it's strange to think that all of these people in this video are dead. Everything they were thinking about, worried about, planning to do, it's all meaningless now just a century later.

and to think a century from now our thoughts, worries, hopes, etc. will be just as meaningless.

 

[Door2Dawn]

Once again, a large percentage of them died just a year later anyways.

Huh?

Edit: I see what you mean

 

[ConfusingJazz]

and to think a century from now our thoughts, worries, hopes, etc. will be just as meaningless.

Screw that, I am freezing my head.

Huh?

I find it fascinating that not only is it really old, its also really close to right before the city was destroyed. Its like looking at shots of Hiroshima or something.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

and to think a century from now our thoughts, worries, hopes, etc. will be just as meaningless.

And Duke Nukem Forever still won't be released.

 

[-COOLIO-]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k

Just remarkable. I would love to see the face of the camera man and those behind the idea capturing this footage that people would be watching it 105 years in the future. "Hi, I saw your video and thought it was great. By the way, I saw it in the year 2010. Thank you"
What's really fascinating about this is seeing the people...just walking. I don't know but my idea of the past are those really old black and white movies that seem to record at 10 fps where people move like a poorly animated cartoon character and you know the static and lines in the picture...yet look at some of these guys doing the same thing people do nowdays on roads (j-walk) and one of the most inexplicable acts (that we've all done), trying to cross a road only when you see a car, and then think about running for it and just decide to withdraw back. :lol

This is 105 years ago and yet it looks like another downtown street. You don't feel out of place watching it all. Kinda makes you realise how lucky we are. 500 years from now, people will have ways to look and experience history like we never imagined. Instead of studying paintings, poetry, literature - they can just watch us

that's kind of profound

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Once again, a large percentage of them died just a year later anyways.

so? does that make a difference? Even if they all lived to be 85, they're still all dead and everything they ever thought about amounts to nothing (unless they did something to advance humanity)

 

[wenis]

And Duke Nukem Forever still won't be released.

you made me cry.

 

[Tobor]

Moustaches were so bad ass back then. Excellent video.

 

[Windu]

2 more years until the Cubs Dynasty begins!

 

[Sew]

and to think a century from now our thoughts, worries, hopes, etc. will be just as meaningless.

Yeah Whenever I feel overwhelmed by the times we live in, or by personal stuff, I try to think of it like that. Imagine reading about your life 100 years from now, as a biography. Or indeed, seeing a snapshot of your era in a piece of somewhat quaint archive footage. We're all just these little creatures running around doing our stuff. What's more important than the fears and problems we feel cloaked by, is to simply admire and enjoy the world that surrounds us now. Because we're in it now, and it'll never be the same again.

Great video OP, thanks.

 

[NumberTwo]

Hats are horrible, and suits would be alright but more casual then before sort of thing.

Hats are class.

 

[harSon]

Was this directed by Kubrick's great grandfather?

 

[Ripclawe]

at 2:27, the guy in the black suit is walking like he is on the way to whoop someone's ass.

 

[CabbageRed]

Cam whores through the ages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k
Kinda makes you realise how lucky we are. 500 years from now, people will have ways to look and experience history like we never imagined. Instead of studying paintings, poetry, literature - they can just watch us

Funny, I'd consider them lucky. There seems to be a tendency for one generation of people to view themselves as being inherently superior to those of a previous generation. This (imo) makes us more prone to fall into the "doomed to repeat [history]" trap since we view ourselves (rather than our technology) as being vastly more advanced and, in turn, doubt what we could really learn from such a 'backwards' people. Movies like this serve to remind us that they were people just like ourselves, and we could/should learn from their mistakes.

 

[Len Dontree]

That was incredible, thanks for sharing.

 

[Persona7]

That is great.

 

[Trurl]

Thank you so much.

 

[yukonrye]

That video made my night.

 

[TheKyle07]

so? does that make a difference? Even if they all lived to be 85, they're still all dead and everything they ever thought about amounts to nothing (unless they did something to advance humanity)

I don't think you understand how societies work.

 

[jamesinclair]

You know whats even more incredible about the horse and carriage popping out between two trolleys?

They appear to be CABLE CARS, and anyone who knows how cable cars work know that theyre extremely hard to control.


Also, wasn't life so much better without everyone in a car? Look at everyone socializing, getting along etc. Now, people sit alone in their SUV hating the other SUVs around them.

 

[Hootie]

These "Alexandria before the fire" things never fail to fascinate me. Great stuff.

 

[Shins]

I was born in the wrong decade.

 

[Paper Tiger]

Thank you for posting this. I completely agree about the oddity of seeing people from 105 years ago doing mundane things like jaywalking.