1903 · 2:29
President Roosevelt reviews the school children of San Francisco
In the film: Part Nine
Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Period films
The fair on film
43 reels shot between 1903 and 1916 · 4 hours 51 minutes of public-domain film from the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress, the Prelinger collection and Wikimedia Commons, cut into 288 Days. Each card links to the reel where it can be watched whole.
1906 · Miles Brothers · 11:26
A Trip Down Market Street
Master: Prelinger's 2018 4K scan (2K cropped grade), archive.org/details/MarketStreet19064KScan20181016.
In the film: Part Two
Prelinger Archives / Wikimedia Commons (2018 4K transfer) · Public domain
1906
A cable car ride on Market Street, 1905 and 1906, before and after the earthquake
the Call's headline; ruins; fire
In the film: Part Two
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (0890_Cable_Car_Ride_on_Market_Street_1905-1906_Before_and_After_Eart_08_00_54_00) · Public Domain
1906 · Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Edison newsreels: cleaning up downtown after the fire
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (EdisonNe1906) · Public Domain
1906 · 2:58
Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Building
In the film: Part Two
Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1906 · 5:37
Riding down Market Street after the fire
In the film: Part Two
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1906
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 1
displaced people and damaged buildings; the print jumps
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (SanFranc1906) · Public Domain
1906
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 2: east down Market Street
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (SanFranc1906_2) · Public Domain
1906 · 7:44
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 3 · Western Addition and Market Street
In the film: Part Two
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain
1906
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 4 (newsreel)
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (SanFranc1906_4) · Public Domain
1906
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 5 (newsreel)
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (SanFranc1906_5) · Public Domain
1906
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath, Part 6: riding down Market Street
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (SanFranc1906_6) · Public Domain
1906 · 1:40
San Francisco earthquake aftermath: down Market Street
In the film: Part Two
Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1906 · 12:37
San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906
In the film: Part Two
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1906
San Francisco earthquake footage (Prelinger home movies)
In the film: Part Two
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (tmp_50168) · Public Domain
1912 · 2:21
Parade celebrating the Chinese Republic, San Francisco
In the film: Part Six
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (ParadeCe1912) · Public domain
1912 · 10:46
Seeing America's Greatest Chinatown, Part I (Captain Lewis)
In the film: Part Ten
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1912
Seeing America's Greatest Chinatown, Part II (Captain Lewis)
restaurant, gambling, poultry store, joss house
In the film: Part Ten
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (Seeing_Americas_Greatest_Chinatown_San_Francisco_Part_II) · Public Domain
1914 · 0:25
Barbary Coast, 1914 · Russian sailors on Pacific Avenue (Lost Landscapes No. 1)
In the film: Part Ten
Prelinger Archives via Shaping San Francisco / Internet Archive · 1914 film is public domain; the uploader tags the excerpt CC BY-NC-ND, check before release
1914 · 2:15
Opium destruction, San Francisco
In the film: Part Ten
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (OpiumDes1914) · Public domain
1914 · Ray Duhem · 12:38
Panama by Air (reel 4)
In the film: Part Six
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (Panamaby1914) · Public domain
1915 · 24:37
A Jitney Elopement · Chaplin, Essanay (Golden Gate Park scenes)
shot in San Francisco while Chaplin was at Essanay's Niles studio; the park chase
In the film: Part Nine
Internet Archive · Public domain (1915 Essanay)
1915 · 6:20
Exposition parade; money moved into the Subtreasury (Gould collection)
may overlap ppie-opening-parade
In the film: Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 2:52
Fillmore Street parade, floats, American Theatre (Gould can 5364.2)
In the film: Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · Exposition Players Company · 45:02
Film footage of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
In the film: Part Ten
Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, via Internet Archive (cubanc_00001) · Public Domain Mark
1915 · 13:49
In the Park · Chaplin, Essanay
In the film: Part Nine
Internet Archive · Public domain (1915 Essanay)
1915 · 1:04
Lincoln Highway Dedication, San Francisco
In the film: Part Nine
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (LincolnH1915) · Public domain
1915 · Keystone Film Company (Roscoe Arbuckle) · 10:35
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
In the film: Part One, Part Two, Part Nine, Part Twelve
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1915 · 10:04
Mayor Rolph in the Market Street opening-day parade (Gould can 5345)
In the film: Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 4:07
Mayor Rolph, 1915 (Gould can 5376)
Rolph throws out the first ball; opening-day parade
In the film: Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 17:44
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, Cal. (newsreel)
aerials, Court of the Universe, Court of Palms, Fine Arts, Sousa and his band
In the film: Part Four, Part Nine
Pacific Film Archive / California Revealed via Internet Archive · Public domain (1915 newsreel); item marked stream_only, download may be refused
1915 · 12:48
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Gould can 5390.1)
In the film: Part One, Part Five, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 9:34
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Prelinger 0203)
In the film: Part Two, Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 11:09
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Prelinger 0204)
In the film: Part Thirteen
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 7:59
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Opening Parade
In the film: Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1915 · 8:26
Panama-Pacific International Exposition color footage
In the film: Part Twelve
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (PanamaPa1915_3) · Public domain
1915 · Frank W. Vail
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, revisited (c. 1940)
1915 footage cut into a c.1940 reminiscence; begins with the ground-breaking of 1911. The narration is not ours: use mute.
In the film: Part Four, Part Five, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (PanamaPa1940) · Public Domain
1915 · 8:13
Panama-Pacific International Exposition: dignitaries and ceremonies
In the film: Part Seven
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (PanamaPa1915) · Public domain
1915 · 5:04
Panama-Pacific International Exposition: images of the fair
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (PanamaPa1915_2) · Public domain
1915 · Exposition Players Corporation · 9:03
The Story of Jewel City
In the film: Part Two, Part Six
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (StoryofJ1915) · Public domain
1915 · 6:25
Women's parade at the Exposition (Gould can 5365.3)
marching units of women, fancy marching, head of organization on horse
In the film: Part Nine
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive · Public domain (Prelinger Archives)
1916 · 3:39
Chamber of Commerce Preparedness Day film
the July 22, 1916 bombing on Market Street, the year after the fair
Not in the current cut
Prelinger Archives via Shaping San Francisco / Internet Archive · CC0 (uploader) / 1916 public domain
1932 · Central Films
San Francisco by the Golden Gate
the Golden Gate before the bridge; Telegraph Hill, the wharf, the park
In the film: Part One, Part Thirteen
Prelinger Archives via Internet Archive (SanFranc1932) · Public Domain