1907 Victoria, BC

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mulhaq2005

12 жыл бұрын

"A 3 minute cinematograph taken on May 4,1907 in Victoria, B.C. The fellow who filmed it, William H. Harbeck, also filmed the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Harbeck was a passenger on the Titanic but did not survive. The last bit of the film (at about the 2 minute part) shows (a glimpse of) the building of the Empress Hotel. Looks like a tram ride down Government Street as they end up at the Harbour."
-- www.victorialodging.com/victoria
Uploaded for a Social Studies 10 project.

Пікірлер: 31

@10minutetours Жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I am from Victoria and am just blown away at this footage! Thanks. Subscribed!

@veggiemundo 11 жыл бұрын

This is priceless! (And the musical accompaniment is perfect!)

@asandi4444 3 жыл бұрын

I love this historical video of my (our) beloved city -- thank you!

@o00thunderhawk00o 12 жыл бұрын

the only bit i recognized was the end where it showed the empress and the parliament buildings

@julieerin115 9 жыл бұрын

amazing that the other side of the bridge would be the countryside

@rezzofwow 9 жыл бұрын

Filming on government street through town and ending at the inner harbour at the empress hotel to the left and parliament building at the end of the street in the distance on the right. Love the video thank you!

@pokefreak102 12 жыл бұрын

Aw I love the view of the Empress :)

@canman5060 7 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin is playing the piano in the background !

@euxneks 12 жыл бұрын

Why the hell do we no longer have a tram?

@reimaginist 11 жыл бұрын

It is, but people call it the Parliament Buildings.

@AmyAlligator 10 жыл бұрын

Loved seeing this, my Grandmother would have been 7 when that was done. :) Strange to think she could have been walking by when they were filming it.

@capralean 10 жыл бұрын

Notice that traffic drove on the left side of the road, as was normal in the British Empire. By the time of the "1926 Old Victoria British Columbia Footage" video that's on this site, traffic was on the right as it is now. I would guess that this change was made in order to conform with the American convention of driving on the right.

@nobbynobbynoob 9 жыл бұрын

capralean Basically yes. British Columbia switched sides in 1922. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec always drove on the right. The Maritime Provinces switched throughout the 1920s, while Newfoundland switched over in 1947 _before_ joining the Canadian federation.

@rebstevenson 11 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, cool. Do you know what streets we're seeing here?

@adiba_malik7186 6 жыл бұрын

Good

@euxneks 12 жыл бұрын

also, awesome video! Thanks!

@jackpontiac52 8 жыл бұрын

Notice that they drove on the other side of the road? BC changed over in 1922.

@canman5060 7 жыл бұрын

Yes.They drove on the left in those days same as in England.

@markdayneowalla 9 жыл бұрын

Great film! KZfaq needs more stuff like this. I wonder if Harbeck is the cinematographer who Lawrence Beesley references in his book on the sinking of the Titanic. If so, he also shot footage of the near miss of the Titanic and the SS New York when the Titanic was pulling out of the Southhampton docks. His film did not survive the sinking either, of course.

@rtel123 11 жыл бұрын

trying to figure out which building the piano is in :)

@jiggyjongles 11 жыл бұрын

VICTORIA B.C. where its hard to get ahead. But if you try really hard... you just might find a foot.

@theravyshow2570 5 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@capralean 10 жыл бұрын

The sidewalks on the Causeway were wooden! I wonder when they were replaced by cement? This is like going into a time machine - I lived in James Bay for 3 years.