movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- [Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A]
- Year
- 1905
- Abstract
- Pictures San Francisco's main thoroughfare as seen from the front window of a moving Market Street cable car, before the downtown area was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. This unusual record has been called the first "structural film" because it follows exactly the externally imposed structure of the car ride.
- Notes
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Produced: Unknown
Run Time: 13:52
Audio/Visual: Si, B&W - Keyword
- San Francisco: Scenics: Historical;Transportation: Cable cars;Landscapes: Cultural;Transportation: Cable cars;Landscapes: Cultural
- Theme
- A work of genius
- Review
-
I love this film, and I'd be happy to correct the "vertical hold" issue for you. But in order to do a good job I'd really need a "full frame" telecine, that is, one that is not cropped at all and shows the very top and bottom of the frame area (maybe even a bit of the previous and next frames). Otherwise when I correct the roll movement by rejoining the top and bottom of the images and repositioning them, there will be a small gap between the two parts. Basically, the rolling images would be replaced with a small horizontal white bar travelling up the image. Better than the current issue, sure, but still not perfect.
Yes, I realise providing a full frame telecine means threading this precious film back through the telecine, so if you're not comfortable doing that then I'll work with what you've got already. Let me know, the offer is there.
(I'm still looking for a contact email, so I'll post this offer as a review for now)
Skev
archive@mavart.com
(Reviewer: JanPB) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F