Skip Navigation Links  The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
Motion Picture and Television Reading Room (Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division)
  Home >> American Memory >> Obtaining Films
Find in

Obtaining Copies of American Memory Film Collection Materials

EARLY FILMS OF SAN FRANCISCO: Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire, 1896-1915


Jump to Tape Number: 21 - 22
Tape 21
LC Number: unaccessioned (D2 Master)
Duration: 45 minutes

Title of film Duration Original Source Donor
A Trip down Market St. Before the Fire 10:38 FEA 7760 AFI/Post
A Bird's Eve View of San Francisco, CA, from a Balloon 2:45 FRA 0249 PP
San Francisco Chinese Funeral 2:19 FLA 1789 G.Kleine
Scene in Chinatown 1:06 FRA 0686 PP
Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, CA 0:24 FRA 0091 PP
Troops Embarking at San Francisco 0:52 FRA 0420 PP
Launch of Japanese Man-of-War "Chitosa" 0:52 FRA 1280 PP
Market Street Before Parade 1:45 FRA 1732 PP
Over Route of Roosevelt Parade in an Automobile 3:23 FRA 2081 PP
The President's Carriage 1:36 FRA 1840 PP
All previous titles fall within the first thirty minutes of Tape 21
TR in San Francisco, 1903 2:26 FAB 1454 T.R.Assoc.
Panorama, Union Square, San Francisco 4:47 FRA 2858 PP
A Trip to Berkeley, CA 3:05 FRA 2187 PP
Hotel Vendome, San Jose, CA 0:47 FRA 6406 PP
Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1 0:52 FRA 1426 PP
Panoramic View of the Golden Gate 2:39 FRA 2097 PP
Panorama of Beach and Cliff House 1:35 FRA 1785 PP
Donor: G.Kleine = George Kleine Collection; T.R.Assoc. = Theodore Roosevelt Association; AFI/Post = American Film Institute/George T. Post; PP = Paper Prints


Tape 22
LC Number: unaccessioned (D2 Master)
Duration: 66 minutes

Title of film Duration Original Source Donor
San Francisco Disaster 2:42 FRA 2148 PP
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 12:59 FEA 8316 AFI/Adams
Exploded Gas Tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Sprekels' Bldg. 2:15 FLA 1493 G.Kleine
Scenes in San Francisco (1) 2:14 FRA 2151 PP
Scenes in San Francisco (2) 4:45 FRA 2153 PP
All previous titles fall within the first thirty minutes of Tape 22
[Unidentified Staples and Charles No. 1] 8:00 FEB 9938 AFI/Staples&Charles
Army Pack Train Bringing Supplies 1:46 FLA 1369 G.Kleine
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, CA 16:52 FRA 2416 PP
San Francisco's Future 5:40 FEA 5092 AFI/Post
Donor: G.Kleine = George Kleine Collection; AFI/Adams = American Film Institute/L.F.Adams; AFI/Staples&Charles = American Film Institute/Robert Staples and Barbara Charles; AFI/Post = American Film Institute/George T. Post; PP = Paper Prints
Top of Page Top of Page
  Home >> American Memory >> Obtaining Films
Find in
  The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
  July 7, 2004
Contact Us:  
Ask a Librarian